Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium - April 5th 8-3PM CSUMB - Free Public Event! http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/currsymp2008/welcome.html

Humboldt Bay Symposium 24-26 April 2008 http://www.humboldtbay.org

Sacramento River salmon run forecast at all time low - possible salmon fishing season closure with final decision scheduled for April 10th:
View Pacific Fishery Management Council's Press Release (pdf) (2/28)
Attend Public Hearing on salmon management: April 1 Eureka, CA

Elevated bacteria levels found at 2 Santa Cruz County beaches (3/25)

American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Annual Symposium - March 11-15 in La Jolla, CA http://data.memberclicks.com/site/aaus/Annual_Symposium_2008_Flyer.pdf

2008 Salinity and Drainage Conference, March 26 in Sacramento. Topics will focus on future plans and current practices related to salt/water management on the Westside of the San Joaquin Valley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/WRC/sdp_meetings.html

American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Annual Symposium - March 11-15 in La Jolla, CA http://data.memberclicks.com/site/aaus/Annual_Symposium_2008_Flyer.pdf

View live video from Monterey Bay sponsored by National Marine Sanctuary Program March 2-7

Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Conference, Pacific Grove, Feb 27-29 http://www.iep.ca.gov/AES/Asilomar_2008.htm

2 beaches in San Mateo County closed due to tar balls ; unsafe bacteria levels found at 3 beaches (2/20)

Health advisory lifted near San Quentin following sewage spill (2/17)

Read SF Chronicle story on Richardson Bay spill (2/01)

Several beaches under advisory in Marin County due to 3 sewage overflows of over 5 million gallons into northern SF Bay in the last month (2/18)

1 beach in Santa Cruz County with unsafe bacteria levels (2/18)

2 beaches in San Mateo County closed due to tar balls ; unsafe bacteria levels found at 2 beaches (2/15)

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 1 beach in Santa Barbara County (2/11)

Elephant seal annual migrants return to Ano Nuevo State Reserve

Western Groundfish Conference Feb 4-8, Santa Cruz, CA http://tundra.iphc.washington.edu/home.php

1 beach closed due to sewage spill in South SF Bay ; unsafe bacteria levels found at 3 beaches in San Mateo County (1/30)

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 2 beaches in Santa Barbara County (1/28)

DWR releases report indicating above average snowpack near Lake Tahoe (1/31)

Coverage of Maverick's Surf Contest (1/12/08)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/01/12/MN6UUEE3B.DTL&o=0

Woman drowns at Sonoma State Beach in large ocean swell (1/15/08)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNJQUF160.DTL

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 3 beaches in San Mateo County (1/7 - 1/11)

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 7 beaches in Santa Barbara County (1/7 - 1/11)

Researchers take advantage of January's "storm of the decade" to collect unique data (01/07/08)

San Francisco Sewer overflow potentially effects 2 beach areas (01/07/08)

DWR releases Sierras snow report for January 3, 2008 (with below average snowpack levels)

TOPP tracks winning leatherback sea turtle in summer-to-summer solstice race (1/2)

2007

PG&E Wave Energy Proposal : http://www.times-standard.com/fastsearchresults/ci_5321404 

CeNCOOS Council Meeting - December 7th in San Francisco at BCDC
   Driving Directions: http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/contact.php
   AGENDA

NOAA reports: 2007 in top ten warmest years on record (12/13)

Newly released:The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. With Coastal Oceans chapter by co-author Francisco Chavez (CeNCOOS Council). (12/3)

December 10-14, 2007 PISCO Scientific Symposium & Advisory Committee Meeting, Corvallis, OR.

Huge swell hits California coast - claiming a surfer's life and leaving a fishing boat missing http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/story.php?sid=51285&storySection=Top+Stories

1 Alameda County beach still closed due to oil spill http://www.ebparks.org/node/538

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 1 Sonoma County Beach, view reports at Sonoma County EHS (December)

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 4 creeks in San Mateo County (December)

Twelve San Francisco Bay area beaches closed due to November 7th oil spill - Call 1877-SFBEACH for details http://www.healthebay.org/brc/grademap.asp?map=11

Two San Francisco penninsula beaches closed due to oil spil http://sfwater.org//custom/lims/beachmain1.cfm/mc_id/20/MC_ID/20/MSC_ID/198

3 Marin County beaches closed due to oil spill 9 more under advisories for oil spill contamination or unsafe bacteria levels http://www.earth911.org/waterquality/default.asp?cluster=6041

Exhaustive test reveals mercury levels in Bay Area sport fish (11/07)

“PICES Sixteenth Annual Meeting: The changing North Pacific: Previous patters, future projections, and ecosystem impacts: Oct. 26th-Nov. 5th.” http://www.pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES16/background.aspx

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 1 beach in Humboldt County (October)

