August 22, 2010

Collaborative Fisheries Research Organization

Collaborative Fisheries Research Collaborative fisheries research (CFR) involves creating partnerships among fisheries stakeholders (commercial and recreational fishermen, university scientists and fisheries scientists, coastal managers, NGOs, funders, and tribes) to encourage collaboration on fisheries research design, including defining goals and research […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

August 22, 2010

California Aquaculture Programmatic EIR

Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 30411(e) required the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to prepare programmatic environmental impact reports (PEIRs) for both coastal and inland commercial aquaculture projects. DFG contracted for the preparation of the draft environmental documents in […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

August 17, 2010

OPC-DFG Joint Work Plan

Background California’s 2006 Budget Act appropriated $8 million to the California Ocean Protection Council for the implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) and Marine Life Management Act (MLMA). The Budget Act called for these funds to be expended […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Marine Protected Areas, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

August 5, 2010

August 2-3, 2010 CSSI meeting

Below is an overview of the California Sustainable Seafood Initative meeting that took place August 2-3 in Costa Mesa, CA. Meeting Summary Meeting Presentations: Bill Fox, World Wildlife Fund Foundation – Assessment on wild-pack seafood certification labels Dan Averill, Marine […]

Categories: Uncategorized

July 27, 2010

The Coastal and Ocean Resources Working Group for the Climate Action Team (CO-CAT)

The Coastal and Ocean Resources Working Group for the Climate Action Team (CO-CAT) is a working group comprised of senior level staff from California state agencies with ocean and coastal resource management responsibilities. CO-CAT’s task is to ensure the state’s […]

Categories: Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change

July 27, 2010

DCTF Meeting- August 9, 2010

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force

July 26, 2010

Thank You Ocean OPC Podcasts

The Thank You Ocean (TYO) Report focuses on interesting and exciting California ocean topics such as marine mammals, the latest news on ocean health, timely ocean issues and fascinating ocean facts. Stories feature interviews with ocean experts, explorers, scientists, conservationists, […]

Categories: Uncategorized

July 26, 2010

CSSI Meeting Materials – August 2-3, 2010

California Sustainable Seafood Initiative List of meeting materials for August 2-3, 2010 WWF Full report: Assessment of on-pack, wild capture seafood sustainability certification programes and seafood ecolabels  MSC Get Certified MSC Chain of custody MSC Principals and Criteria for sustainable fishing Sussex […]

Categories: Uncategorized

July 8, 2010

ROV-based Deep Water Monitoring of the Northern Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas

In 1998, California passed the Marine Life Management Act (MLMA), which calls for an ecosystem approach to achieving sustainable fisheries and identifies the acquisition of essential fishery information (EFI) as a critical component in management decisions. EFI includes, among other […]

Categories: Marine Protected Areas, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

July 6, 2010

Proposals and Comments Submitted by DCTF Members

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force