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Winter 2005 Volume 17 Number 1 w Support for producing Support Silver Spring, MD 20910. Highway, SSMC4, 11th Floor, of Commerce, 1305 East-West U.S.Administration, Department Oceanic and Atmospheric National System, Sanctuary National Marine tion, contact: as amended. For more informa- Research, and Sanctuaries Act, Marine Protection, of the III under Title established System, National Marine Sanctuary the of is a part Marine Sanctuary The Channel Islands National sanctuary. position of the official the necessarily reflect images © James Forte and Channel Islands Bottom: Sanctuary © Wm. B. Dewey Top: Channel Islands aerial view. Back cover photos: Schwemmer Photo by Robert expedition. Reconnaissance annual Program’s Shipwreck San Miguel Island during the R/V Front cover photo: Designer: Margy Brown Anderson Editor: Cynthia 93109, 805/966-7107. Suite 150, CA Barbara, Santa Alolkoy, CINMS, 113 Harbor Way, sions, and address changes to: submis- Direct correspondence, Foundation. National Marine Sanctuary the and National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands comes from the expressed in opinions Sanctuary. Guest Channel Islands National Marine is published semi-annually by the meaning dolphin. This newsletter “Alolkoy” is a Chumash word

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do not Alolkoy northern California sanctuaries (Monterey California northern R/V for these three vessels: a 65’ sister ship to the part of the design/construction oversight team Marine in Bellingham, Washington. Sarah is Program by the same builder, All American constructed for the National Marine Sanctuary design. At this time, three vessels are being recognize the value of R/V education programs supported by the vessel. plishments as well some of the research and which highlights the R/V helped coordinate this issue of the tion over a period of three years. Sarah also who coordinated the boat’s design and produc- to CINMS Research Coordinator Sarah Fangman, the R/V partners that use the vessel. and nearly two dozen national, state, local have benefited both the sanctuary research team ities for on-board science and data collection state of Rhode Island. Its state-of-the-art capabil- square nautical miles—an area larger than the speed needed to navigate the sanctuary’s 1,252.5 vessel has more than fulfilled its promise. the agement, research, and education efforts, knew that this vessel would enhance our man- Teknicraft aluminum-hull catamaran. While we christened the R/V Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and the National oFs!...... 11 Go Fish! ...... 10 Valuing MPAs: A Monitoring Protocol ...... 9 in MPA Monitoring PISCO Partners ...... 8 ROV Surveys Bottom of MPAs Get to the SurveysXantus’s Murrelet Expand in 2004...... 6 ...... 5 Bight ‘03 Update CINMS VesselMeet the Team...... 4 Operations ...... 3 for Partnerships A Platform By Chris Mobley The R/V From the Bridge A Vessel Whose Time Has Come Other sanctuaries have been quick to The vessel design provides the stability and On May 12, 2003, Channel Islands National Shearwater While a dedicated team effort helped make While a dedicated team effort Shearwater that will be used by the three Shearwater possible, special credit goes Shearwater , Sanctuary Manager , Sanctuary Shearwater’ , a 62’, high-speed Shearwater Alolkoy TABLE OF CONTENTS s accom- ’s , Up Close with the R/V the Up Close with aedro vns...... 23 Calendar of Events Updates 2004 Sanctuary The R/V national marine sanctuaries. research, education, and management in state-of-the-art water for sanctuaries nationwide. to lead the way in initiating a new era on Sanctuary.” CINMS has indeed been privileged protect the Channel Islands National Marine investment in the agency’s ongoing work to R/V the Santa Barbara area, and I believe that “This vessel shows NOAA’s commitment to tened the R/V National Marine Sanctuary. research vessel for the Stellwagen Bank Keys National Marine Sanctuary; and a 48’ a 53’ law enforcement vessel for the Florida Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Cordell Bank); : Sanctuary New Hires...... 22 Sanctuary ...... 20 Program Maritime Heritage Corps (CINC)....19 Channel Islands Naturalist ...... 16 Education and Outreach ...... 14 Management and Research

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Robert Schwemmer A Platform for Partnerships protect the sanctuary. the community outreach provided—both of which help better gathered and time at no cost, in exchange for the information projects that meet CINMS management needs receive vessel partners in support of their work. Research and education vessel is generally made available to national, state, and local about sanctuary resources. identifying and filling the gaps of knowledge that exist and resources permit. made throughout the year and will be accommodated as time meet the sanctuary’s mission. Additional requests may be in November for the following year, selecting projects that best res/prores.html. The sanctuary develops the vessels’ schedules the CINMS website at http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ complete a “Request for Vessel found on Support” form, kelp forests, oceanography, intertidal life, geology, and more. supported research projects on seabirds, marine mammals, sister vessel, the R/V groups, inquiries about the use of R/V of outside research coordinating, and supporting the efforts The R/V it is uniquely qualified to support a wide variety of work. • Plankton video microscope and water sampling equipment • Plankton video microscope while at the helm captain to communicate with the crew the vessel that allows • Speaker system throughout ations when the A-frame or crane is being deployed a monitor in the bridge so that captain can observe oper- with • Cameras on the top deck, aft and engine rooms and marine mammal observations) connections (for seabird • Observer deck with four stations and computer/network • Water maker that supports multi-day cruises for scientific samples • Refrigerator and freezer • Wet and salt water sinks lab with fresh • Separate wet and dry labs, each with clean power inflatable boat used for surveys and passenger transport • Articulated crane for deploying equipment, including an that supports multi-day scuba trips • Dive compressor operated vehicles, etc.) equipment (trawls, grabs, sidescan sonar, remotely sampling • A-frame for launching and recovering of the cable; the lab to equipment at end that sends signals from • Scientific winch with 2,000-meter conducting cable The R/V Because of the R/V Through ongoing partnerships, we look forward to To request vessel time, scientists and others must Because the sanctuary’s mandate includes promoting, Shearwater Shearwater ’s special equipment includes: Xantu Shearwater spent 193 days at sea in 2004. The , are welcome. In 2004, our vessels ’s research capabilities, Shearwater and its