California Ocean Protection Council Meeting: October 25th in Eureka
http://resources.ca.gov/copc/meetings.html

Monterey Bay beach re-opens September 6th after white shark attack http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/September/06/local/stories/08local.htm

White shark now on exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/whiteshark/

California Sea Otter Survey reports an increase in sea otter adults and pups on the Central California coast for Spring 2007: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/otters/ca-surveydata.html

Suggestions for MPA proposals for the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region will be accepted through October 4th http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/announcement100407.asp

New CDIP oceanographic buoy deployed over the Monterey Canyon
  http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46236

Workshop: Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems: Applications to Marine Protected Areas and Water Quality San Francisco, CA.  September 25-26, 2007

Monterey Bay surfer attacked by white shark August 29th, beach closes http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/August/29/local/stories/02local.htm

Sept. 15th is International Coastal Cleanup Day - view the Ocean Consevancy 's site to find out how you can help: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc&JServSessionIdr007=w3hmc8u9w2.app5b

CeNCOOS Council Meeting: September 7th, 2007 10AM-4PM at the Romburg Tiburon Center - Public Welcome! (agenda)

Monterey Bay Surfrider Foundation Chapters back City of Capitola’s ban on polystyrene food containers to go into effect July 1st, 2007http://www.surfrider.org/Coastal_news.aspx

Coastal Zone Workshop: Portland, OR July 22-26, 2007 http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/events.html

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 1 Santa Barbara County Beach, view reports at Santa Barbara County EHS (week of Sept 11th)

Unsafe bacteria levels found at 1 Humboldt County Beach, view reports at Humboldt County EHS (week of Sept 11th)

Workshop on Environmental Modeling of the Central California Coast  AGENDA
MBARI Moss Landing, CA. 15-16 August 2007

International Surfing Day June 21st! http://www.surfingthemag.com/ISD/

Bill Introduced to US Congress May 24, 2007, reauthorizing Beach Protection Act
http://www.surfrider.org/Coastal_news.aspx?CN_Id=200610199

SIMoN – Listing of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ‘Special Status’ Species
http://www.mbnms-simon.org/projects/specialSpecies/

Invasion of the Bay Snatchers! Scientists battle invasive species in SF Bay
http://www.sfei.org/inthenews/eastbayexpress_jun607_Invasion-1.pdf

Intensive summer study of fish/invertebrate larval trends underway in Monterey Bay
http://www.piscoweb.org/research/oceanography/Biophysical_2007_Study

National Marine Sanctuary: Monterey Bay Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/press/2007/pr061207a.html

National Weather Service predicts: Drought conditions to persist or intensify across much of region http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html

MBARI Open House June 30th
http://www.mbari.org/about/openhouse.html

June 8th – World Ocean Day http://www.thankyouocean.org/

Large Algae Bloom along California Coast
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/press_releases/text.asp?pid=646
Quarantine on Sport-Harvested Mussels in California (DFG Marine Region)
NOAA press release
Additional link and articles
Harmful Algal Bloom Factsheet

Scientists Reveal Highly-Detailed Imagery of California Seafloor (including Mavericks)! http://www.coastalconservancy.ca.gov/Programs/SeaFloorMapping/SeafloorMapping.htm  

Local scientists follow Great White Shark from Monterey to the Gulf of California
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/whiteshark/

Rip-Current Experiment on 3D Neashore Circulation
This Month!! Sand City, Monterey Bay: April 16 – May 16 http://www.oc.nps.navy.mil/~macmahan/RCEX_webpage.htm

BeachCOMBERS Program Records Common Murre Die-Off in Monterey Bay 2007
http://www.mbnms-simon.org/other/moreLinks/whats_new_comu.php

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute begins construction of an undersea laboratory
http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2007/mars-cable-advisory.html

CeNCOOS and our Partners Staffed an Exhibit and Poster Session (photo), at the March 3rd Monterey Bay Sanctuary Symposium OceanObs poster (pdf 200k) (PowerPoint 3mb)

The National Data Buoy Center’s Dial-A-Buoy program allows ocean users to easily retrieve information on weather and water conditions when away from the internet
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml

CeNCOOS Council Meeting: Friday, March 2, 2007 Moss Landing, CA Council Meeting

Sanctuary Currents Symposium: March 3, 2007. Submit poster abstracts by January 26, 2007
http://www.mbnms-simon.org/docs/build/call_for_papers.pdf

MARS Ocean Observatory: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/March/13/local/stories/04local.htm 

Invasive Quagga Mussels Identified In California
Public's Help Requested! http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news07/07007.html

CeNCOOS participates in a forum on North Coast Ocean Observing http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=21644

CeNCOOS and our Partners Staffed an Exhibit and Poster Session (photo), at the March 3rd Monterey Bay Sanctuary Symposium OceanObs poster (3mb)

