1. C
Kenneth Kopp
Cyndi Dawson
Director of Science
California Program
Reef Check Foundation
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3. Reduced budgets and lack of staff resources in
agencies
Increasing data needs for implementation of EBM
Implementation of adaptive management
Increasing stressors on marine environment
4. Use immersion learning to build a constituency
of citizen scientists
Reef Check teams are in over 90 countries and
territories worldwide
Citizen scientists support improved management
of marine ecosystems
California program started in 2005 to monitor
rocky reef ecosystem
5. End User =
Decision Makers
Reef Check Scientists Science Advisory Team
Data
Quality/Scientific
Rigor
+ =
Volunteer
Demographic
Experienced Divers
Scientific Information MEETINGS
Outreach Management
System + + AND
RELATIONSHIPS
Reports
6. Government
State (e.g. Department of Fish and Game)
Federal (e.g. National Marine Sanctuaries)
Academic Research Programs
Scientific Dive Programs
Universities and Aquaria
Industry
Dive Shops
Charter Operators
7. MLPA Goals related to RCCA Monitoring
biological monitoring
Protect Habitat Habitat characterization
Conserve diversity Density of indicator species
Protect populations Size structure for selected
organisms (abalone, urchin,
fishes)
Help depleted fisheries?
Inside/outside site selection
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SATR
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PISCO
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OELOSCHR SMAR SMAR HDECSMEL OCAL
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10. As new tools like MPAs are implemented as part of
fisheries management, data needs will increase
Data quality has been established and is continually
assessed
Partnerships multiply resources and lower costs,
increasing spatial and temporal scope
Volunteers are engaged and supportive of science
based management
Approach can be repeated in other systems/regions
11. Acknowledgements
• California Coastal Marine Initiative of the David
and Lucille Packard Foundation, Richard and
Rhoda Goldman Fund, California Ocean
Protection Council/State Coastal Conservancy,
Quiksilver Foundation, Body Glove, SIMA,
UCSB Shoreline Preservation Fund, Patagonia,
Campbell Foundation, Code Blue
• Scientific Review Team
• Reef Check volunteers worldwide