California ocean anglers have long pursued the numerous and colorful rockfish species that inhabit the coastal waters. These popular fishes have inspired the name of craft beer and the California Department of Fish and Game lists 57 species native to the state. However, several rockfish populations plummeted due to overfishing from the 1970s to the … Continue reading
What might San Diego look like in four decades? Twelve months ago, we explored this concept after the Climate Education Partners and the San Diego Foundation released the 2050 report detailing what climate change might mean to the city. A follow-up report was recently released with updates to the predictions. In order for the region’s … Continue reading
Researchers to report results at Fish Public during Slow Food Urban San Diego mixer San Diego, Calif., March 18, 2014 – In partnership with Slow Food Urban San Diego, Dr. Theresa Talley of the California Sea Grant Extension Program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, and University of San Diego professor … Continue reading
The California Ocean Science Trust today will announce the selection of an initial set of research projects that will begin the $4-million North Coast Marine Protected Area Baseline Program. The science grants will support the collection of ecological and socioeconomic information on beaches, reefs and other nearshore ecosystems along the state’s North Coast, which stretches … Continue reading
Ronald S. Burton, a professor of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and a currently funded California Sea Grant researcher, has been elected a 2013 Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest general science organization. He joins 388 new AAAS Fellows and is one … Continue reading
Kelly Keen, a 2013 California Sea Grant State Fellow, has accepted a job as an environmental scientist at the California State Lands Commission. “After collecting and analyzing field data for a number of years, I was interested in how science was being used to shape policy and management decisions to protect marine and coastal ecosystems,” … Continue reading
Birds are taking a bite out of young salmon populations in Central California, and researchers suspect that our trash is the likely root of the avian-predation problem. A new study by California Sea Grant-funded researchers shows that a young steelhead has about a 30-percent chance of being eaten by Western gulls during its transit to sea through creek … Continue reading
