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North Coast State of the Region, Snapshots and Supplemental Reports All Habitats 2013 to 2017

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF

Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation on t...

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ACCDB

From 2007-2016, CA Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP) scientists and fishermen have conducted hook-and-line surveys within three Central...

Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV

The North Coast has 16 major estuaries that support a wide diversity of plant and animal life, including salmon and other commercially important speci...

Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, TXT

This project, Informing the North Coast MPA Baseline: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems, applies Tribal/Indig...

Characterization of Seabirds, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, TXT, XML

We completed four distinct projects to collect baseline data at varying spatial and temporal scales. First, we used data from aerial photographic surv...

Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, CSV, ZIP

The objectives of this baseline study of rocky intertidal habitats along the North Coast Study Region (NCSR) are to (1) produce a quantitative baselin...

Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

We combined taxonomically detailed surveys of macroinvertebrates and birds with targeted sampling of regionally important focal taxa including surf zo...

ROV Surveys of the Mid-depth and Deep Subtidal Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) preformed quantitative baseline surveys within the NCSR in 2014 and 2015 with the overall goal to descr...

Nearshore Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

Here we provide one of the first systematic, “snapshot” surveys of the entire North Coast Study Region, from the Oregon border to the headland at Poin...

Shallow Rock and Kelp Forest Ecosystems, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV

We systematically surveyed 94 of the 122 nearshore rocky reefs in the California south coast study region (SCSR). This synoptic baseline survey was co...