North Coast MPA Baseline Monitoring Symposium

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MAY 5, 2017

EUREKA, CA

Symposium Coordinators: Eve Robinson, Brian Tissot, Frank Shaughnessy, Ian Kelmartin

Cal Poly Humboldt’s Marine and Coastal Science Institute hosted a day-long symposium in May, 2017 to share key findings from baseline monitoring of marine protected areas (MPAs). The 11 state-funded projects formed the first comprehensive study of northern California’s coastal ocean, from the California-Oregon border to Point Arena, in Mendocino county. The symposium was attended by over 100 people, including researchers, students, Tribes, fishermen, management agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Presentations focused on the results of baseline monitoring and highlighted the partnerships that gathered data and knowledge on the North Coast.

The North Coast region includes 19 MPAs, one State Marine Recreational Management Area, and seven special closures, and covers about 13% of state waters in Northern California. Implemented in 2012, this network is the most recent region in California to complete baseline monitoring. Data was collected during two years of record-breaking temperatures and an El Niño event.

Meeting Summary

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List of Talks (click to jump to more information):

• Welcome and Acknowledgement of Wiyot Ancestral Territory
• Introduction to the Symposium
  • Presentation
• California’s MPA Management Program
  • Presentation
• Opening Prayer
• Rocky Intertidal
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Rocky Subtidal Reefs
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Sandy Beaches: ecosystem
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Sandy Beaches: surfperch ecology
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Sandy Beaches: surfperch diet
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Oceanographic Conditions
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Seabirds: North Coast
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Seabirds: Castle Rock
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Estuaries: Ecology
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Estuaries: Biodiversity
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Socioeconomics and Human Dimensions
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Citizen Science of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Mid-Depth and Deep Subtidal Ecosystems
  • Presentation
  • Final Report
• Fish Communities: Hook-and-line Surveys
  • Presentation
  • Final Report