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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Stories

OST shares insights from California at the Oregon MPAs Sizing and Spacing Workshop

By Emma Stone

OST staff member Hayley Carter presented at the Oregon MPA Sizing and Spacing workshop, hosted by The Nature Conservancy, on our working group exploring climate resilience of California’s MPA network.

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Celebrating a Decade of Action on Ocean Acidification

By Hayley Carter

Along with our many partners, we are proud to contribute to 10 years of action on ocean acidification. Our recent progress report to the OPC reviews California’s major achievements to better understand, mitigate, and adapt to OA.

Media Coverage

Supporting Climate Discussions at Blue COP25

By Hayley Carter

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) kicks off this week in Madrid, we are proud to share California’s secret weapon against climate change in a recent Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle co-authored MPAs and Climate working group member Dr. Fiorenza Micheli, Stanford University.

Announcements

UN FAO Symposium

By Emma Stone

Science Director Dr. Lida Teneva spoke at the UN FAO’s Fisheries Sustainability Symposium: Strengthening the Science-Policy Nexus. In the session on fisheries and technologies, she highlighted the importance of data science capacity, social equity issues, and enforcement efficiency in governing fisheries for sustainability.

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Western Society of Naturalists 2019 annual meeting

By Emma Stone

OST staff Melissa Kent and Hayley Carter chaired a special session "Advancements in MPA Science" and judged student research talks and posters at WSN's 100th annual meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. The theme of the conference this year was "Science without Borders."

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Fishing Communities & Climate workshop summary report

By Emma Stone

The summary report is now available for the OST-convened July workshop exploring policy and management options to address climate change impacts on fishing communities in California. The report summarizes anticipated impacts, discussed policy & management tools and solutions, and information needs for continued efforts.

SCIENCE ACCELERATING PROGRESS FOR HEALTHY OCEANS.

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH OUR NEW IMPACT REPORT!

READ OUR STRATEGIC VISION HERE.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Stories

OST shares insights from California at the Oregon MPAs Sizing and Spacing Workshop

By Emma Stone

Products

Celebrating a Decade of Action on Ocean Acidification

By Hayley Carter

Media Coverage

Supporting Climate Discussions at Blue COP25

By Hayley Carter

Announcements

UN FAO Symposium

By Emma Stone

Announcements

Western Society of Naturalists 2019 annual meeting

By Emma Stone

Products

Fishing Communities & Climate workshop summary report

By Emma Stone

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