Your Feedback Requested on Marine Protected Area Management Priorities

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) are seeking feedback on the prioritization of recommendations from the first comprehensive Decadal Management Review of California’s Marine Protected Area Network and Management Program.

After the January 2023 release of the Review, the Commission requested that CDFW analyze and consider all comments and information received

Visit CDFW’s New Interactive Marine Protected Area Website

Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area web page
CDFW image

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has created a new, comprehensive marine protected area (MPA) website to provide easier access to MPA information.

The new web pages are accessed from an interactive map, which allows you to find MPAs based on their location. Each page focuses on California MPAs singly or as a set of adjacent MPAs. Maps (online and print-ready), regulations, descriptions, photos, videos, and more are available for each MPA.

Using the “Find an MPA” map at the top of the California MPAs web page, users can zoom in and click on the MPA they’re interested in, and click on the pop-up image to get more details. The new online

Make Plans to Attend MPA Day Management Review Forum

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) Decadal Management Review (Review) in January. The Review is a synthesis across the four pillars of the MPA Management Program and evaluates the progress of the MPA Network at meeting the goals of the Marine Life Protection Act since 2012.

If you are interested in learning more about the Review findings, or sharing information related to your contributions to the Review via a table or a poster,

Available Now! MPA Decadal Management Review Report

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce that the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) Decadal Management Review (Review) report is now available!

The Review provides a synthesis of the last decade of management activities in the four pillars of the MPA Management Program and the effectiveness of the MPA Network at meeting the goals of the Marine Life Protection Act. The Review is informed by

Now Available! Marine Protected Area Long-Term Monitoring Project Reports

Rocky intertidal habitat survey
CDFW photo by C. Shen

The first outcomes from long-term monitoring of California’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network are now available online in seven technical reports, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Ocean Protection Council, and California Sea Grant have announced.