October 2, 2025

Updates from the September 30, 2025 Council Meeting

The September 30, 2025, Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting advanced key climate resilience, equity, and biodiversity priorities statewide. The Council unanimously approved more than $25 million in investments …

Categories: 30x30, Aquaculture, Climate Change, Coastal Habitats, Equity and Environmental Justice, Funding Opportunities and Updates, Habitats, Harmful Algal Blooms, Kelp, Leadership and Staff Updates, Marine Habitats, Marine Protected Areas, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, OPC Meetings, Report Release, Sea Level Rise, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Strategic Goal 4: Sustainable Blue Economy, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems, Tribal Engagement, Water Quality

October 5, 2024

The Rising Tide of Marine Mammal Strandings in California 

From August to October of 2022, the California coast witnessed a troubling pattern: 300 marine mammal strandings occurred between Los Angeles and San Mateo counties. A year later, from May to July 2023, Southern California experienced an unprecedented mass stranding […]

Categories: Harmful Algal Blooms, Outreach and Education, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Water Quality

September 30, 2024

OPC is Hiring a Water Quality Program Manager – Apply by October 18, 2024

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is hiring an Environmental Scientist (Water Quality Program Manager) to help advance strategic priorities and inform policies related to improving coastal and marine water quality in California. The Environmental Scientist will lead OPC’s efforts […]

Categories: Career Opportunities, Harmful Algal Blooms, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, Plastic Pollution, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Water Quality

September 7, 2022

Harmful Algal Bloom in San Francisco Bay Results in Aquatic Mortality, Fish Kills

September 2022 – Waters in San Francisco Bay have turned reddish-brown this summer due to a multi-week harmful algal bloom (HAB) identified as Heterosigma akashiwo, an invasive species of marine algae responsible for some of the ‘red tides’ that are […]

Categories: Harmful Algal Blooms, Outreach and Education, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Water Quality