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<strong>Plastics threaten the sanctuary</strong>

Plastics threaten the sanctuary

California's Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review

California’s Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review

Time and Tide: A History of the National Marine Sanctuary System

Time and Tide: A History of the National Marine Sanctuary System

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Featured as an Entire Episode in Netflix's "Our Great National Parks," Narrated by Former President Barack Obama

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Featured as an Entire Episode in Netflix’s “Our Great National Parks,” Narrated by Former President Barack Obama

Expedition to Davidson Seamount on E/V Nautilus Published in "Oceanography"

Expedition to Davidson Seamount on E/V Nautilus Published in “Oceanography”

MBNMS Fish Species Inventory: new paper published

MBNMS Fish Species Inventory: new paper published

Lobster video from Pacific Grove

Lobster video from Pacific Grove

Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)

Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)

Coral transplants at 840 meters deep on Sur Ridge

Research Expedition Blog; R/V Western Flyer: August 24-28, 2016

Pilots deftly use the ROV's manipulator arm to grasp a suction hose to retrieve, then gently place a seastar upon the polyps of a bamboo coral. (Photo: MBARI)

Sur Ridge Expedition Blog (June 1-5, 2016)