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		<title>California Sea Lions Take Over San Carlos Beach</title>
		<link>https://sanctuarysimon.org/2025/08/california-sea-lions-take-over-san-carlos-beach/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kylie Marozsan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Article written by Kylie Marozsan. The people of Monterey are no stranger to wildlife. From deer on their lawns to harbor seals near their beaches and brown pelicans flying overhead, wildlife is extremely abundant near and in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Last year, around mid-August, San Carlos Beach, a popular scuba dive ... <a title="California Sea Lions Take Over San Carlos Beach" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2025/08/california-sea-lions-take-over-san-carlos-beach/" aria-label="Read more about California Sea Lions Take Over San Carlos Beach">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anchovy Die-off in Moss Landing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kylie Marozsan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Article written by Kylie Marozsan. On June 19, 2025 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s research coordinator, Andrew DeVogelaere, spotted something strange in Moss Landing Harbor. There was a frenzy of brown pelicans and seagulls swarming above the water in the North Harbor area. Two days later there were thousands of dead anchovies along the shore ... <a title="Anchovy Die-off in Moss Landing" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2025/08/anchovy-die-off-in-moss-landing/" aria-label="Read more about Anchovy Die-off in Moss Landing">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plastics threaten the sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article is a part of a monthly series called &#8220;Finding Sanctuary&#8221; in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald. It was written by Research Ecologist Chad King and MBNMS Superintendent Lisa Wooninck and was published on Feb. 19, 2023 (link) Nine atmospheric rivers hit California from Dec. 27, 2022 to Jan. 16, 2023, with ... <a title="Plastics threaten the sanctuary" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2023/02/plastics-threaten-the-sanctuary/" aria-label="Read more about Plastics threaten the sanctuary">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California&#8217;s Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[California Department of Fish and Wildlife has published the 2022 Decadal Management Review, the first comprehensive statewide review of California Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network and Management Program since the completion of the MPA Network in 2012. This report includes corresponding evaluations of progress toward meeting the goals of the Marine Life Protection Act. It also ... <a title="California&#8217;s Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2023/01/californias-marine-protected-area-decadal-management-review/" aria-label="Read more about California&#8217;s Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Time and Tide: A History of the National Marine Sanctuary System</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago on October 23, 1972, in response to several environmental disasters, Congress passed the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act which, among other things, established the National Marine Sanctuary System. Three years later, the underwater resting place of the shipwrecked Civil War ironclad USS Monitor became the first national marine sanctuary in the ... <a title="Time and Tide: A History of the National Marine Sanctuary System" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2022/11/time-and-tide-a-history-of-the-national-marine-sanctuary-system/" aria-label="Read more about Time and Tide: A History of the National Marine Sanctuary System">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Featured as an Entire Episode in Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Our Great National Parks,&#8221; Narrated by Former President Barack Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 19:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[onterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is featured as an entire episode of Netflix's "Our Great National Parks," narrated by former President Barack Obama.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Expedition to Davidson Seamount on E/V Nautilus Published in &#8220;Oceanography&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Findings from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary&#8217;s third research expedition aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, in October 2020, were published in the 34th edition of &#8220;Oceanography.&#8221; Highlights of the report including a 22-hour dive near the seamount that surveyed extensive aggregations of brooding octopus at the top of a small volcanic cone and then transited ... <a title="Expedition to Davidson Seamount on E/V Nautilus Published in &#8220;Oceanography&#8221;" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2021/09/expedition-to-davidson-seamount-on-e-v-nautilus-published-in-oceanography/" aria-label="Read more about Expedition to Davidson Seamount on E/V Nautilus Published in &#8220;Oceanography&#8221;">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MBNMS Fish Species Inventory: new paper published</title>
		<link>https://sanctuarysimon.org/2019/11/mbnms-fish-species-inventory-new-paper-published/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cking]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 22:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[November 7, 2019: New paper entitled, “Annotated checklist of fishes from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary with notes on extralimital species,” was published in a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed open access journal ZooKeys. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is host to a diverse fish fauna occupying a variety of habitats. The rich history ... <a title="MBNMS Fish Species Inventory: new paper published" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2019/11/mbnms-fish-species-inventory-new-paper-published/" aria-label="Read more about MBNMS Fish Species Inventory: new paper published">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lobster video from Pacific Grove</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[slonhart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) is a common species found in the coastal waters of southern California. Highly prized by recreational and sport fishers alike, this lobster is harvested by recreational SCUBA divers (using only their hands) in southern California, usually from early fall to late spring (see regulations). The range of this species ... <a title="Lobster video from Pacific Grove" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/2019/10/lobster-video-from-pacific-grove/" aria-label="Read more about Lobster video from Pacific Grove">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cking]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Follow this daily blog as we conduct a 10-day research cruise within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary with partners Point Blue Conservation Science from July 15-24, 2018. Mesopelagic fish and krill surveys will be conducted within and near the Davidson Seamount Management Zone (DSMZ). We will also be observing marine mammals and seabirds above and ... <a title="Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)" class="read-more" href="https://sanctuarysimon.org/davidson2018/" aria-label="Read more about Cruise Blog: Exploring sea life over Davidson Seamount: a research cruise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (July 15-24, 2018)">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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