Sacramento – 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: UncategorizedFilm Screening (10:00 – 10:45) Into the Gyre – Directed by Scott Elliot Panel Presentations and Discussion (10:45 – 11:15) Panelists : Eben Schwartz, Outreach Manager, California Coastal Commission Cynthia Dunn, Senior Environmental Scientist, CalRecycle Dr. Emilia DeForce, Research Associate, […]
Categories: UncategorizedSeveral efforts are in place in California that strive to have citizens using photographs to document the tidal level, king tides, storm surge, flooding hazards, and other conditions concerning the boundary of the ocean and coastline. These photos can be […]
Categories: UncategorizedThe Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team is composed of 26 esteemed scientists, convened to serve the science and policy needs of California. The next meeting will be Monday, April 18. View the public agenda. The meeting will be held […]
Categories: UncategorizedThe West Coast Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia Science Panel, comprised of 20 leading scientists, was charged with presenting the current state of knowledge and developing scientific consensus about available management options to address ocean acidification and hypoxia on the West […]
Categories: UncategorizedThe West Coast Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia Science Panel, comprised of 20 leading scientists, was charged with presenting the current state of knowledge and developing scientific consensus about available management options to address ocean acidification and hypoxia on the West […]
Categories: UncategorizedThe Ocean Protection Council’s website includes resources on El Niño, including on the issue of elevated sea levels from El Niño and unusually warm ocean conditions. See the California Ocean Protection Council website on El Niño for more information, including […]
Categories: UncategorizedPlease join us on September 22 from 9:30-11:30 for the workshop: ‘Changing Ocean Conditions: Understanding El Niño’s Impact on California’s Living Marine Resources Through Ocean Observations‘. Hosted by the Ocean Protection Council and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, this workshop will […]
Categories: UncategorizedOn July 7th from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. the OPC will be hosting a webinar on the OPC Draft Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines (available here). This webinar is intended exclusively for Tribal representatives only and intended to be an information-sharing […]
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