Terrence Shinn, R/V and ROV and ROV and CDFG biologist Mikegist specialist; Prall, specialist; CDFG biolo- Applied Research (MARE); Andrew Lauermann, and Exploration Karpov, Dirk Rosen,Konstantin CDFG senior biologist; president, Marine CDFG biologist; Steve and Game (CDFG) biologist; Wertz, of Fish Department stern of the R/V of the stern Remotely Vehicle of the Operated (ROV)Members Survey Team on the gather Woods Institute Hole Oceanographic U.S. Geological Survey and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish Partnership (Marine Science Institute, Barbara UC Santa Water Research Coastal Project California Southern Maritime Museum Barbara Santa City College Adult Education Program Barbara Santa Education Foundation REEF Environmental Ocean Explorers Society National Geographic Marine Applied Research and Exploration University Humboldt State Maritime Archaeology Resources Coastal Council Advisory Channel Islands Sanctuary Corps Channel Islands Naturalist Channel Islands National Park for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Centers Lands Commission State California Studies of Environmental Institute California and Game of Fish Department California Cabrillo High School Aquarium American Zoo and Aquarium Association American Trader CINMS PARTNERS WHO USE THE R/V CINMS PARTNERS

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captain. (See article page 8) (See article captain. SHEARWATER ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 3 © Steve Dryer w w 6 By Darrell Whitworth Xantus’s Murrelet Surveys Expand in 2004 ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 ily and murres (fam- the more familiar puffins and white seabirds. Subtropical relatives of ever see these small, inconspicuous black in 2004. Few people State of California Murrelets were listed as threatened by the the region’s many unique species, Xantus’s lations had been virtually unknown. current status of Xantus’s Murrelets popu- islands. In some of these locations, the portions of San Miguel and Santa Rosa and Santa Catalina islands, as well large of Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Barbara, six islands—including the entire coastlines Murrelets surveyed over 265 kilometers at 2004, nine research cruises on Xantus’s seabird studies. Between March and May vide opportunities for more ambitious Shearwater Humboldt State University. Institute of Environmental Studies, and Trader Dept. of Fish & Game, the Channel Islands National Park, California Partners in these studies have included annual surveys of Xantus’s Murrelets. Bight—including California the Southern has supported research on marine birds in below, leave the nest just a few days after the calls of their parents from ocean land, the tiny flightless chicks, following and slopes. rocky cliffs bushes, or in small crevices on steep, concealing their nests in sea caves, under murrelets visit the colonies only at night, to nest. Even during the breeding season, island colonies between February and June to their time far out to sea and return to predators, so they spend much of their robin) renders them particularly vulnerable 15,000 birds. world population, estimated at 10,000- CINMS harbor perhaps half of the total within Channel Islands National Park and coasts. The islands and Baja California California the Southern on 12 islands off Alcidae) One of the most rare and intriguing With the launch of R/V For more than a decade, the sanctuary To further reduce the time spent on The murrelets’ small size (similar to a Trustee Council, the California , CINMS has been able to pro- , Xantus’s Murrelets nest only American the Program (AIRP), a project sponsored by elements of the Anacapa Island Restoration and nest monitoring began in 2000 as key murrelet nests. sides in search of elusive or along cliff washed rocks and scrambling into sea caves hours jumping from the Zodiac onto wave- breakfast, we spent the remaining daytime nap and late ted, followed by a morning After working until dawn if weather permit- by high-intensity spotlights and GPS units. relets from an inflatable Zodiac boat, aided nighttime hours counting or catching mur- buoy the spirits of team. We passed the that awaited us each day (and night) helped the islands and inevitable adventures ule were exhausting, the unique beauty of demands of a nearly round-the-clock sched- they are quite vocal. ing on the water below colony, where to the islands at night and gather- returning So we relied on the birds’ penchant for and other inaccessible habitats. nest in cliffs overall number of birds because murrelets the these techniques could not determine monitoring wherever possible. However, ed conventional daytime nest searches and relets’ breeding islands, researchers conduct- es aboard the R/V each island. where and how many murrelets inhabit University focused on better determining Environmental Studies and Humboldt State Institute of from the California mystery. In 2004, research by biologists many basic aspects of their lives are still a Xantus’s Murrelets quite a challenge, and breeding colonies have made studies of parents who accompany them out to sea. to join their and swim through the surf times several hundred feet down a cliff!), hatching, tumble to the water’s edge (some- of removing predatory black rats from provided data demonstrating the benefits National Park. Ongoing nest monitoring support from CINMS and Channel Islands American Trader Xantus’s Murrelet spotlight surveys While the physical and mental During three- to four-day research cruis- Their secretive habits and remote Shearwater Trustee Council with at the mur-

All photos © R. Aaron Raymond, The Essential Image Source Foundation is undocumented. where the murrelets’ status California Baja not to mention several islands off San Clemente and Nicolas islands, Surveys have yet to be conducted at observed at Santa Rosa Island. Miguel islands. No murrelets were Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and San islands and fewer than expected at at Santa Catalina and Cruz ered more murrelets than expected still being evaluated, but we discov- but have low reproductive rates. relets, like all in the overall population, since mur- take several years to detect increases occupied by rats. However, it may areas on Anacapa Island previously appears to be slowly expanding into veys revealed that the murrelet colony murrelet nest failure. eliminated rat predation as a cause of successful rat eradication program had destroyed by black rats. By 2004, a 42 percent of all murrelet nests were Anacapa Island. Between 2000-02, murrelet chicks. Inset: murrelet egg. chicks. Inset: murrelet murrelet holds two This page, above: Whitworth Darrell Inset: Xantus’s Murrelet. nests. for Xantus’s Murrelet island cliffs Opposite page: A researcher searches steep Data from the 2004 surveys is spotlight sur- This year’s nocturnal Alcidae , are long-lived

sign for that important murrelet colony, Island, while certainly an encouraging The removal of rats from Anacapa related threats that confront this species. understanding and minimizing human- sanctuary, an essential step toward murrelet colonies within the park and for many important baseline information cover, the 2004 surveys have provided

the cliffside habitats of Xantus’s Murrelets. habitats cliffside the they will use to reach boat that Zodiac inflatable From the R/V From the

birds and note their behavior. Afterwards Barbara I went back to the R/V ceptible to predation. to shore. Last night we motored around Gull Island in a Zodiac with floodlight count to lay another. It’s the gap of no parent at nest that makes eggs particularly sus- some of what we experienced and learned. one island to another, or as we waited for night fall and the murrelets come in close that she leaves it at the nest and goes back out to sea refuel, returning in several days Channel Islands Naturalist Corps (CINC). I wanted to pass along sleek little birds we held last night. It takes so much energy for the female to lay one egg and learning about Xantus’s Murrelets as volunteers with the Anacapa, and Barbara I saw one of the eggs, which seemed huge compared to and I had a glorious three-day trip out at the islands, looking for to assist the wildlife veterinarian with taking blood and feather samples of captured birds. Clare Fritzsche has been a member of CINC since January 2001.Clare Fritzsche has been a member of CINC since January streamlined to both swim and fly. Today we went looking for nests in sea caves at

