On September 23rd a report titled “Facilitating Research in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Summary of the 2010 Workshop to Inform the Ecosystem-based Management Initiative” was published in the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series. The workshop, which occurred on October 26th, 2010, was the first in a series of workshops to gather information for the Ecosystem-based Management Initiative. The report contains an overview of the workshop, including: goals, agenda, summarized notes from discussion sessions, key findings, and next steps. Additional information, including maps and tables summarizing the regulated areas in the central California region and a list of workshop participants, are available as appendices. The report is available online at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/conservation/mbnms_research.html