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3/15/2018 Sanctuary Diver - August 2016
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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Sanctuary Council Diver Newsletter
DiverAugust 2016
In This IssueFree Diving with Giants
Earth is Blue Magazine
MBNMS Diver Support
Near Grounding
2016 SAC Meeting Schedule
Rockfish Files
Coral Gardens Mess
Shark Week
Largest Sponge
Sports Fest Weekend
Chamber Funding
Dear MBNMS,
The Management Plan Review continues. Coming upis an important topic at the next Sanctuary AdvisoryCouncil meeting. Dawn Hayes our DeputySuperintendent attended a meeting on the East Coastdiscussing and gathering information on artificialreefs. She will be presenting the information onAugust 19th at the SAC meeting. I hope diversinterested in the process may be able to attend. Thepresentation is not an action item, more so part ofthe information gathering process. The importantnext step is working with the State Of California ondefining and implementing an artificial reef approvalprocess. As always please feel free to contact Phil or myself ifwould like a MBNMS presentation at your dive club orstore, also please share this newsletter with otherdivers and help build our communication connections.Think good thoughts as Phil and I continue to workon the Sanctuary Management Plan for the divingcommunity. Brian and Phil Prepared by Brian and Phil, Sanctuary AdvisoryCouncil Diving Representatives
The Rockfish Filesby Capt. PhilI wanted to write a little something about my recent visitsto Point Arena as well as Fort Bragg. I was there as divingsupport for Reefcheck. I also took some time to do a littlediving on my own. I have been diving in the Sonoma andMendocino for many years as I am sure many of you have.Last season and this season have marked a major changein the north coast environment. Urchins have covered thereefs for over one hundred miles of the north coast. Thesmall purple urchins (Strongylocentrotus pupuratus) eatkelp if it is hungry and at this time they have eaten everybit of it, leaving none.
The abalones are desperately looking for food. They haveresorted to eating red algae on the backs of their fellowmollusks. Because otters have been removed from thenorth coast for so long, people have been the keystonespecies there, removing urchins commercially and abalonerecreationally. The problem is we are not doing a good job.The urchins are not commercially viable at present, due tosize, and we restrict the take of abalone (unless you are apoaching flash mob at low tide) which I have seen is nowdoing a fabulous job restoring balance on the reef bytaking everything in sight. There is a total system collapseup north that has not yet hit rock bottom. Will kelp growback? Nope, not until the urchin population is reduced. Willthe abalone die? Maybe, I don't know how long they canhold out. Will the urchins eat themselves out of existence?
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Describing How We Feel
This video is a GoPro Award Winner, and for goodreason. Four years ago we ventured to the Holbox,Mexico to swi with the Whale Sharks. We took somevideo and pictures but none of them described our FreeDive experience like this video does. We went by boatabout 30 miles out to only be sitting in 35 feet of waterand free dove with these gentle giants for over an hour.The video brings back those special moments.
Earth Is Blue MagazineLaunched
The Headquarters Education & Outreach Division haslaunched the inaugural issue of Earth Is Blue: TheMagazine of the National Marine Sanctuaries. Createdin partnership with the National Marine SanctuaryFoundation, this yearly 80-page magazine uses vividimagery and engaging articles to showcase thediversity of amazing marine life within national marinesanctuaries and marine national monuments and to tellstories about the people who depend on them. Theprint version of the magazine was launched at CapitolHill Ocean Week 2016, while the online version wentlive on Friday, June 24th. Earth Is Blue: The Magazinebrings the Earth Is Blue campaign to a new mediumand new audiences. This magazine will enable us toemphasize the importance of marine protected areas tosanctuary visitors, Congressional staff, and Foundationdonors alike. Earth Is Blue magazine on the web:EARTHISBLUE
MBNMS Divers Support NMFSResearch
I don't know. I must say that I am happy to be back in ahealthy kelp forest with otters that know how to treat anurchin. We as a society choose the environment we workand live within, in MBNMS we have a great balance. Avibrant kelp forest, The great whales and Well managedfish stocks. But remember this is a choice. It requireswork Capt. Phil
Warming Ocean Waters in PacificOcean turn Coral Gardens into aGraveyard
New findings show that approximately 95 percent of thecoral colonies at Jarvis Island in the Pacific RemoteIslands Marine National Monument have died following amassive coral bleaching event. Intense El Niño causeswaters to become extremely warm, resulting in coralbleaching. A survey conducted by scientists from NOAA'sPacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and partnersshows that coral colonies that looked healthy and vibranta year ago are now dead and dying, due to long periodsof being bathed in warmer than normal waters. Scientistsfound a bit of good news-they sighted for the first timeever a colony of coral species (Acropora retusa) at JarvisIsland that is listed as threatened under the EndangeredSpecies Act. Also, a few of the more resilient corals alsosurvived the El Niño event. Scientists in this joint effortbetween NOAA Fisheries, Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution and Rutgers University are hopeful that someof the living corals will recover due to the remote location,gradually cooling waters and the biological richness of thearea. More
Celebrate Shark Week with NOAAFisheries
Grab your fins,everyone. It's that timeof year again: SharkWeek. NOAA Fisheriesis showcasing shark-tastic science, videosand myth-busting factsall week long on the
web and our social media channels. Grab your fill of sharkvideos and learn more about how the United States isleading the way to conserve and protect these top oceanpredators that are an integral part of healthy ecosystems.Be sure to also follow NOAA Fisheries on Twitter, Facebookand Instagram for great shark photos, features and more.We're using hashtags #SharkWeek and #SharkWeekNOAA.