Although there is still much to dis-

We worked morning, noon, and night, catching naps on the floor as we traveled from From March 29-31, 2004, fellow volunteer Barbara LaCorte Xantus’s Murrelets are elegant and gentle. Aesthetically, they truly beautiful, Shearwater CINC Research Log , scientists launch a , scientists By Clare Fritzsche of Environmental Studies. of Environmental Institute Biologist at the California Whitworth is a Wildlife Darrell of this unique and vulnerable species. needs to be done ensure the survival potential threats. Clearly, much still and other fisheries, global warming, introduced predators, commercial by oil pollution, of a species affected will not by itself guarantee the survival ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 Shearwater 7 w w

8 © Andrew Lauermann, CDFG capabilities of the R/V Using remotely-operated vehicles, or ROVs, plus the survey quantify the fish, invertebrates, and habitats within MPAs. and other scientists have gathered the resources needed to (CDFG), Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE), invertebrate species within MPA borders. have established protocols to measure the recovery of fish and extensive agency and community input. Since then, scientists Fish and Game Commission in April 2003 with by the California Coast. This network of 12 MPAs was established in state waters sent the largest network of fully protected areas on the West November 2003, using the R/V MPAs are still new. Researchers began preliminary surveys in Islands MPAs is the goal of ROV team. by the Channel how fish populations are affected Determining fished resident species to recover within their borders. from previous studies suggests that some MPAs allow heavily increased tourism; and maintaining healthy fisheries. Evidence ational opportunities; contributing to local economies through species, cultural resources, and water quality; enhancing recre- potential benefits of MPAs, which include preserving habitats, improved methods for measuring ecosystem change. Senior Biologist Konstantin Karpov is developing new and pilot uses joysticks, much like the joysticks for computer games, (1,500 feet), deeper than scuba divers can safely go. An ROV 56 miles) of seafloor both inside and outside the MPAs. ROV’s cameras to survey over 90 linear kilometers (almost May and September 2004. To date, the team has used launch CDFG’s ROV. Additional survey cruises followed in By Mary Patyten By Mary ROV Surveys Get to the Bottom of MPAs computer monitor aboard the R/V computer monitor aboard the The ROV captures a close-up of giant sea bass, viewed here on a one of many species that may benefit from marine protected areas. one of many may species that benefit ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 The sanctuary, the California Department of Fish and Game The sanctuary, the California The Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) repre- The team is hurrying to gather baseline data while the A growing number of scientists are investigating the DGsRVcan operate at depths of up to 500 meters CDFG’s ROV

Shearwater Shearwater Shearwater , the team led by CDFG . The giant sea bass is as a platform to as a platform to assess whether MPAs are effective.” MPAs work in conjunction with one another and are necessary Karpov observes, “All of the studies being undertaken in for minimal risk and expenditure. Team leader Konstantin studies, the ROV surveys provide much-needed scientific data fishery-independent investigations such as mark-and-recapture changes within and outside MPAs. repeated in the future to help CINMS and CDFG evaluate survey tool within MPAs and elsewhere. These surveys will be from the data. The results underscore ROV’s utility as a counted fish from the live videotape and calculated densities surveys, and to quantifying the species inhabiting MPAs. is vital to designing future 75 percent sand. This information gation found that these sites were actually covered with 50 to showed rocky areas along the sea floor. However, ROV investi- the team selected survey sites based on acoustic maps that shape as 60-plus hours of videotape is processed. For example, data needed by biologists and policymakers, is slowly taking of fish and invertebrate species within the MPAs. and used at a later date to study size, density, other aspects species in real time. Videotapes from the cruises are archived videotape on a monitor aboard the R/V ROV. As the ROV explores seafloor, biologists scan live captain holds the research vessel in position directly above the ROV through an acoustic tracking system, while ship’s to guide the craft through each survey run. A navigator tracks Fish & Game. Department of Writer for the California Mary Patyten is Research during 2005. conduct this important work in the Channel Islands MPAs the Phantom ROVthe R/V during a survey aboard the cruise and Game, unties Dept. of Fish California the with a biologist Steve Wertz, The ROV team will continue using the R/V Together with diver surveys of shallower areas and other The team also tested its new fish survey methods. Biologists A scientific picture of the new MPAs, complete with the

