To learn more about the program, please see MPA Watch's Two Page Summary Document.

For detailed information on how California's MPA Watch program is implemented, please review the California MPA Watch Manual.

To understand how data is collected, please see the protocols for conducting land-based surveys.

To better understand MPA Watch's data categories, please see the MPA Watch land-based data sheet.

External Resources

More information about California MPAs and how to get involved
http://www.californiampas.org/

Information regarding California's MPA Collaborative network
http://www.mpacollaborative.org/

California Department of Fish & Wildlife
http://dfg.ca.gov/marine/mpa/

California Ocean Protection Council
http://www.opc.ca.gov/

Ocean Science Trust
http://calost.org/

The MPA Monitoring Enterprise
http://www.monitoringenterprise.org/role/citizen_science.php

Ocean Spaces
http://oceanspaces.org/

Thank You Ocean
http://www.thankyouocean.org/

Marine Protected Areas are scattered across the entire globe! For more information, visit the MPA Global website
http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=summary_by_country