North Coast State of the Region, Snapshots and Supplemental Reports All Habitats 2013 to 2017

Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation on the North Coast. The North Coast region includes more than 1,000 square miles of state water from Point Arena to the California-Oregon border, and this report establishes a benchmark of conditions against which future changes can be compared.

This is Volume 1 of a series of 5 Snapshot reports highlighting key information about what was happening in the waters of the North Coast region from 2014-2016. This series supports the comprehensive State of the Region Report. This report highlights some key scientific findings from the Oceanographic Conditions Project, one of eleven baseline projects in California’s North Coast region.1 This project characterized the environmental facts and figures are derived from the project’s peer-reviewed technical report and associated references.

This is Volume 2 of a series of 5 Snapshot reports highlighting key information about what was happening in the waters of the North Coast region from 2014-2016. This series supports the comprehensive State of the Region Report. This report highlights some key scientific findings from the Kelp and Rocky Reef Monitoring Projects, two of eleven baseline projects in California’s North Coast region.1 These projects characterized the kelp and rocky reef ecosystems (0-30m depth) around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation. Facts and figures are derived from the projects’ peer-reviewed technical reports and associated references.

This is Volume 3 of a series of 5 Snapshot reports highlighting key information about what was happening in the waters of the North Coast region from 2014-2016. This series supports the comprehensive State of the Region Report. This report highlights some key scientific findings from the Socioeconomics of North Coast Fisheries project, one of eleven baseline projects in California’s North Coast region.1 This project characterized the socioeconomic condition of fishing communities around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation. Facts and figures are derived from the project’s peer-reviewed technical report and associated references.

This is Volume 4 of a series of 5 Snapshot reports highlighting key information about what was happening in the waters of the North Coast region from 2014-2016. This series supports the comprehensive State of the Region Report. This report highlights some key scientific findings from the Baseline Characterization of North Coast Estuaries project, one of eleven baseline projects in California’s North Coast region.1 This project characterized North Coast estuaries around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation. Facts and figures are derived from the project’s peer-reviewed technical report and associated references.

This document provides supplemental information to the North Coast State of the Region report. The State of the Region report provides a synopsis of the ecological, biological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions in the North Coast MPA region near the time of MPA implementation in December 2012. Explore California's MPAs at CDFW's MPA webpage https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs

This document provides supplemental information to the North Coast State of the Region report. The State of the Region report provides a synopsis of the ecological, biological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions in the North Coast MPA region near the time of MPA implementation in December 2012. Explore California's MPAs at CDFW's MPA webpage https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs

This document provides supplemental information to the North Coast State of the Region report. The State of the Region report provides a synopsis of the ecological, biological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions in the North Coast MPA region near the time of MPA implementation in December 2012. Explore California's MPAs at CDFW's MPA webpage https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs

This document provides supplemental information to the North Coast State of the Region report. The State of the Region report provides a synopsis of the ecological, biological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions in the North Coast MPA region near the time of MPA implementation in December 2012. Explore California's MPAs at CDFW's MPA webpage https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs