Throughout 2024, California Sea Grant is showcasing our State Fellowship, which places graduate students in 12-month paid roles with the agencies and organizations that plan, implement and manage ocean policies and programs in California. This month, the third in the series, we’re highlighting fellows working with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership.
Header photo: Sugar kelp miso soup; recipe by Claire Bastarache
It’s not that edible seaweed is entirely exotic in America: Many U.S. diners are accustomed to seeing dried nori wrapped around sushi rolls. Even kombu — another dried seaweed, used to make dashi broth — has become readily available in many grocery stores.
NOTE: Eligibility section was updated on 10/29/2024.
This is the tenth in a yearlong series of stories showcasing the research that the Ocean Protection Council supported in partnership with California Sea Grant, with funding from Proposition 84.
This report provides an overview of summer 2023 juvenile coho salmon and steelhead distribution and relative abundance in tributaries to the lower Russian River.
This report summarizes findings from Russian River salmon and steelhead monitoring during the 2023/24 winter season, including estimates of returning adults and redd abundance.
Last updated 10/15/24.
California’s Network of 124 MPAs was completed in 2012 after a multi-year design and planning process that occurred regionally across the state. The MPA Monitoring Action Plan led to coordinated statewide long-term monitoring consortiums for each core habitat (e.g., kelp forests, sandy beaches, intertidal, mid-depth rock reef).
Header photo credit: CDFW/MARE
NOTE: Solicitation Priorities section was updated on 10/30/2024. Proposal assistance webinar date changed on 11/18/2024, and the recording of the webinar was added on 11/19/2024.
November 13, 2024, 5PM PT: Notice of Intent due to sgproposal@ucsd.edu
December 16, 2024, 5PM PT: Full proposals due to eSeaGrant
This is the ninth in a yearlong series of stories showcasing the research that the Ocean Protection Council supported in partnership with California Sea Grant, with funding from Proposition 84.
Across the globe, no food sector is growing as fast as aquaculture — which means, one way or another, farmed seafood will help feed the world’s growing population. Currently, though, the United States accounts for less than 1% of global aquaculture production. One contributor to the holdup is the skepticism of environmental groups concerned over potential negative environmental impacts.