News

California Sea Grant and Delta Stewardship Council appoint extension specialist
California Sea Grant and the Delta Stewardship Council are pleased to welcome Dr. Jessica Rudnick.

Alumni profile: From Knauss fellowship to fisheries management
Jet-setters of the high seas, swordfish roam thousands of miles across the open ocean. They may cross dozens of international boundaries, of which they remain entirely unaware.

MPA update: Sport anglers reel in fisheries data
Over the last two decades, California created a unique network of marine protected areas across the state with the intention of cultivating healthy ocean ecosystems.

Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem
Historically, spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon have been considered as separate subspecies, races, ecotypes, or even as separate species of fish.

State of the skates: An investigation into three of California’s skate species
Research funded by California Sea Grant sheds new light on the life histories and population statuses of three little-studied skate species.

California Sea Grant welcomes new CalCOFI coordinator
California Sea Grant and the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are pleased to welcome Dr.

Fish forecasting: Reducing the risk of cetacean bycatch through computer modeling
Computer modeling seeks to improve the sustainability of California's swordfish fishery, by forecasting the probability of cetacean bycatch.

Warmer waters threaten red abalone recovery
New California Sea Grant-funded research identifies conditions that promote consistent red abalone recruitment, but also finds impacts from prolonged heat stress.

California Sea Grant and Cal Poly appoint aquaculture specialist
California Sea Grant and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) are pleased to welcome Dr. Kevin Marquez Johnson.

California graduate student wins national fisheries fellowship
Katherine Dale, a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded a NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Se