Snapshot: What is an MPA?

Find out more about California’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network through the eyes of ocean users and CDFW in a new article titled A Network of Protection: Mystery of the Marine Protected Areas Explained. Published in the July/August issue of Outdoor California, the article provides an overview of the MPAs and how they are being integrated into everyday life along the California coast.  Read all about it in Outdoor California or on the California Marine Protected Areas website (see the Popular Resources section).


post by Elizabeth Pope, CDFW Environmental Scientist