At an event this week in Coronado, CA, the Ocean Protection Council took the lead for California to forge a groundbreaking partnership between California, Oregon, Washington and several international partners that committed to protecting coastal communities from the threat of […]
Categories: Climate ChangeCoronado – Taking action to combat climate change and help protect California’s oceans, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called on President Barack Obama to use his authority to permanently prohibit new offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters […]
Categories: UncategorizedBy Lindsey Hoshaw December 13, 2016 Some of the year’s highest tides will hit California shorelines this week and they’re predicted to reach 7 feet in some areas. Strong winter high tides, known as king tides, happen annually in certain […]
Categories: UncategorizedCORONADO, Calif. — Three Western states, Chile, France, tribal nations and others yesterday launched a task force aimed at addressing ocean acidification.
Categories: UncategorizedDungeness crab season has arrived in the Bay Area, which is always cause for celebration in the kitchen. But with all the safety issues around crab last year, and lingering problems that are keeping some areas of the California coast […]
Categories: UncategorizedOn Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at 1 PM, the Ocean Protection Council with hold a public teleconference meeting at the Natural Resources Agency, Room 1305, 1416 Ninth Street in Sacramento.
Categories: OPC MeetingsThe Dungeness Crab Task Force will hold a public meeting Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 8:30 AM and Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 8:00 AM, at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Cabernet II Room, 200 South School Street, Ukiah, California.
Categories: Dungeness Crab Task ForceSacramento – Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Executive Director Deborah Halberstadt released the following statement after Governor Brown signed into law two bills designed to protect our oceans and marine environments: SB 1363 (Monning) and AB 2139 (Williams). “Although ocean acidification […]
Categories: UncategorizedDan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard. Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct.8, 2016. Secretary or Natural Resources, John Laird, and his counterparts in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia convened an Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia science panel in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council […]
Categories: UncategorizedOn Monday, October 17, 2016, at 1 PM, the Ocean Protection Council held a public meeting at the Natural Resources Building Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street in Sacramento.
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