Thanks for the Beautiful Beaches!: Play Now | Download (550)

With Memorial Day Weekend, the “unofficial” start of summer, we highlight ways to thank the ocean for our beautiful beaches. Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy for the California Natural Resources Agency, discusses everyday actions we can take to help clean up our coasts and ocean. Actor and activist Edward James Olmos adds his powerful Thank You Ocean message, “Don’t Trash the Beach.”

For more information, visit:

• California Coastal Cleanup Day
• Thank You Ocean Marine Debris page
• Thank You Ocean Pledge
  

 Earth Day 2011: Play Now | Download (577)

This Thank You Ocean Report podcast celebrates Earth Day with a focus on the ocean. While there are very significant issues facing the ocean, there is also a connection between what goes into the ocean and all of us. Our guest is John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources. (Photo courtesy John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources)

For more information, visit:

• Thank You Ocean Earth Day Event Calendar
• Earth Day Network

 San Francisco Ocean Film FestivaL: Play Now | Download (758)

March 9-13, 2011: The 8th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, the nation’s premier cinemaquatic [R] event, will feature more than 50 adrenaline-drenched and thought-provoking films exploring the beauty, mystery and excitement of the ocean. Learn more from our guest Ana Blanco, the festival’s director. Tickets, starting at $10 adult, $5 children, include free admission to Aquarium of the Bay, a presenting partner along with The Bay Institute and NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries. (Photo courtesy of San Francisco Ocean Film Festival)

For more information, visit:

• San Francisco Ocean Film Festival: www.oceanfilmfest.org or 415.561.6251
• Aquarium of the Bay
• The Bay Institute
• Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

 San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Project [5:16m]: Play Now | Download (641)

San Francisco Bay is said to be the most studied estuary in the world but most of that effort has been focused on the shoreline and tidal wetland areas. Marilyn Latta, Project Manager with the California State Coastal Conservancy, talks about the newly released “San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Report.” It focuses on restoration needs and opportunities for the subtidal habitats in the bay which includes all of the submerged area beneath the water’s surface: mud, shell, sand, rocks, artificial structures, shellfish beds, over 3,700 acres of eelgrass beds, macroalgal beds, and the water column itself.

This report was originally published as a Your Wetlands podcast by the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture who has generously given us permission to podcast it as a Thank You Ocean report.

For more information, visit:

• San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Project
• California State Coastal Conservancy
• Your Wetlands
• San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

 Explore the National Marine Sanctuaries: Play Now | Download (474)

This new series of books focuses on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Sanctuaries. Our guest is Jean-Michel Cousteau, the series author.

For more information, visit:

• Explore the National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau
• Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society

 California and the World Ocean Conference 2010 (CWO '10): Play Now | Download (611)

Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy for the California Natural Resources Agency, highlights the upcoming “California and the World Ocean Conference 2010″ to be held in San Francisco from September 7-10, 2010. As with the previous CWO conferences, CWO ‘10 will seek the experience, views and innovative ideas of experts throughout California, the United States, and the international community in addressing ocean and coastal resource management issues facing California and other states and nations.

For more information, visit:

• California and the World Ocean Conference 2010

 BLUE Ocean Film Festival: Play Now | Download (1538)

The goal of the BLUE Ocean Film Festival is to share at all levels the latest insights on what is happening in our ocean and to provide tangible ways people can make a difference. Executive Director Debbie Kinder talks about BLUE which will be held in Monterey, California, from August 24-29, 2010.

 Protecting the California Coast: Play Now | Download (732)

The ocean impacts life in California in many ways. In this report, Amber Mace, Executive Director of the Ocean Protection Council, talks about the role of the OPC in protecting our coastal and ocean resources.

 Governors Take Action Toward Ocean Health: Play Now | Download (417)

In July 2008, the Governors of California, Oregon and Washington released a West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health Action Plan that identified common ocean and coastal management priorities. Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy for the California Natural Resources Agency, offers an update about this joint effort to protect and manage the vast marine resources shared by California, Oregon and Washington.

For more information, visit:

• West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health
• California Ocean Resources Management Program
• Office of Governor Kulongoski, Oregon
• Washington State Department of Ecology

 Ocean on the Edge: Play Now | Download (614)

Ocean on the Edge is an exhibit focusing on the issues that impact the ocean and what we can do about them. Our guest is Dr. Jerry Schubel, President and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific, the exhibit’s creator and host. (Photo courtesy of K. Leonard, Aquarium of the Pacific)

• Aquarium of the Pacific’s Ocean on the Edge Exhibit
• Thank You Ocean Pledge