Boaters have two new tools that make managing boat sewage much more convenient and trackable. The Pumpout Nav, a free iOS and Android app, is designed for use while on-the-go and aboard the vessel. It helps boaters geo-locate sewage pumpout stations closest to their present location. The second tool, the Pumpout Report 2016, is a… Continue reading New Free App Helps Boaters Easily Find and Use Pumpout Stations to Manage Sewage and Avoid Polluting Ocean
Topic: Ocean
The Bay Foundation Offers 6th-8th Graders, Teachers Fun & FREE Tools to Check and Change Conservation Habits
The Bay Foundation (TBF) has launched a website open to all educators who work with 6th, 7th and 8th graders, providing a complete activity packet of tools to help students first identify their water and energy use, and then educate them to effect a conservation-focused change in their habits. This behavior-impacting program with its accompanying… Continue reading The Bay Foundation Offers 6th-8th Graders, Teachers Fun & FREE Tools to Check and Change Conservation Habits
UCLA Students Study Acidification of Kelp in Santa Monica Bay
One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Pezner, a fourth-year environmental science student, is part of a six-person student team studying ocean acidification in a rehabilitated forest of kelp off the coast of Palos Verdes, California.… Continue reading UCLA Students Study Acidification of Kelp in Santa Monica Bay
Aerial Monitoring of Ocean Vessels in Southern California March 2017 – Annual Project Report
Objective long-term data on the type, extent and location of boating and boat-based fishing directly supports the success of marine spatial planning and resource management of coastal oceans. This project was initiated to generate an objective fishery-independent dataset to define the extent of boating activities in the state waters off the coast of mainland southern… Continue reading Aerial Monitoring of Ocean Vessels in Southern California March 2017 – Annual Project Report
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016
In 2016, The Bay Foundation (TBF), with support from the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC), was awarded an EPA grant to conduct a broad, risk-based, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) of the objectives in the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program (SMBNEP’s) Bay Restoration Plan (BRP). The CCVA identifies risks associated with individual objectives… Continue reading Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016
Kelp Forest Restoration Annual Report July 2016 – June 2017 (Year 4) – Appendices
Appendices to Year 4 Annual Report including project maps, photos and additional data.
Kelp Forest Restoration Annual Report July 2016 – June 2017 (Year 4)
The purpose of this project is to reduce the density of purple sea urchins to two per square meter within the boundaries of sea urchin barrens off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. This will allow for the recruitment and development of giant kelp and other species of macroalgae. This project will reduce sea urchin grazing pressure… Continue reading Kelp Forest Restoration Annual Report July 2016 – June 2017 (Year 4)
Aerial Monitoring of Ocean Vessels in Southern California: February 2016 – Preliminary Project Report
Objective long-term data on the type, extent and location of boating and boat-based fishing directly supports the success of marine spatial planning and resource management of coastal oceans. This project was initiated to generate an objective fishery-independent dataset to define the extent of boating activities in the state waters off the coast of mainland southern… Continue reading Aerial Monitoring of Ocean Vessels in Southern California: February 2016 – Preliminary Project Report
Urban Coast Volume 5, Issue 1 – Special Issue: State of the Bay – Dec 2015
The 2015 State of the Bay Report is a science-based comprehensive assessment of the Bay’s environmental condition. The Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program (SMBNEP) periodically conducts and makes a report on this assessment, with the goal of measuring progress in restoring the Bay’s natural habitats and resources, educating the public about the Bay’s valuable… Continue reading Urban Coast Volume 5, Issue 1 – Special Issue: State of the Bay – Dec 2015
Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project: January 1, 2012 – September 30, 2015
(Abstract) The Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project aims to restore populations of green abalone (Haliotis fulgens), a federal species of concern, to Southern California where they were once plentiful and supported a thriving commercial fishing industry. This pilot project explored methods of spawning, rearing, and outplanting green abalone, investigated the genetic… Continue reading Southern California Green Abalone and Kelp Forest Restoration Project: January 1, 2012 – September 30, 2015