San Diego Coastkeeper


Project Overview

In order to further marine conservation goals in San Diego County, Coastkeeper is working with stakeholders and an array of other non-profit groups to increase the number, size, and protections of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Southern California, while raising awareness about the importance of MPAs among the public. We are mobilizing citizens to support the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) and aid the State’s efforts to create a series of marine reserves along the California coast by 2011. By performing outreach and educating the public on the importance of the beautiful marine ecosystems in our communities’ backyard, citizens will be compelled to be involved and generate support for the MLPA.

San Diego Coastkeeper’sinvolvement in the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative will focus on:

  • Working through the MLPA process to help design, support and implement a cohesive network of scientifically-defensible MPAs in Southern California;
  • Conducting outreach to the community including public, stakeholders, academics, users of the resource and decision makers regarding the MLPA process and the importance of MPAs; and
  • Garnering significant support from the public and decision makers for the protection of the most ecologically diverse areas and the greatest protection offered by marine reserve for these areas.

Resources

We need your help to protect the beauty and bounty of our sea! Please join us for the final meeting of The Marine Life Protection Act on Dec. 9. For more information or to RSVP click here or visit www.caloceans.org

 

 

 

Click here to see the Baum Foundation film A Sheltered Sea: The Southern Passage about the Marine Life Protection Act and the collective benefits of creating Marine Protected Areas in California.

 

 

 

Wonders of the Sea is a visual voyage beneath Southern California’s waves. This new book gives readers a glimpse of our region’s underwater gems. Its “Looking Back” sections show that our ocean was once even more abundant than the one we know today. Take a peek inside Wonders of the Sea.

 

 

 

 

Click here to view the new MLPA South Coast Study Region Brochure.

Click here to view the Spanish brochure.

 


View Coastkeeper’s MPA video below: