Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Assessing Marine Debris in the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

MESM 2024 Group Project

Group Members: Tatiana Bok, Elizabeth Braun, Eleri Griffiths, Heather Luedke, Anne Youngdahl

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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waves crashing on the coastline with two surfers on the wave.

Integrating Ecosystem Services into a Prioritization Model for Surf Protected Areas

MESM 2023 Group Project

Group Members: Kort Alexander, Sachiko Lamen, Kiera Matiska, Conner Smith, Kirsten White

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Clients: Surf Conservation Partnership

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Aerial view of channel islands and pacific ocean

Seal Bomb Impacts to Cetaceans in California National Marine Sanctuaries

Analyzing the impacts of a legal marine mammal acoustic deterrent known as a “seal bomb," underwater explosives used in purse seine fisheries.

Group Members: Ian Brunjes, Anastasia Kunz, Taylor Lockmann, Caitlin Manley

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Reducing Plastic Debris in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watersheds

Reducing Plastic Debris in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watersheds

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Clients: Algalita Marine Research Institute