In March, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon appointed Assemblymember Dawn Addis to the Ocean Protection Council as a nonvoting, ex officio member, and Governor Newsom appointed Alexis Jackson and Megan Rocha to the Council’s voting, public member seats. We look […]
Categories: OPC Meetings
The January 24 Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting finalized significant efforts from 2022 and set the framework for continued progress toward protecting California’s coast and ocean in 2023. OPC staff presented the Annual Coast and Ocean Report highlighting both preliminary […]
Categories: Funding Opportunities and Updates, Grant Projects, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Strategic Goal 4: Sustainable Blue Economy
The Ocean Protection Council held a hybrid public meeting via teleconference and in a public forum at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The meeting summary and webcast recording are now available.
Categories: Funding Opportunities and Updates, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
The Ocean Protection Council held a hybrid public meeting via teleconference and in a public forum at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The meeting summary and webcast recording are now available.
Categories: Funding Opportunities and Updates, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
The October 6 Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting was an exciting and moving gathering. State and federal agencies, tribes, non-profit and business partners, and members of the public joined together with joyful tears and cheers in support of landmark decision-making […]
Categories: Funding Opportunities and Updates, Habitats, Kelp, Marine Habitats, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
The Ocean Protection Council will hold a hybrid public meeting via teleconference and in a public forum at 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
Categories: Funding Opportunities and Updates, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
We are excited to announce that the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) will consider adoption of its first-ever Equity Plan at the October 6, 2022 Council meeting. The Equity Plan represents OPC’s commitment to advancing equity across ocean and coastal policies and […]
Categories: Equity and Environmental Justice, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 2: Equity
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the California Natural Resources Agency – Ocean Protection Council pursuant to the authority vested in it by section 87306 of the Government Code, proposes amendment to its conflict of interest code. A comment period has […]
Categories: OPC Meetings
The Wednesday, September 14, 2022 OPC meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the CNRA Auditorium. There will be in-person and remote participation available. More information, along […]
Categories: OPC Meetings
By Mark Gold, D.Env. Yesterday, the OPC hosted its first in-person meeting in more than two years. Like all state agencies, we are trying to figure out the new normal with hybrid meetings – good online participation, but a public […]
Categories: Aquaculture, Kelp, OPC Meetings, Sea-Level Rise, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Strategic Goal 4: Sustainable Blue Economy, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems