MPA Articles and News

2021

• The Santa Cruz MPA Collaborative: Partnering with Parks and More (1/14/2021)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Asilomar State Marine Reserve (2/8/2021)
• Catalina Island MPA Collaborative: California's Island Collaborative (2/26/2021)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Ten Mile Estuary State Marine Conservation Area (3/24/2021)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area (4/2/2021)
• California's Ocean Habitats: Kelp Forests (4/29/2021)
• Just Released: Two Scientific Reports Informing MPA Network Management and Evaluation (6/15/2021)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Begg Rock State Marine Reserve (6/29/2021)
• CDFW Prepares for MPA Network Review, New Informational Webpage Available (8/3/2021)
• California's Ocean Habitats: The Rocky Intertidal Zone (8/4/2021)
• Join Us! MPA Decadal Management Review Community Meetings (9/22/2021)

2020

• Beyond Cannery Row: The Monterey MPA Collaborative (1/23/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Lovers Point-Julia Platt State Marine Reserve (2/3/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Montara State Marine Reserve (3/2/2020)
• A Model of Collaboration: The Orange County MPA Council (3/9/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Swami's State Marine Conservation Area (4/7/2020)
• Teacher Toolkits and Tribal Traditions: The Humboldt MPA Collaborative (4/22/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Cambria State Marine Conservation Area (5/5/2020)
• Sonoma MPA Collaborative: Connecting Land and Sea (5/12/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Cabrillo State Marine Reserve (5/29/2020)
• Otters and Online Lessons: The San Luis Obispo MPA Collaborative (6/12/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Pacific Grove Gardens State Marine Conservation Area (6/29/2020)
• Education, Technology, and Stewardship: The Golden Gate MPA Collaborative (7/14/2020)
• The Santa Barbara Channel MPA Collaborative: Connecting with the Galapagos of North America (7/27/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Kashtayit State Marine Conservation Area (8/7/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Farnsworth State Marine Conservation Areas (8/26/2020)
• Tying Traditional Knowledge to Ocean Stewardship: the Del Norte MPA Collaborative (9/11/2020)
• Honoring the Ocean Around Mainland Los Angeles with the Los Angeles MPA Collaborative (9/30/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Pyramid Point State marine Conservation Area (10/9/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area (10/29/2020)
• The Mendocino MPA Collaborative: Engaging Partners to Fill Local Needs (12/1/2020)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Russian Gulch State Marine Conservation Area (12/9/2020)

2019

• Exploring California's MPAs: Scorpion State Marine Reserve (1/29/2019)
• MPA Collaboratives: The Local Voice of MPA Management (2/1/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Casino Point State Marine Conservation Area (2/26/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Double Point/Stormy Stack Rock Special Closure (3/28/2019)
• San Diego MPA Collaborative: Connecting Locals to MPAs (4/1/2019)
• San Mateo MPA Collaborative: Bridging Urban and Wild Landscapes (5/1/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Reading Rock State Marine Reserve and State Marine Conservation Area (5/14/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Big River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area (8/13/2019)
• Northern Channel Islands MPA Join Growing Network of Global Ocean Refuges (11/4/2019)
• Celebrating 50 Years of Protection at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (11/26/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area (11/26/2019)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Submarine Canyon Habitats (12/27/2019)

2018

• New CDFW Video, Poster, and Brochure Showcase California MPA Network (2/22/2018)
• Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve (3/3/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Areas (5/22/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area (6/4/2018)
• Draft MPA Monitoring Action Plan Available for Public Review (7/16/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point Dume State Marine Conservation Area and State Marine Reserve (7/23/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area and State Marine Reserve (8/17/2018)
• Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Ten Mile State Marine Reserve and Ten Mile Beach State Marine Conservation Area (10/19/2018)
• Now Available: Final Marine Protected Area Monitoring Action Plan (10/25/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area (11/15/2018)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Bodega Head State Marine Reserve and State Marine Conservation Area (12/6/2018)

2017

• Exploring California's MPAs: Bolsa Chica Wetlands (1/19/2017)
• CDFW and Partners to Share Key Findings from Southern California MPA Baseline Monitoring (3/10/2017)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Portuguese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area (4/10/2017)
• Management Update for Southern California MPAs (5/30/2017)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point Arena State Marine Reserve and State Marine Conservation Area (5/30/2017)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Elkhorn Slough (7/7/2017)
• Coming Soon: Community Gatherings to Share Information on North Coast MPAs (10/6/2017)
• Northern California MPA State of the Region Report Now Available (10/25/2017)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Van Damme State Marine Conservation Area (11/29/2017)
• California's MPA Network: Long-Term Monitoring Begins, Baseline Monitoring Ends (12/15/2017)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve and State Marine Conservation Area (12/18/2017)

