Research

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. 

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

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.

What 1458 studies have to say about the impact of marine reserves [+ infographic]
When Marissa Baskett, a professor at UC Davis, was asked to review the latest research on marine reserves, she knew it would be a big task – but perhaps not a 1458-studies big task.

Mission accomplished?
Whitcraft found that community composition is the gold standard for determining whether a restored wetland has achieved ecological resilience.

MPA Baseline Monitoring Program: Central Coast
Starting in 2007, California Sea Grant partnered with the California Ocean Protection Council and California Department of Fish and Wildlife to administer research project funding for baseline moni

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

2015 Presidential Migratory Bird Stewardship Awarded
California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Joe Tyburczy shares honors with research partners

As ENSO forecasting has improved, so has Pacific albacore fishing
NMFS-Sea Grant Fellow uncovers how weather forecasting helps fishermen, policy makers