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© Sean Hoobler Oceans (PISCO). for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal undertaken by the Partnership an effort monitoring of the MPAs—and long-term and other questions require systematic and vice versa? The answers to these cent areas where they can be caught— swim out of marine reserves into adja- than fish in surrounding waters? Do marine reserves produce more young inside marine reserves? Do fish fisheries get bigger and more abundant targeted by commercial and recreational surround the MPAs. For example, do fish and pelagic fish species. areas that allow limited take of lobster reserves and two marine conservation work consists of 10 no-take marine to sustainable fisheries. The MPA net- to protect biodiversity and contribute Islands MPAs for two express purposes: Commission established the Channel By Satie Airamé in MPAPISCO Partners Monitoring part of the long-term MPA long-term of the monitoring program. part as kelp forest in the A PISCO diver collects data coweb.org). Although the scope of PISCO the Westtems off Coast (see www.pis- for monitoring coastal and ocean ecosys- lished a large-scale, program long-term tium of research scientists that has estab- Packard Foundation, PISCO is a consor- Many important research questions Fish and Game The California Funded by The David and Lucille fishes. For example, kelp bass, a fish in the settlement of temporal patterns Recent data has shown strong spatial and (colder) parts of the Channel Islands. ern and west- (warmer) between the eastern in community structure ing difference documents earlier observations of a strik- collect precise and unbiased data. the field. This training prepares them to to identify algae, invertebrates, and fish in the survey protocol as well how learn training session where research divers PISCO provides an annual week-long waters open to various types of fishing. marine conservation areas, and 16 in are located in marine reserves, two entists, fishers, and the public. Eight sites sites were identified with input from sci- years and provide historical data. Other because they have been studied for many Some monitoring sites were included ed both inside and outside the MPAs. throughout the sanctuary and park, locat- Monitoring takes place at 26 sites Shearwater by providing time on the R/V efforts questions about MPAs. goal of answering research long-term Department of Fish and Game with the provide data from these surveys to the mate their sizes. PISCO and its partners as fish surveys to count species and esti- algae and describe the substrate, as well floor) surveys to count invertebrates and divers. The protocol features benthic (sea areas of particular interest to fishers and scuba surveys in shallow subtidal habitats, Islands MPAs. This includes a protocol for program in and around the Channel developed and implemented a monitoring marine research laboratory at UCSB—have Fish and Game, Dr. Milton Love’s Department of National Park, California including CINMS, Channel Islands have a local focus. monitoring the Channel Islands MPAs, meters—some of its projects, such as is quite large—spanning over 2,000 kilo- The monitoring to date confirms and The monitoring to date confirms As part of the monitoring program, CINMS supports PISCO’s monitoring PISCO and local research partners— to conduct subtidal surveys. with PISCO at UC Santa Barbara. Satie Airamé is Marine Policy Coordinator the Channel Islands MPAs. management of ners will aid in effective thic and fish surveys, PISCO its part- from annual ben- By sharing information recovery responses in depleted species. Over time, scientists anticipate detecting tion about the Channel Islands MPAs. partners will continue to gather informa- marine reserves throughout the chain. making it vitally important to maintain types of marine communities— different ends of the island chain protect eastern As a result, the MPAs and at the western temperate and tropical marine ecosystems. a transition zone between Islands form order to explain some of these patterns. rents, sea temperatures, and winds in researchers are analyzing data on cur- new settlers than other sites. PISCO settlement, consistently receiving more sites that appear to be “hotspots” for fish in low numbers. There are also certain (primarily a cold temperate family) settle most abundantly in years when rockfishes from a primarily tropical family, settles Kelp bass ( Bat star ( Bat star Kelp rockfish ( Kelp rockfish Black abalone ( Giant-spined star ( Giant-spined star Red sea urchin ( Sunflower star ( star Sunflower Purple sea urchin ( California spiny ( California lobster California sheephead ( California MPA MONITORING ISLANDS SOME FOCAL SPECIES FOR CHANNEL Gopher rockfish ( Gopher rockfish Black surfperch ( Black surfperch Giant kelp ( Ochre star ( Ochre star Red abalone Cabezon ( Warty sea cucumber ( Warty Rock ( wrasse Lingcod ( Garibaldi (

In the coming years, PISCO and its Due to their location, the Channel

Ophiodon elongatus

Asterina miniata

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Hypsypops rubicundus

Paralabrax clathratus

Macrocystis pyrifera Pisaster ochraceus

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Halichoeres semicinctus

Sebastes atrovirens

Haliotis cracherodii Pycnopodia helianthoides

Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

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This method uses the costs incurred by visitors (i.e. the non-market benefits of recreation into a market price or applied the Travel Cost Method—a technique that translates look at non-consumptive activities around the islands. recreational fishing, but there are very few studies that address consumptive activities such as commercial and wildlife viewing. A number of ongoing studies already are allowed include scuba diving, kayaking, sailing, and restricted in the MPAs, non-consumptive activities that MPAs and generally in the sanctuary. While fishing is activities conducted from charter boats, specifically in the to quantify the value of recreational non-consumptive the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Non-Consumptive Use Applied to for Recreational Protocol ary titled completed a research study in partnership with the sanctu- School of Environmental Science and Management, we marine reserves as a management strategy. Monitoring these impacts is essential to understanding user groups. economic impacts on different and long-term in the state waters of CINMS will likely have varying short Methods By Hélène Scalliet, Kristine Herrington, Ellis, and Katrina Robert Jessoe Valuing MPAs: A Monitoring Protocol ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 We surveyed both charter vessel operators and their To quantify recreational non-consumptive value, we The study’s goal was to develop a monitoring protocol As four graduate students at UCSB’s Donald Bren The designation of 12 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Valuing Marine Protected Areas: A Monitoring Valuing Areas: Marine Protected research from 2002-2004. from research with CINMS on this and Management. They partnered Science School of Environmental gram at the Donald Bren the Master’s pro- graduates from recent Katrina Jessoe are Hélène Scalliet, Kristine Herrington, Robert Ellis, and and their benefits costs. MPAs will contribute to a national understanding of MPAs consumptive economic impacts of the Channel Islands ongoing monitoring of both the consumptive and non- networks as a marine management strategy. We hope that can be considered a test case for the future use of MPA network of MPAs United States, and they in the western of the sanctuary and new MPAs. to heighten awareness and understanding outreach efforts Additionally, we recommend increasing education and time, the protocol needs to be implemented regularly. is high seasonal variation in visitors to the sanctuary. estimate because we only sampled during the fall and there activities in the sanctuary and MPAs is likely an under- sanctuary regulations. and only nine percent of visitors correctly understood thought that sanctuary status restricted fishing or harvesting, in them. Approximately 58 percent of visitors incorrectly the new MPAs and understood that no fishing was allowed $253,000, and approximately $14,000 in the MPAs. charter vessel activities in the sanctuary is approximately annual consumer surplus for recreational non-consumptive Future Steps Results The Channel Islands MPAs are the first significant In order to detect a change in economic value over The actual value of recreational non-consumptive Of the passengers surveyed, 40 percent were aware of Based on our preliminary travel cost analysis, total and ecosystems, MPAs help conserve Game has to say: “By protecting habitat Department of Fish and the California to come. fishing opportunities for generations that we have recreational and commercial areas now, and this may help ensure for fishing around the Channel Islands! are still over 1,100 square nautical miles pelagic fish and lobster. Bottom line: there other MPAs allow recreational fishing for zones, meaning no fishing allowed. Two included in these restrictions. Channel, outside the sanctuary, are not waters. The waters in the Santa Barbara about 10 percent of total sanctuary cover 100 square nautical miles—only there are 12 MPAs in the sanctuary that habitats and ecosystems. Simply put, the protection and restoration of marine questions of mutual interest. to investigate resource management regional resource management agencies marine researchers, and fishermen, Program. This program brings together the Collaborative Marine Research collaborative research partnership called men are also participating in a ongoing favorite fishing spots from closure. reserves negotiating table, protecting their were at the had because fishermen Not true! There is plenty of fishing to be limits to fishing and diving for lobster.off impression that the local ocean is now (MPAs) have left some people with the about the new Marine Protected Areas es from their favored fishing spots. enthusiasts have enjoyed bountiful catch- and recreational fishing. Over the years, Channel are a great resource for sport Why Are MPAs Necessary? About the MPAs By Catherine French Go Fish! Here is what John Ugoretz from The idea is simple: protect certain Ten of the twelve MPAs are no-take The MPAs have been set aside for Commercial and recreational fisher- However, numerous news reports The waters of the Santa Barbara around the Channel Islands. around the in over is permitted 1,100 areas, fishing sanctuary. Outside of these the square nautical miles of ocean of waters in state 12 islands indicate the marine protected areas established the off Shaded areas just rebuild depleted fisheries.” the marine environment, and may help which scientists can measure changes in lations, provide a reference point against more natural fish and invertebrate popu- biological diversity, provide areas with Here’s a small sampling: tions, and a question & answer page. regula- maps, background information, the Maps and Descriptions button to get gov/mrd/channel_islands.html. Click on Fish and Game at (831) 649-2870. Department of or contact the California tions wherever fishing licenses are sold, You can pick up a copy of the regula- invertebrate, or crustacean in California. license to take any kind of fish, mollusk, and older must have a valid fishing the coast still apply. Anyone 16 years off Point Conception during January and greenlings are closed in waters south of A. season. Can I still do so? lingcod from shore during the closed Q. Last year I could fish for rockfish and Fishing Ps and Qs No. Rockfish, lingcod, cabezon, and Better yet, go online to www.dfg.ca. Of course, the basic rules for fishing naturalist volunteer for CINMS and CINP. an avid sailboat racer and cruiser, and a of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, is a Founding Sponsor Catherine French and the Channel Islands, blue waters off on a charter, head out to the beautiful fishing licenses), load your boat or hop sanctuary and park offices. stores, tackle shops, yacht clubs, and the Safety,” available at most marine supply Your Channel Islands” and “Boating tuary has two new brochures, “Protecting [email protected]. with a digital picture of your fish, to tify it. You can also send your question, or find someone close by who can iden- either help you with the identification They will Game Marine Region office. A. can help me identify it? Q. I caught a weird saltwater fish, who from shore). take (including angling and spear fishing February at all depths, to methods of Sanctuary Brochures Sanctuary Contact any Department of Fish and Go Fish! So grab your gear (don’t forget your the sanc- For additional information, ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 11

12 Shearwater 19-day R/V aboard the Marine Sanctuary’s research cruise relax at day’sScientists end during Monterey Bay National Up Close with the R/V conservation area off Anacapa Island. off conservation area on the ocean floor, in the including a squid net covering reef shrimp. We considerable human debris have also encountered electric ray, and the odd Mantis California seabass, the rare giant black variety of marine life, including the protected During our cruises we have seen an amazing sleep dorm-style. transect lines despite wind, waves, and currents. our precision verability, and talented captains allow us to accurately follow the data inside lab. The boat’s speed, maneu- ly recording from the from of five biologists and an engineer.crew We launch the ROV bined with its handling equipment, make it ideal for our ROV abalone to breed in a registered marine aquaculture facility. marine aquaculture in a registered abalone to breed 100 km of habitat. In December 2004 we collected two white up to 11 km of transect per day. So far we have surveyed over of 20 to 100 meters, stay down for hours at a time, and cover white abalone. gered for the endan- and the search Areas Islands Marine Protected exploration and quantitative finfish surveys of the Channel include baseline one to two weeks. These projects ranging from five times for Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) expeditions Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN) Scientist, Sanctuary JEAN DE MARIGNAC Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) DIRK ROSEN, President with the one. We 19-day cruise in fall 2004, had a very productive “What's it like being out on the R/V staff members. Here are some of their responses.staff your projects?” We as well posed these questions to CINMS research as CINMS partners ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 In our home away from home, we cook for each other and In our home away from My experience with the R/V The stability and spaciousness of the R/V We depths use the ROV to video habitat and biota from Over the past 13 months we have used R/V Shearwater Shearwater in fall 2004. ’s A-frame while controlling it and archival- ’s A-frame while controlling providing a state-of-the-art research plat- a state-of-the-art research providing Shearwater has been a great Shearwater

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surveys Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). in the and ROV navigates Andrewgist during ROV Lauermann specialist MARE President Dirk Rosen (foreground) pilots while CDFG biolo- Shearwater Science, UC Santa Barbara System Research Specialist, Institute for Computational Earth NATHALIE GUILLOCHEAU Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Monterey that took place primarily in for five scientific projects form as are the R/V as are (Procellariidae) the shearwater and fulmar belong to same family of seabirds sister ships in name as well, since sanctuaries. The two vessels are Bank national marine Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Cordell and possess similar capabilities. The new vessel will serve Monterey vessel—the R/V west Fisheries Science Center, PISCO, and U.S. Geological Survey. Laboratories, NOAA Fisheries Santa Cruz Laboratory, South- Bay Aquarium, Moss Landing Marine Engineering, Monterey Dept. of Fish and Game, Deep Ocean sanctuaries, California Bank, and Gulf of the Farallones national marine Islands, Cordell and Monterey. events in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, outreach organized In addition, the West Coast national marine sanctuaries staff , and how does the vessel's equipment aid • West Coast observation thermister deployment in the • West Coast observation thermister Bay and the Monterey • Scuba survey in Southern • Assessment of essential fish habitat for newly settled rockfishes truthing sidescan sonar data and benthic • Ground to • Horizontal and vertical distribution of jellyfish relative Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Big Sur coastline habitat survey oceanographic variables Plumes and Blooms, an ongoing research project funded by project Plumes and Blooms, an ongoing research NOAA is supporting construction of a new 65-foot research NOAA is supporting construction of a new 65-foot research Bay, Channel Participating institutions included Monterey Shearwater . They are ideally suited to life on the open ocean, . They are Fulmar— that will be modeled after the and Fulmar .

