Events

Central Coast Highway 1 Climate Resiliency Study Public Workshop – August 29

Mina Sattari
The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) invites you to come learn about the Central Coast Highway 1 Climate Resiliency Study. This multi-benefit planning study seeks to identify the needs and opportunities to improve transportation mobility, safety and efficiency, promote healthy coastal habitats, and provide economic security and benefits to the local community. Get involved and help shape the adaptation strategies that are being developed and evaluated. The community workshop will begin with a brief presentation describing the study and future climate impacts posed to Highway 1, Elkhorn Rail and Elkhorn Slough. After the presentation, community members are invited to contribute their input on the study and transportation and ecological resources in the area. Please contact Heather Adamson at hadamson@ambag.org if you have any questions.
Event Date:
Thursday, August 29, 2019 from 6:00 p.m- 8:00 p.m.
Location:
Seminar Room
Moss Landing Marine Labs
8272 Moss Landing Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039

Ed Ricketts Memorial Award and Lecture – September 17th

Mina Sattari
Please join Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in honoring Moss Landing Marine Lab's Director, Dr. James Harvey,  with the Ed Ricketts Memorial Award. Dr. Harvey will follow the award presentation with a lecture, "Research, Teaching, and Mentoring: Musings of a General Optimist." The Event will also be available via Facebook Live.  This event is free and open to the public
For more information click here
Event Date:
 Tuesday, September 17, 2019 from 7:00-8:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Location:
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center
35 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Pacific Shark Research Center at Sharktoberfest

Bennett Bugbee

Get a crash course in shark science and conservation with a pair of talks by researchers from the Pacific Shark Research Center: Program Director Dr. Dave Ebert, who has made finding “lost” sharks his life’s work, and Shark Week’s Vicky Vásquez, who named the ninja lanternshark. Head to the planetarium at 6:30pm for a spin around the world and learn about some of the new shark discoveries over the past year with Dr. Dave Ebert. Then, travel to some of the Pacific Ocean’s most remote islands and marine national monuments during a special screening of Hidden Pacific, followed by a panel featuring its director, Ian Shive, and hosted by David McGuire, Shark Stewards founder and director. Elsewhere, rub elbows with other ocean conservationists who are working to protect threatened shark populations near home.

More info here.

Event Date

Thursday, October 3rd 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location

California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118

 

Moss Landing Street Fair-July 28

Mina Sattari
Moss Landing Marine Labs looks forward to being a  part of the annual Moss Landing Street Fair in July!   Visit the annual Moss Landing Antique Fair on Sunday July 29 from 8am to 5pm! Moss Landing Marine labs will have 2 tables in a new area for education and research. MLML Research Affiliate member Gena Bentall will have a table for the Sea Otter Savvy Program and Kathleen will have a table for MLML with specimens and a BIG basket for donations. Thank you to the Moss Landing Chamber of Commerce for inviting Moss Landing Marine Labs to share our research with the community. Tell your friends and family
Event Date:
July 28th, 2019 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:
Moss Landing Road

MLML’s Dr. Maxime Grand to speak at UC Santa Cruz – December 7th, 2018

Kimberly Elson

Maxime Grand, MLML's Chemical Oceanographer, to speak in UC Santa Cruz's Ocean Sciences Seminar Series on Friday, December 7th at 10:40am.

Beyond GEOTRACES: From basin-scale micronutrient metal surveys to in situ microfluidic sensing

This talk will explore the biogeochemistry of dissolved and particulate Fe and Al in the Indian Ocean prior to discussing the development and application of emerging analytical technologies for autonomous observations of trace metals and major nutrients (phosphate) using microfluidics.

For more info, click here.

 

MLML Researchers Planting Baby Oysters in Partnership with the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve – October 23rd, 2018

Kimberly Elson

MEDIA ADVISORY

October 18, 2018

For more information:

Scott Nichols, ESF Development & Communications Manager

Email: communications@elkhornslough.org

Phone: (831) 728-5939

Interested members of the media are invited to attend this first-of-its-kind restoration effort, which offers exceptional video, photo, and interview opportunities from an active research site on the tidal mudflats of the Elkhorn Slough.

Researchers Planting Baby Oysters at Elkhorn Slough (10/23)

First Attempt in California to Restore Native Oysters through Aquaculture

ELKHORN SLOUGH, CA — On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 23, 2018, members of the media are invited to attend as a team of researchers and volunteers plant juvenile Olympia oysters in the tidal mudflats of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. This outplanting of juvenile oysters, raised in partnership with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, represents the first attempt to support California’s dwindling native oyster populations through aquaculture.

WHAT:  Planting juvenile Olympia oysters (grown through aquaculture in partnership with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories) in the tidal mudflats of the Elkhorn Slough Reserve.

WHEN:  Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 3:00pm-6:00pm. Media are encouraged to RSVP.

WHERE:  Meet at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA  95076 (map). We will provide rubber boots, if needed, and shuttle media to and from the project site on the Elkhorn Slough Reserve’s tidal mudflats (approx. 10 minutes).

WHO: Reserve Research Coordinator Dr. Kerstin Wasson with researchers, students, and volunteers from Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML). When the work is complete, there will be a celebratory toast led by MLML Director Jim Harvey, joined by Assemblyman Mark Stone and other supporters of California aquaculture and oyster restoration, including the Anthropocene Institute which provided substantial funding.

WHY:  Researchers, students, and volunteers will plant juvenile oysters in Elkhorn Slough to help restore dwindling native oyster populations. This represents the first attempt to support native oyster restoration through aquaculture in the state of California.

CONTACT:  For more information or to RSVP, please contact Scott Nichols, ESF Development & Communications Manager, at communications@elkhornslough.org or (831) 728-5939.

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Administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) which owns the property, the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR), is one of 29 Reserves established nationwide to support long-term research, water-quality monitoring, environmental education, and coastal stewardship. The Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF) works in partnership with the Reserve, and is the only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to protecting Elkhorn Slough and its watershed forever. For more information, visit: www.elkhornslough.org.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve volunteers Ken Pollak and Celeste Stanik deploying clam shell reefs with oyster restoration expert Chela Zabin (Photo by Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough Reserve)