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MBNMS andCBNMS provideddiver support toNMFS on June 22and 23 for tests ofan underwaterphoto/sonarobserving platformthat will aid studiesof remote vehicleimpacts on fish atdepth. Divers
helped install and manipulate targets and scales in a35-foot test tank at the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute for calibration tests of the cameraand sonar equipment. Assistance projects such as thisimprove overall awareness of current advances inmarine science and help staff anticipate emergingtechnologies and attendant issues that may impactfuture sanctuary management.
RESOURCE PROTECTION BulkFreighter Grounding Near-Miss
On Friday, May20, the 176-meter bulkcargo vesselULTRA LASCARlost poweraround 1150hrs (PDT) justafter enteringtheprecautionary
area on final approach to San Francisco Bay from thesouth. The Singapore flagged vessel (36,780 DWT) wasabout 8 nm west of the shoreline of Daly City when itlost power and began drifting eastward at about 1.2kts. It was carrying 3,960 barrels of fuel oil and severalthousand tons of salt. The Coast Guard notified MBNMSshortly thereafter to alert both MBNMS and GFNMS of apotential for grounding. MBNMS put it's damageassessment team on stand-by and alerted GFNMS andHQ of the incident. NOAA ORR developed a driftanalysis for a potential oil spill at the shoreline in theevent the vessel were to run aground along its drifttrajectory. MBNMS alerted marine research partnersthat in-water instruments could potentially be impactedby the emergency and that the opportunity existed tocollect or retrieve baseline data prior to any potentialincident. At approximately 1345 hrs (PDT), the CoastGuard ordered the ULTRA LASCAR to drop its anchor.Fifteen minutes later, the anchor took hold and stoppedthe vessel's eastward drift 3 nm from shore MORE
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PMNM Describes Largest KnownSponge in the World Discoveredin PMNM
On May 24, thepeer-reviewedscientific journalMarine Biodiversitypublished an articledescribing thelargest knownsponge in the world,discovered duringan expedition lastsummer to exploresome of the deepestareas of PMNMaboard the NOAAship OkeanosExplorer. Themassive sponge wascaptured on high-definition video at a
depth of 7,000 feet during a remotely operated vehicledive inside PMNM. The sponge was close to 12 feet longand 7 feet wide, comparable in size to a minivan. It is thelargest sponge known to date. The article, titled "Thelargest sponge in the world?" was authored by PMNMResearch Specialist Daniel Wagner and Chris Kelley fromthe University of Hawaiʻi, and can be accessed onlineMORE
Sports Fest 2016 - September
The Monterey Beach SportsFest on September 24-25th is atwo-day festival celebrating the ocean lifestyle onMonterey's Del Monte Beach, nestled between downtownMonterey and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.Participants and spectators will be inspired tocare forthe ocean as they directly connect to it throughthe athletic events in and adjacent to the sea, and throughinteraction with the educational and conservationresources available at our two-day "Healthy People,Healthy Oceans" Expo.