Shearwater Shearwater ’s hydraulic A-frame and winch. ’s hydraulic A-frame CINMS Cultural Resources Coordinator ROBERT SCHWEMMER ocean color models, and calibrates validates satellite data. of the Santa Barbara Channel, develops optical properties Science (ICESS) at UC Santa Barbara, characterizes the bio- NASA and led by the Institute for Computational Earth System (Differential Global Positioning System), with computer charts (Differential DGPS craft in deeper water is aided by the vessel’s onboard access these shallow water sites. suitable transportation for divers to easily launched, providing vessel. The R/V research larger access by a preventing reefs, rocky by submerged surrounded speed allows for short transit time to complete our work. the vessel’s sites. When conditions improve, to certain shipwreck locations. Weather access and sea conditions sometimes prevent the speed of vessel allows access to multiple island shipwreck During these week-long expeditions, Reconnaissance Program. investigations for the Shipwreck to conduct archaeological form instruments and sampling bottles and receives real-time data. real-time instruments and sampling bottles receives winch also has a conductive cable that sends commands to the the hydraulic A-frame and winch of R/V safely accomplished thanks to field work. These operations are parts of our the most hazardous heavy instrument package are of this 450 pounds. The launch, deployment, and recovery that weighs around mounted on a carousel pling bottles are of our bio-optical instruments and water sam- ment, the rest pling equipment. using a radiometer, bio-optical instruments, and water sam- Santa Rosa Island to Goleta Point seven-station transect from We weeks year round. collect data along a cruises every three which consists of one-day for our field program, stable platform several scientists to work efficiently at the same time. several scientists to work efficiently container. dimensions allow liquid nitrogen The wet lab’s large them either in the lab fridge, freezer, or a the wet lab, then store operate the underwater instruments. We filter water samples in The R/V The R/V Searching for and locating submerged shipwrecks and air- shipwrecks for and locating submerged Searching and are located inshore sites are Some of the shipwreck We use the R/V instru- While our radiometer is an easy to deploy “free-fall” Shearwater Shearwater

Amy Cale Shearwater’ and Mark Norder (CMAR)— monitors underwater archeological sites. underwater and Mark Norder (CMAR)— monitors Schwemmer (CINMS), Ian Williams (CINP), Carol Linteau (CMAR), The Shipwreck Reconaissance dive team—Robert Program serves as an exceptional research plat- serves as an exceptional research provides a comfortable, roomy, and a comfortable, roomy, provides Shearwater s dry lab as a computer room to s dry lab as a computer room ’s inflatable can be Shearwater . The on the R/V CINMS Education Coordinator, Santa Barbara Office FRANCIS LAURA quality testing equipment, and scuba tanks. water the Zodiac inflatable, plankton nets, video microscope, on education excursions includes the equipment used regularly helpful. Some of and education has been incredibly research Program. the Channel Islands Argonaut and Geographic field studies, REEF fish surveys, film projects, include adult education classes, teacher workshops, National of the sanctuary’s natural wonders. Some these programs resources within the sanctuary and park. resources maritime heritage undiscovered surveys to locate previously system will be utilized for sidescan sonar and magnetometer sites. archaeological to record ized dive equipment required for the special- into a work and staging area easily transform augmented by the fathometer system. The wet and dry labs group, cooking meals together and getting to know each other.group, stays. It’s enjoyable to be out with a small fortable for overnight multi-day trips. While it is a small space, the boat very com- least once a month, sometimes for day trips and to the public. experience and familiarity with the vessel for interpretation Naturalist Corps (CINC) volunteers. The volunteers gain field Shearwater and visiting educators onboard. for the sanctuary staff moment was no wind. It an unforgettable lake, and there flat like a blue whales near the boat. The water was perfectly http://channelislands.noaa.gov/res/calendar/2005.html CINMS’ education and outreach programs rely rely programs CINMS’ education and outreach Education programs take place on the R/V Education programs that is well-equipped for both Having a stable, fast platform In the future, the R/V In the future, I have been on the R/V In addition to public education programs, the R/V In addition to public education programs,

CINMS Free public tours of the R/V of the Free public tours cruise to Santa Cruz Island aboard the R/V Island aboard the Cruz to Santa cruise laboratory in a floating part take Excellence (COSEE) program for Ocean Sciences Education Teachers year-long Centers in the Shearwater serves as a training platform for Channel Islands serves as a training platform offered twice a year.offered For tour dates, visit Visit the R/V to give visitors a first-hand experience Shearwater’ Shearwater

