California is designing a series of marine protected areas (MPAs), connected by currents, to preserve ocean life and ensure healthy fisheries. These regional networks of protected waters, if well designed, will restore California's commercial and recreational fisheries and allow ocean ecosystems a chance to rebuild.
Posted March 21, 2012 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
Sarah Palin’s moment of power may have faded from real life to a television series, but her shouts of “drill baby drill” will echo until elected leaders get the message that a majority of the public wants more conservation and...continued→
Posted December 21, 2011 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
(Credit: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza/Marine Photobank) World peace remains elusive, yet as 2011 draws to a close, I’m heartened by the terrific progress California has made toward restoring the bounty of our seas and the marine habitats that keep visitors coming to...continued→
Posted December 17, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
On December 15th, California’s Fish and Game Commission adopted a network of safe havens for ocean wildlife along the coastline of southern California under the state’s visionary Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA). The adopted plan—the “Integrated Preferred Alternative” (IPA)—will create the...continued→
Posted December 14, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Sportfisherman Jim Donlan and his friends had fished California’s Channel Islands since the 1950s. The steep declines in fish populations they witnessed prompted them to propose marine reserves around the islands in 1999. Abundance of fish and lobsters in those...continued→
Posted November 5, 2010 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans
I have been an oceans advocate ever since I started working to protect coastal areas from oil and gas development in the late 1970s. But I have been a fisherwoman even longer. As both a sport fishing enthusiast and an...continued→
Posted September 9, 2010 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans
Some people assume that environmentalists and sport fishermen cannot see eye to eye when it comes to protecting the oceans. I know this is not the case, because I count myself a member of both groups. I have fished ever...continued→
Posted August 31, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Among the spate of recent setbacks for America’s seas and the fishermen who make a living on them, at least one ongoing effort provides a glimmer of hope: California’s implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), a law calling...continued→
Posted August 4, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
For more than a century, America has been safeguarding its most treasured landscapes as national parks and its wildlife in refuges. Now it’s time to ensure the same protections for ocean creatures and ecosystems that sustain so much life: kelp...continued→
Posted October 23, 2009 by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
After 3 days of extensive meetings and a reported 1500 people showing up to give public comment, the Blue Ribbon Task Force ultimately delayed their vote to choose a preferred alternative network of marine protected areas for the South Coast...continued→
Posted October 22, 2009 by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans
The task force is passing all three marine protected area options developed by the regional stakeholder group -- the Conservation, Fishing, and Middle-ground proposals -- on to Department of Fish and Game. These proposals will be reviewed as part of...continued→