2016

• Exploring California's MPAs: Big Creek State Marine Reserve (1/14/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point St. George Reef State Marine Conservation Area (3/8/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: The Farrallon Islands (4/4/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Sea Lion Gulch State Marine Reserve (5/12/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point Conception State Marine Reserve (7/18/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Castle Rock Special Closure (7/21/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point Lobos State Marine Reserve (8/16/2016)
• 2016 Master Plan for MPAs: Adopted (9/2/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area (10/5/2016)
• 2016 Master Plan for MPAs Now Available (11/4/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: South Humboldt Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, Part 1 (11/14/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: South Humboldt Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, Part 2 (11/21/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Russian River State Marine Recreational Management Area and State Marine Conservation Area (11/28/2016)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Año Nuevo State Marine Reserve (12/19/2016)

2015

• CDFW and Partners to Release Baseline Data Reports for Southern California MPAs (2/4/2015)
• Updating the Master Plan for MPAs (3/12/2015)
• New Kiosk at Pillar Point Harbor Provides Fishing Regulations, Information (3/16/2015)
• Available Now: Southern California MPA Baseline Technical Reports (4/20/2015)
• Remotely Operated Vehicle Provides Deep Water Window into California's MPAs (5/26/2015)
• Maps - Essential Tools for Understanding the Boundaries of California's MPAs (6/2/2015)
• MPA Overviews Now Available Online (7/21/2015)
• Exploring California's MPAs: South La Jolla State Marine Reserve (8/21/2015)
• Innovative Distance Learning Program Helps Students Discover the California MPA Network (8/27/2015)
• Baseline Monitoring of Northern California's MPAs: A Status Report (10/9/2015)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve (10/22/2015)
• Don't forget the Scientific Collecting Permit (10/22/2015)
• Draft 2015 Master Plan for MPAs Now Available Online (12/3/2015)
• Exploring California's MPAs: Point Reyes State Marine Reserve (12/8/2015)

2014

• Snapshot: What is an MPA? (8/22/2014)
• MPA Regulation Updates Effective October 1, 2014 (9/29/2014)
• Snapshot: MPA Monitoring Information Available Online (12/16/2014)
• Monitoring the Progress of MPAs (12/30/2014)

• California Fish and Game Commission Adopts Master Plan for Fisheries, Endorses Ocean Litter Strategy, Announces Prosecutor of the Year and Approves Duck Stamp Projects at June Meeting (6/21/2018)
• Commission Suspends License of Sportfishing Charter Boat Operator for Poaching in Southern California Marine Protected Areas (2/7/2018)
• CDFW Officers Cite Two for Abalone Poaching in Marine Protected Area (5/23/2013)
• California Creates a Globally Significant Network of Marine Protected Areas (4/15/2013)
• CDFW Wildlife Officers Stop and Cite Channel Islands Fishermen (3/20/2013)
• Commercial Crab Fisherman Sentenced for Crabbing in Marine Protected Area off Sonoma County (1/11/2013)
• Guide to Northern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online (12/19/2012)
• Updated Guide to Central California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online (12/7/2012)
• North Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective December 19 (11/28/2012)
• Guide to Southern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available (9/14/2012)
• North Coast Marine Protected Areas Adopted in Final Coastal Ocean Region (6/6/2012)
• DFG Warden Discovers Boat, Drugs on Central California Coast (5/25/2012)
• DFG and Orange County Successfully Prosecute First MPA Violation (5/8/2012)
• Portions of the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area to Reopen for Anchoring and Mooring (4/30/2012)
• Draft Environmental Impact Report Now Available for Proposed North Coast Marine Protected Areas (3/2/2012)

• Special Series: San Mateo County Collaborative Overview, May 2019, Issue 13 (PDF)
• Special Series: San Diego County Collaborative Overview, April 2019, Issue 12 (PDF)
• MPA Statewide Leadership Team, March 2019, Issue 11 (PDF)
• MPA Collaborative Network, February 2019, Issue 10 (PDF)
• Monitoring Channel Islands National Park Kelp Forests, January 2019, Issue 9 (PDF)
• Kelp Bass: Benefiting from MPAs, December 2018, Issue 8 (PDF)
• Honoring MPA Enforcement, November 2018, Issue 7 (PDF)
• Citizen Science Kelp Forest Monitoring, October 2018, Issue 6 (PDF)
• Evaluating California’s MPA Network Against Global Standards, September 2018, Issue 5 (PDF)
• Northern California Tidepool Monitoring, August 2018, Issue 4 (PDF)
• Deep-Water Monitoring for Warty Sea Cucumbers, July 2018, Issue 3 (PDF)
• Draft MPA Monitoring Action Plan Now Available, July 2018, Issue 2 (PDF)
• Meet the R/V Mystinus, June 2018, Issue 1 (PDF)

• Crystal Cove: Exploring California's Undersea Wilderness off Orange County's Protected Wild Coast (PDF)
  Outdoor California article, March-April 2018 issue
• Conserve & Protect: California's Oldest Marine Protected Area Safeguards Resources for Generations to Come (PDF)
  Outdoor California article, March-April 2016 issue
• A Network of Protection (PDF)
  Outdoor California article, July-Aug 2014 issue
• Overview of the creation and management of California's marine protected area network (PDF)
  California Fish and Game article, Spring 2014 issue
• Ocean & Coastal Management - Special Issue on California's Marine Protected Area Network Planning Process (PDF) (March 2013)