News & Events

California Ocean Protection Council Public Meetings
Posted 11/20/2009
All meetings of the Ocean Protection Council are open to the public and members of the public are encouraged to attend. OPC meetings will be Web cast live and the video archives will be available after the meeting.

2009 Meetings:
Thursday, April 23 - Sacramento Meeting Summary
Thursday, July 16 - Bay Area - CANCELLED
Monday, November 30 - 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Scripps Seaside Forum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 8610 Kennel Way (formerly Discovery Way), La Jolla, CA.

Please visit the OPC Public Meetings page for more information.

State Panel backs no-fishing zones off Southern California coast
Posted November 12, 2009
A state blue-ribbon panel unanimously approved landmark fishing restrictions Tuesday for Southern California, creating a patchwork of havens for marine life designed to replenish the seas while leaving some waters open for anglers.

Draft North Central Coast Marine Protected Areas Monitoring Plan Released
Posted November 12, 2009
Public comments on the draft monitoring plan are encouraged, and are an important step in seeking effective ways to improve the draft plan. To be considered, written comments must be received by 11:59pm PST on Monday, December 21, 2009.

COAST Executive Committee Election Results
Posted November 2, 2009
Please join us in congratulating the two newest members of the COAST Executive Committee:

Rhea Williamson (CSU East Bay) now holds one of the two administrative seats.
Larry Allen (CSU Northridge/OSI/SCMI) now holds one of the five faculty/consortium seats.

COAST EC and staff would like to thank the Campus Representative for their interest and involvement in the election process. Voting for the new members of the COAST Executive Committee, in accordance with the COAST governance structure adopted in May 2009, ended Oct. 30 with a turnout of >72% of the Campus Representatives. We also thank the all of Campus Representatives who put forward their nominations for the EC seats.

MARINE Climate Change Seminar Series
Posted November 2, 1009
Monterey Area Research Institution Network for Education (MARINE) announces a new seminar series on global climate change.

UNESCO Wall Photo Exhibition
Posted October 26, 2009
GOOS and OceanUnited invite you to help the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission celebrate its 50th Anniversary by participating in an Ocean Photo Exhibition. Submit an entry to the IOC.

OPC comments on the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's Interim Report
Posted October 23, 2009
The California Ocean Protection Council has submitted comments to the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force on its Interim Report. The Interim Report is the first product to be released by the Task Force in its efforts to reform national ocean policy.

Commencement of 30-day Comment Period for Public Review Draft State of the State's Wetlands Report
Posted October 22, 2009
The Natural Resources Agency of California is releasing a draft report for public review titled “Public Review Draft State of the State’s Wetlands Report." Deadline for receiving comments is 5:00 P.M. November 20, 2009.

Seventh Pan-American Workshop in Applied and Computational Mathematics/Computational Science and Engineering
Posted October 15, 2009
The workshop will be held June 6-11, 2010 in Choroni, Venezuela, and will bring together practicing applied and computational mathematicians to exchange the latest research information and to promote outreach to create computational and applied mathematics networks in Latin America.

8th Annual H2O Conference to be held on October 27-29
Posted October 5, 2009
The 2009 "Headwaters to Ocean (H2O)" Conference is being organized by the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, California Coastal Coalition, Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project and Society of Wetland Scientists - Western Chapter (SWS) and will be held at the Long Beach Hilton.

2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting February 22-26
Posted October 5, 2009
The 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting “From Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century” will be held February 22-26, 2010 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

The Natural Resources Defense Council releases film on ocean acidification
Posted 9/28/2009
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) ACID TEST, is now available for on-line viewing.

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Project Office seeks nominations
Posted 9/22/2009
The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office is currently seeking nominations for new Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members.