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California Sea Grant awards $2.6 million to 10 research projects
Research projects will explore climate change, aquaculture, pesticides, and ecosystem dynamics

To prepare for climate change, California Sea Grant funds emergency research on El Niño storms
California Sea Grant is providing Program Development Awards, designed for rapid disbursement, to scientists tracking the impacts of El Niño this winter. 

Class of 2016 State Fellows Announced
California Sea Grant today announced 21 recipients of its prestigious State Fellowship

Forecasting of algal blooms improves after record year in 2015
UC Santa Cruz scientists track the spread, cause of neurotoxic algal blooms to provide forecasts

California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Receives The Maritime Alliance Sustainable Seafood Award
Scientist Theresa Talley recognized for strengthening community connections to local seafood

CA Sea Grant informs new law to permit Fishermen’s Markets
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed new legislation to streamline the permitting and operation of direct, local fishermen’s markets in California.

Miho Umezawa joins California Sea Grant as Research and Fellowship Coordinator
Umezawa will oversee the coordination of CASG research and fellowship opportunities.

Research offers a snapshot of the coastline before Refugio Oil Spill
Scientist: "As much as no one wants an oil spill, part of the reason we do marine protected area monitoring is to discriminate how an ecosystem looked before an event like this."

Study: Groundwater pollution fuels Monterey Bay’s harmful algal blooms [+infographic]
Nitrates in groundwater leach into coast, fuel persistence of harmful algae

California Sea Grant helps manage invasive quagga and zebra mussels
As California enters another year of severe drought, protecting the state’s limited water supply from invasive quagga and zebra mussels has become more urgent.