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Winners of Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Announced
Four California graduates to head to the U.S. capital for yearlong assignments.

California Sea Grant announces largest class of state fellows
Sixteen year-long fellowships in marine policy and resource management awarded in 2014

California Sea Grant awards $2.3 million in funding to 10 marine research projects
California Sea Grant recently awarded $2,349,382 to support 10 research projects that investigate coastal and marine topics.

California Sea Grant researcher named 2013 AAAS Fellow
Ronald S. Burton, a currently funded California Sea Grant researcher, has been elected a 2013 Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest general science organization.

Trash-loving birds take bite out of wild salmon
Birds are taking a bite out of young salmon populations in Central California, and researchers suspect that our trash is the likely root of the avian-predation problem.

Engaging ocean-goers in harmful algal bloom monitoring
Patterns of harmful algal bloom formation are changing off California.

Porpoises and dolphins spotted in San Francisco Bay
To the delight of animal lovers and cetacean researchers, harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins have found new habitats in San Francisco Bay.

Conserving the San Francisco Bay-Delta
The Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program, in partnership with CASG, awarded 10  Delta Science Fellowships to study priority issues in the San Francisco Bay-Delta.

Second “sea serpent” carcass was female with cookiecutter shark bites
Two giant, sea serpent-like oarfish have been found dead in Southern California in the last week, and now the question is why?

An early, short winter expected for most of California
Meteorologists are predicting an early but short wet season in California this winter, with parts of Northern California potentially seeing above normal snowfall at ski resorts.