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![Fish in Marine Protected Area](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/mlma_header.jpg)
Tying together California’s marine laws
Research examines how marine protected areas impact management plans
![Floooding in King Salmon](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/king_salmon_header.jpg)
Hearing from Californians on the front lines of climate change
A new paper gives voice to the residents of King Salmon — California’s community hardest hit by rising seas
![Will Geiken talking to Estuary Youth](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/20230726_143924.jpg)
Balancing conservation and human and conservation needs in the San Francisco Estuary
State Fellow Will Geiken spent a year helping to coordinate efforts to safeguard this vital ecosystem
![Domoic acid](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-05/08_23.prop84.domoicacid.bu_.photo_.1.jpg)
Clarifying the causes of blooms
Contrary to the expectations, ocean acidification may not prompt the production of toxic domoic acid
![Washington, D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/iStock-495755592.jpg)
Knauss fellow embraces the wider ocean view
De'Marcus Robinson explores policy at the Council on Environmental Quality
![Rachael Ryan standing in a creek](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-05/img_3382.jpg)
Resilient coho are MacGyvering their way through the drought
A graduate student finds hope for the endangered species in an unexpected place: their earstones
![Spiny lobster](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/spinylobsterheader.jpg)
![Fish larva in the archive](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-03/d_flexion_clathratus_editedv2.jpg)
A detective story in the larval archives
Erica Mason dove back into the biological archives to better understand California’s bass
![Two people outplanting baby oysters](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-03/02_24.news_.olympiaoysterrestoration.ue_.photo_.1.jpg)
Wild Olympia baby oysters are back in Elkhorn Slough
Researchers celebrate the success of a pioneering conservation aquaculture project
![Lamprey sucking on a rock](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-03/01_24.news_.lampreys.ue_.photo1_.jpg)
Endangered ecosystem guardians: Two potential new lamprey species discovered
Reviled as bloodsuckers and diminished in numbers, lampreys cultivate river ecosystems
![People sitting around a table](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-02/RegionalSitingToolWorkshop%20%281%29.jpg)
A Boost For Aquaculture: Tools To Identify Suitable Sites for Farming Seafood
For those looking to launch an ocean-based aquaculture project, finding both available and suitable space to safely farm seafood can be a daunting challenge, especially in densely populated locations like Southern California
![Wahoo](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/wahoo_inaturlist.jpg)
It’s easy to spot a fish — but not so easy to track its spawning
Research supported by California Sea Grant and the Ocean Protection Council homes in on spawning behaviors
![2024 State Fellows](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/2024_state_fellowship_9.png)
California Sea Grant welcomes new 2024 class of state fellows
The year-long fellowship offers hands-on training related to policy and management of marine, coastal and watershed resources.
![PIER researchers catching swordfish](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/swordfish.jpg)
Rewriting Pacific swordfish boundaries
A new, comprehensive dataset clarifies where swordfish travel — which has reworked international management plans
![Researchers sampling Porter Creek](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/portercreek.jpg)
Press Release: New paper shows that adding even small amounts of water to streams can help California’s migratory fish
Researchers from UC Berkeley and California Sea Grant say the technique offers a simple tool to help assist California’s migratory fish
![Binational fellow Meliza Le Alvarado surfacing from a dive](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/01_24.news_.binationalfellow.ue_.photo_.1.jpg)
Bridging Borders for Coastal Resilience
California Sea Grant’s First-Ever Binational Climate Fellow Meliza Le Alvarado forges coastal collaborations