Chamber Fund Rasing
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If you have questions or input please contact
your local representative
AgricultureMr. Kirk Schmidt (831) 761-8644 [email protected] Ms. Kristina Beal (805) 466-2288 [email protected]
Business and Industry Ms. Jessica Grigsby (831) 479-1121 [email protected] Ms. Krista Hammond (831) [email protected]
Commercial FishingMs. Kathy Fosmark (831) 373-5238 [email protected] Captain Jim Moser (831) 246-1408 [email protected]
Community Representatives (At LargeRepresentatives)
Mr. James Panetta [email protected] Mr. Dan Haifley (831) 465-9390 [email protected] Ms. Cynthia Mathews (831) 423-8977 [email protected] Ms. Margaret Webb (805) 927-2987 [email protected] Mr. Gary Hoffmann [email protected]
ConservationDr. Geoffrey Shester, Ph.D. (831) 643-9266 [email protected] Ms. Letise LaFeir (831) 684-9829
DivingCapt. Philip Sammet (831) 915-6600 [email protected] Capt. Brian Nelson (408) 483-8721 [email protected]
EducationMs. Elizabeth (Tucker) Hirsch (908) [email protected] Ms. Amity Sandage (831) 466-5711 [email protected]
Recreation (Water Sports)Mr. Gary Pezzi (831) 440-5200 [email protected] Mr. Barton Selby (650) 245-1974 [email protected]
Recreational FishingMr. Richard Hughett (831) 757-5709 [email protected] Mr. Robert Chatham (831) 747-4274 [email protected]
ResearchDr. James Lindholm, Ph.D. (831) 582-4662 [email protected] Dr. John Hunt, Ph.D. (831) 566-0044 [email protected]
TourismMr. Michael Bekker (831) 649-2603 [email protected] Mr. Robert Massaro (831) 649-6544 [email protected]
Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary has become
a premier diving destination, offering some of themost beautiful and pristine diving areas in thecountry. The City of Pacific Grove, on the MontereyPeninsula, has provided medical treatment to injureddivers with its hyperbaric chamber since 1963. Whilethe City of Pacific Grove provides for many of thechamber's operation needs, the diver donationssupport the continued ongoing operations that offsetneeded repairs that occur from time to time. Pleaseconsider a donation to help this much needed,important resource for the local dive community. Donate to the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric ChamberFund
Donate Now!
Donations for the chamber can be made online usinga credit card or a PayPal account. The credit cardtransaction will be securely handled by PayPal andyou do not need a PayPal account to make a creditcard donation. At the end of the credit cardtransaction you will be presented with an option toprint out a receipt for your donation. Your tax-deductible donation to the Pacific GroveHyperbaric Chamber Fund will go directly towards thereopening of the facility and its operations. Payment can also be made by check mailed to:
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation 99 Pacific Street, Suite 455 E
Monterey, CA 93940
If you have any questions, please email [email protected] Prepared by Brian and Phil, Sanctuary AdvisoryCouncil Diving Representatives
Know your Sanctuary
Monterey Bay NationalMarine Sanctuary
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HarborsMoss Landing HarbarMs. Linda McIntyre - Alternate - (831) 633-5417 [email protected] Pillar Point HarborVACANT Monterey HarborMr. Steve Scheiblauer - Primary -831) 646-3950 [email protected] Santa Cruz HarborMs. Lisa Ekers - Alternate -(831) 475-6161 [email protected] There are additional non-voting and supportingmembers of the Advisory Council. Goto Advisory Council Complete listing andInformation
2016 SAC Meeting Schedule
The 2016 SAC meeting schedule August 19 - Moss LandingOctober 21 - CambriaDecember 8 - Monterey For more information go to 2016 Sanctuary Advisory CouncilMeeting dates and Information
Sincerely, Brian and Phil MBNMS Advisory Council
Monterey Bay NMS Advisory Council
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary(MBNMS) is a Federally protected marinearea offshore of California's central coast.Stretching from Marin to Cambria, theMBNMS encompasses a shoreline length of276 miles and 6,094 square miles ofocean. Supporting one of the world's mostdiverse marine ecosystems, it is home tonumerous mammals, seabirds, fishes,invertebrates and plants in a remarkablyproductive coastal environment. MBNMSwas established for the purpose of resourceprotection, research, education, and publicuse of this national treasure. MBNMS is partof a system of 13 National MarineSanctuaries and one marine nationalmonument, administered by the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Marine Mammal Center - Moss Landing
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