Invasive Quagga Mussels Identified In California
Public's Help Requested! http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news07/07007.html

Fish and Game Department to Decide on a Plan for Central CA Marine Protected Areas
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/index.html

Center for Integrated Marine Technologies fact sheet on Harmful Algal Blooms
http://cimt.ucsc.edu/factsheets/2HaB_Factsheet.pdf

San Francisco Estuarine Institute releases 2006 Pulse of the Estuary Report
http://www.sfei.org/rmp/pulse/2006/index.html

Fish and Game Department to Decide on a Plan for Central CA Marine Protected Areas http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/index.html

CeNCOOS Council Meeting: Friday, March 2nd.  Moss Landing, CA  Details TBA soon

U.S. ocean observatories imperiled by 'earmark' crackdown (05/02/07)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0502/p02s01-uspo.html

7th International Radiowave Oceanography Workshop Announcement : http://www.cencalcurrents.org/row/    May 27-31, 2007 in Cancun, Mexico

NASA and TOPP: Satellites and Sea Lions: Working Together to Improve Ocean Models  http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/sealion-20070206.html     

Washington Post Article:  "States' Map for Saving the Oceans".  Article leads with example of CA

Joint Ocean Commisstion Initiative raises U.S. grade on oceans from D+ to C- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16888992/

What if?  What to expect if SF Bay waters rise a meter.  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/01/BAGB8NSRSF1.DTL&hw=sea+level+rise&sn=005&sc=431

Bush administration in hot seat over warming Lawmakers get survey of scientists, half of whom report political pressure http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16886008/

The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report title “Climate Change 2007” is coming out soon.  Visit their website for further information: http://www.ipcc.ch/  

5 new members elected to CeNCOOS Council:
             Kenneth Coale, Director of Moss Landing Marine Labs
             Pat Coulston, Program Manager, Marine Region Resource Assessment Program, CDF&G
             Karen Garrison, Water and Oceans Group, NRDC
             Gary Griggs, Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC
             Steve Ramp, Research Professor of Oceanography, NPS

NOAA Reports 2006 Warmest Year on Record for U.S.
Global Warming Trend El Niño Contribute to Milder Winter Temperatures http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2772.htm

National Weather Service reports El Niño conditions are likely to continue through March-May 2007.  http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/

CeNCOOS participate in a North Coast Forum on Ocean Observing (2/15): http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=21644

2006

Sign the Memorandum of Agreement
CeNCOOS partners can show their support and contribute to our efforts by signing our Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Signed partners (Parties) have a number of obligations and privileges, including the right to nominate and vote for the Council. The MOA will be open for signatures until November 21, 2007
- Parties can nominate and vote.
- The CeNCOOS Council will add 5 new members by January 15, 2007.

If you are interested, please read the following documents or contact Heather Kerkering at heather@mbari.org:
- An invitation to sign the MOA with a description of CeNCOOS, Party Benefits, Council Composition and Obligations
- The MOA with updates on the Council composition and election process
- A list of current Parties

Read the MOA
Contact the Coordinator if you are interested in signing.
| Link to MOA | MOA Signatories |

CeNCOOS Council Meeting - San Francisco, Oct. 2006
Meeting Notes are available for viewing

Environmental Response to Oil Spills in California
Training, sponsored by NOAA and OSPR in Monterey, California. /www.dfg.ca.gov/ospr/misc/eros/EROS flyer for Fall 2006.pdf

Long Marine Lab Seminar Series
www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/calendar.html#Lecture

California and World Ocean is working to make all presentations available online
resources.ca.gov/ocean/cwo06

Safe Seas 2006
NOOA's oil spill response exercise off of the San Francisco Coast - August 7-11 sanctuaries.noaa.gov/safeseas

Monterey Bay Aquarium Tags and Releases White Shark in Monterey Bay
On Display August 31^st 2006 - January 16th http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/whiteshark/

TOPP researchers tag and follow Mola Molas http://www.toppcensus.org/web/FeatureDetails.aspx?id=97&WG=6 NOAA Releases RFP for Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12115&mode=VIEW

Coastal Geotools Early Registration deadline: January 8 2007
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools/

Ocean Protection Bill (Oceans-21) introduced in Congress:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-04-04.asp

Memorandum of Agreement Signatory List updated December 2006  Documents: Current Signatories.

14-17 NOVEMBER 2006 Environmental Response to Oil Spills in California Training, sponsored by NOAA and OSPR in Monterey, California. /www.dfg.ca.gov/ospr/misc/eros/EROS flyer for Fall 2006.pdf

SEPTEMBER 2006 SCCOOS highlighted in September OceanView Newsletter

AUGUST 2006 CeNCOOS highlighted in August OceanView Newsletter

2005