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Russian River with low water flow.

Droughts are Shifting Migration Patterns in Already Endangered Russian River Coho Salmon

Lower flows and warming water temperatures are creating a potentially deadly timing mismatch for young salmon headed to sea

One Pacific herring out of water. Courtesy of James Ervin

Under Climate Change, Pacific Herring Require Ecosystem-Based Management Approach

Local fisherman is selling live local crab at an outdoor fish market.

Celebrate local this holiday season with a new California seafood finder

A new interactive website helps customers find local, sustainable seafood

San Elijo Lagoon at sunset.

Scientists study an unexpected climate change problem: Rising groundwater levels

Already, water tables in some areas are inching up. This could make coastal regions more prone to flooding. But there are more insidious consequences, too.

Kate Murphy, science communications specialist at California Sea Grant

CALIFORNIA SEA GRANT APPOINTS NEW SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer stands on a boat holding a rockfish

How Ocean Conditions Change Rockfish Reproduction

A Q&A with recent NMFS-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer

scientists pick up oyster nets on the sandy coast.

The next step in Olympia oyster restoration? Genome sequencing.

Scientists are taking an innovative approach towards this native oyster's conservation.

woman stands in front of California Sea Grant building and sign.

From fellowship to fellow teammate

Tanya Torres reflects on her Sea Grant Extension Fellowship with the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

A group of Early Career Ocean Professionals pose during the UN Ocean Conference 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. Courtesy Erin Satterthwaite.

How do you engage the next generation of ocean leaders? A new study has some tips

Two people standing among phragmites. Courtesy of Richelle Tanner.

A study of a marsh ecosystem grows into a consideration of what science can be

By embracing complexity and nuance, Chapman University’s Richelle Tanner is searching for a more inclusive and effective approach to biology

Hands sorting scientifically through detritus. Courtesy of iStock.

New research associates will carry out California Sea Grant’s science and outreach mission

2022 Ricketts Award Recipient Rick Starr

Rick Starr Discusses Seascape Ecology as 2022 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award Recipient

The marine scientist and former extension program director will provide a lecture on seascape ecology on Oct. 26

Giant – or purple-hinged – rock scallops are big and delicious. Courtesy of Carolynn Culver.

Rock scallops like it rough

By going against conventional wisdom, a team of California Sea Grant and Moss Landing Marine Lab researchers might have finally figured out some critical factors for farming large quantities of elusive giant rock scallop larvae

Aerial shot of landscape. Courtesy of DJ Fogbound.

Pinning down the pesticides

The volume and variety of pesticides sprayed in California seem almost incomprehensible. Nonetheless, Delta Science Fellow Nicol Parker has built a model that can track their toxic spread

Knauss Fellow Maya Becker and Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski. Courtesy of Brian Dusek.

Knauss Fellow Maya Becker on Policy for Ocean and Climate Resilience

Laurie Richmond. Courtesy of Laurie Richmond.

Cal Poly Humboldt Professor Laurie Richmond Joins California Sea Grant as an Extension Specialist

Ocean scene. Courtesy of iStock.

Welcome California Sea Grant’s new fund managers!

CASG’s fiscal team grows by two

Seaweed from land-based culture systems. Courtesy of Monterey Bay Seaweeds.

California Sea Grant Receives Nearly $700,000 To Develop New Hatchery Technologies For Seaweed Farming

Funding will address critical knowledge gaps in propagating seaweed and expanding U.S. seaweed markets

Kevin Stuart, a research scientist at Hubbs netting yellowtail fingerlings. Courtesy of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute.

California Sea Grant Awarded Nearly $630,000 In Yellowtail Research Funding

Improving production of this commercially ready marine fish for aquaculture will help reduce America’s reliance on imported seafood

Image shows the California coastline. Courtesy of iStock.

Share your input on California Sea Grant's draft strategic plan

We want your input!

Coralline algae covered in barnacles. Courtesy of Emily Donham.

Study finds coralline algae are threatened by the dual stressors of ocean acidification and warming

These hard algae look similar to coral and are ecologically and economically important to kelp forest ecosystems

Point Loma San Diego - North San Diego Bay. Courtesy of cultivar413.

“Fishing for Meaning”

The underlying social significance of harvesting and eating seafood from urban San Diego Bay

Tumble culture of the red seaweed dulse (Devaleraea mollis) was used to buffer natural pH fluctuations, to feed juvenile abalone, as can be grown for human consumption with our industrial partner, Monterey Bay Seaweeds. Courtesy of Scott Hamilton.

Ocean acidification can pose a challenge to abalone aquaculture. Seaweed can help

Growing dulse alongside abalone could have big benefits for aquaculture

An experimental array of structures are seen here. Concrete blocks in particular result in an increased number of crabs, which decrease the predatory Atlantic whelks that consume native oysters. Oyster shells serve as structures for juvenile oysters to attach. Courtesy of Marcella Heineke.

Scientists restore native oysters by bringing back an enemy of their predator

California Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellow Priya Shukla is stress hardening baby oysters. Courtesy of Priya Shukla

Running boot camps for oysters to train them for a warming world