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Laura Francis w phytoplankton pigments, and dissolved Management and Research 2004 organic matter in the water column. In 2004, eight PnB cruises took place aboard the R/V Shearwater. During large, intense rains, the MANAGEMENT Miguel, Anacapa, and Santa Cruz islands. entire channel can be covered by sedi- Bottom video was collected at selected Management Plan Review ment-laden water with high nutrient locations to ground truth sidescan maps National Marine Sanctuary Program concentrations that affect regional Squidand Studiesgather biological data. This project is (NMSP) headquarters staff is completing ecosystem dynamics. In 2004, the PnB Drs.a partnership Roger Hanlon with Dr.and Guy Ken Cochrane, Foote reviews of the CINMS Draft Management project published five peer-reviewed MBNMS of WoodsUSGS Holegeophysicist. Oceanographic Institute Plan (DMP) and Draft Environmental manuscripts by two graduate students, Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic used the R/V Shearwater to develop a Impact Statement (DEIS). Management Jon Warrick and Mark Otero, that used Institute conducted two weeks of squid studies remote-sensing methodology for quantify- Plan Coordinator Mike Murray and PnB field data and satellite data to eval- aboard the R/V Shearwater. ing egg beds of market squid (Loligo Management Plan Specialist Sarah uate the impact of sediment runoff on opalescens), ultimately for determining MacWilliams have revised these docu- water quality. Collaborative Monitoring recruitment. Regions of squid egg beds ments, and sanctuary and NMSP staff will Other current research is evaluating were identified and mapped on the basis soon seek the next level of agency clear- CINMS is sponsoring a team of grad- the response of phytoplankton to of fisheries data or by direct observation ance from NOAA’s National Ocean uate students from UC Santa Barbara’s weather changes. Graduate student from a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Service. The DMP/DEIS will be released Bren School that is working on a thesis Clarissa Anderson is using PnB data for public comment in 2005. titled “Collaborative Monitoring of the Collaborators included the California CINMS to examine the role of harmful algal Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) More information on the manage- Spiny Lobster in the Channel Islands blooms in the Santa Barbara Channel. The Sanctuary Advisory Council in public session, November 2004, Ventura, California. and the Santa Barbara City College Marine ment plan review process is available at Marine Protected Areas.” The project’s Tihomir Kostadinov, another PnB Diving and Technology Department. The http://channelislands.noaa.gov/manplan/ primary focus is to understand how graduate student, is developing new sources, such as large vessel traffic. a cooperative enforcement agreement squid fishery is the number one fishery overview.html. The public can send marine protected areas affect the long- mathematical models of ocean color These recommendations call for whereby the sanctuary will fund CDFG in the state. requests to be on the email list to term sustainability of the spiny lobster that account for changes in optical investigation into the sources and state wardens to actively enforce sanctuary [email protected]. fishery. More information is available at properties due to intense phytoplank- impacts of noise, consideration of initial regulations. Cross-deputization and a for- http://bren.ucsb.edu/~lobster. ton blooms or sediment runoff. steps to investigate policy options, and malized training are anticipated in 2005, REEF Surveys For more information, visit www.icess. the development of sanctuary partner- as are active patrols by CDFG wardens. CINMS and REEF cosponsored ucsb.edu/PnB/PnB.html. ships with agencies and the shipping CINMS and NOAA General Counsel Biogeography Study Channel Islands fish survey trips in May, industry. A comprehensive report was reached a successful settlement with RESEARCH NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal September, and December. In an effort to produced by the Conservation Working the owner of the F/V Reliance, a gill In 2004, CINMS supported a wide Ocean Science (NCCOS) are nearing provide consistent data from a set of Group, led by research fellow Shiva net vessel that sunk in the South Point variety of research activities through completion of a regional study of CINMS sites within the sanctuary, REEF staff Polefka (http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ State Marine Reserve off Santa Rosa funding, staff support, and use of the marine biogeography. The study’s objec- developed a long-term monitoring plan Sanctuary Aerial Monitoring sac/pdf/7-12-04.pdf). Island in 2003. Settlement funds will be R/V Xantu, R/V Shearwater and the Lake tive is to analyze data that will help that includes 33 sites off San Miguel, and Spatial Analysis Program used to augment resource protection Renegade Sea Wolf aircraft. Several of evaluate boundary expansion options forOther council achievements in 2004: Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara and enforcement in the sanctuary. these projects are highlighted on pages (SAMSAP) future consideration by the sanctuary. • A new Chumash Community seat islands. These sites were selected in con- 5-9 and 12-13, and a few others are SAMSAP allows near real-time col- NCCOS and CINMS scientists are was filled by Ricardo Melendez and sultation with CINMS and CDFG staff, mentioned below. The Research section lection and viewing of data vital to compiling data on 11 macro-invertebrate Paulette Cabugos as member and and include sites both inside and outside of the CINMS web site hosts a new navi- sanctuary management and resource species, 12 marine fishes, 10 marine alternate. Plans are under way for a Channel Islands Marine of the marine protected areas. In 2004, gational structure with details on current protection. Using the amphibious fixed birds, and 14 marine mammals, as well Chumash Community working group. Protected Areas REEF dive teams visited 26 sites and research activities at http://channelis- wing Lake Renegade Sea Wolf aircraft as diversity parameters for each group. Sanctuary Environmental Review Process conducted 152 surveys (www.reef.org). • A new Recreational Fishing seat was lands.noaa.gov/res/cinms_res.html as a platform, SAMSAP aids in three The study also features an analysis of The Sanctuary Advisory Council, filled by Merit McCrea and Steve research efforts: vessel traffic monitor- the region’s static and dynamic habitats. the ad-hoc Marine Reserves Committee, Roberson as member and alternate, ing, marine mammal sighting, and kelp The end result will identify areas of and the Pacific Fishery Management and a new Recreational Fishing MPA Monitoring Plumes and Blooms canopy monitoring. Eight SAMSAP high biological value in the regional Council helped shape a forthcoming Working Group met several times. In 2004, the bulk of sanctuary Since 1996, the Plumes and Blooms flights took place in 2004. seascape. More information is available Draft Environmental Impact Statement • A new Research Activities Panel research activities focused on Marine (PnB) project, based out of UC Santa at http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/ (DEIS) on federal marine reserves and (RAP) was formed to provide science- Protected Areas (MPAs). CINMS funded Barbara, has conducted a field program assess/ca_nms/cinms/. conservation areas within CINMS. These based advice to the sanctuary, UC Santa Barbara’s Love Lab to conduct in collaboration with CINMS to new federal marine protected areas would chaired by Dr. Robert Warner. a five-day cruise using the Delta sub- evaluate water characteristics complement the Channel Islands Marine To learn more about the council, mersible to look at deep-water portions in the Santa Barbara Protected Areas (MPAs) established in of the MPAs. Other MPA-related researchChannel. This program Sanctuary Advisory Council contact Mike Murray at michael.murray@ state waters in 2003. also took place aboard the R/V Shear- correlates satellite ocean Highlights noaa.gov or visit http://channelislands. Council members and several work- noaa.gov/sac/main.html. water. Five weeks of scuba surveys, threecolor data with data In 2004, members of the Sanctuary ing groups reached a consensus in weeks of ROV surveys (see page 8), andon quantities of sus- Advisory Council volunteered thousands September on many important sugges- two weeks of sidescan sonar surveys pended sediments, of hours to provide community-based tions. In 2005, a draft DEIS will be were part of the state monitoring plan. advice on sanctuary management issues. released to the public. The preliminary The two-week sidescan sonar cruise The year’s achievements include adopt- document is available at http://channel- Enforcement involved mapping and towed video cam- ing recommendations that call for CINMS islands.noaa.gov/marineres/enviro_ era operations. Approximately 84 square A REEF diver encounters a pile CINMS, the California Sanctuary to address potential sanctuary marine life review.html. kilometers of habitat were mapped at Sanperch while conducting a fish impacts from anthropogenic noise Foundation, and California Department survey at Santa Cruz Island. of Fish and Game have nearly finalized © Carl Gwinn

ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 w 14 15 w such as lectures, activities, and field trips. To learn more about Education and Outreach 2004 the aquarium, visit www.aquariumofpacific.org. Community Outreach Workshops WEB SITE (http://channelislands.noaa.gov/) Oxnard Convention and Visitors Bureau Marine Wildlife Viewing Workshop Visit the following updated sections of the CINMS web site: CINMS Education Coordinator Julie Bursek was voted onto More than 45 participants attended the CINMS Marine the Oxnard Convention and Visitors Bureau to represent CINMS Marin Wildlife Viewing Workshop held in Santa Barbara in February. e Mam in promoting tourism in Oxnard and in Channel Islands Harbor. http://www.cisanctuary.org/mammalsmal Si ghtings Whale watch operators, divers, kayakers, naturalists, and local Ch Datab annel ase: government representatives provided input on disturbance con- Ihttp://www.cisanctuary.orgslands Channel Islands Harbor Foundation Marine cerns, suggested outreach products for responsibly viewing Sanct Channel Islands Harbor is defining itself as the “educational CINMS uary Fo marine wildlife, and evaluated the draft handbook “Responsibly Unde undati harbor” for Ventura County. To achieve that goal, the Channel http://channelislands.noaa.gov/slides/main.htmlrwater on: Viewing Marine Wildlife in California.” Slide S Islands Harbor Foundation is fundraising for two projects: the Ou how: tdoor new Boating Instruction and Safety Center and the tall ship http://outdoorsb.noaa.govSanta Barbar LiMPETS Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Project a Visito Tole Mour. CINMS Education Coordinator Julie Bursek is vice R/V Shearwater Sche r Cente dul r: © Francis Gilbert president of the board. Teacher Workshop http://channelislands.noaa.gov/res/calendar/2005.htmle: CINMS Education Coordinator Laura Francis and Manager Chris Mobley lead CINMS offered a free one-day professional development From Shore to SeaJA SON C an interpretive dive for staff and visitors to the Blue Cavern tank at Long workshop in March for middle and high school teachers on http://channelislands.noaa.gov/edu/shoretosea.htmlurriculu CINMS Assists Winning ROV Team m: Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. the Long-Term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training W The Cabrillo High School “A” Team won the regional ROV eather for Students (LiMPETS) Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Project. http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/kiosk.html Kiosk: competition in Monterey, qualifying them to compete in the Teachers learned about the ecology of the rocky intertidal Special Events national competition at UC Santa Barbara in June. CINMS pro- habitat and classroom activities to prepare their students for American Zoo and Aquarium Association vided training in building ROVs in partnership with Marine field monitoring. For more information about LiMPETS visit Other Educational Programs On March 18, CINMS Manager Chris Mobley and EducationAdvanced Technology Education (MATE), UC Santa Barbara’s www.limpets.noaa.gov. From Shore To Sea Lecture Series Coordinator Laura Francis hosted an American Zoo and Marine Science Institute, and Santa Barbara City College. CINMS and Channel Islands National Park hosted the 2004 Aquarium Association (AZA) Board of Directors trip on board “From Shore To Sea” Lecture Series for the public to learn the R/V Shearwater. Other participants included National MarineMulticultural Education for Resource Issues about ongoing research projects in the sanctuary and park. The Sanctuary Program (NMSP) Deputy Director Michael Weiss, Threatening Oceans (MERITO) free talks, given by leading authorities on the Channel Islands, NMSP staff Matt Stout and Catherine Marzin, Gulf of the In October, MERITO Program Community Liaison Rocío took place monthly at the park’s Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Farallones Sanctuary Manager Maria Brown, and Gray’s Reef Lozano-Knowlton completed demographic research for the Center at 1901 Spinnaker Drive in Ventura. Sanctuary Manager Reed Bohne. Attendees discussed areas forMERITO program needs assessment. Her research identifies potential collaboration between sanctuaries, zoos, and aquaria.areas of Hispanic concentration within Santa Barbara and Adult Education Course Ventura counties, as well as education levels and ages to In 2004, CINMS, Santa Barbara City College Continuing CINMS Channel Islands Harbor Office Open Housetarget in developing CINMS outreach efforts. Education, and the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum cospon- On June 6, sanctuary staff and volunteers hosted a public In addition, Lozano-Knowlton interviewed the leaders sored a course titled “Discovering the Channel Islands National open house to formally announce the opening of the new of 35 organizations in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties Marine Sanctuary.” Students learned about the kelp forests, office at Marine Emporium Landing. The larger office providesto obtain data on gaps in marine education and outreach. rocky reefs, and island ecosystems of the sanctuary and park additional space for visitor information and is equipped with during three evening sessions held at the Santa Barbara several volunteer and intern workstations. Students from Generation Communications learn to kayak at Maritime Museum, plus a field trip to Anacapa Island. Santa Cruz Island thanks to the MERITO program (Multicultural Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans). Products The Ocean Channel and Santa Barbara South Coast Watershed Resource Center Signage Channel Keeper presented the first Santa Barbara CINMS partnered with the South Coast Watershed Resource Ocean Film Festival in May at UC Santa Barbara. Center on a new educational panel outside the center at Co-sponsors included CINMS, UCSB’s Marine Arroyo Burro Beach. The panel has information about the Science Institute, PADI Project Aware, Island Laura Francis sanctuary and Channel Islands, including interactive blocks Packers, and La Cusinga EcoLodge in Costa Rica. Teachers and informal educators identify and count intertidal organisms in a Three films featured the sanctuary: a vignette free LiMPETS workshop sponsored by the sanctuary. with images of marine life on one side and the depth where they are found on the other. by John Brooks on cultural connections, a 60- second CINMS public service announcement, Exploring Data Using GIS to Experience and a three-minute “teaser” introducing the Boater Brochure “Jewels of the Pacific” film project. Sanctuaries (EDGES) Workshop CINMS coordinated with CINP, the Ventura Power CINMS education staff and the Center for Image ProcessingSquadron, and the County of Ventura to design and print a in Education (CIPE) planned and hosted an EDGES workshopboating and safety brochure that highlights safety issues and Aquarium of the Pacific for middle and high school teachers in conjunction with Worldresponsible wildlife viewing techniques. Approximately 27,750 In October, CINMS and NMSP staff met GIS Day in November. EDGES utilizes scientific data to help brochures were sent to registered boat owners in Ventura with Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific teachers and students to explore the national marine sanctuar-County, thanks to support from the California Department of staff to discuss potential joint projects and ies. EDGES workshops are funded by a 2003 Grosvener Boating and Waterways. The remaining 2,700 brochures were long-term partnerships. This relationship has Geography Education Grant from the National Geographic distributed at Santa Barbara Harbor by the Santa Barbara the potential for exciting collaborations, Society Education Foundation. Waterfront Department. including exhibits and education programs Laura Francis

ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 w 16 17 w w 18 Education Programs on the R/V skills directly to the field environment. series, providing them with an opportunity to apply their participated in the year-long COSEE West teacher workshop Santa Cruz Island. explored kelp forest communities and the flora fauna of tank. Participants saw whales, dolphins, and pinnipeds, video microscopes, water profiling, and an onboard touch Foundation (REEF) fish count, observations of plankton using from urban, underserved areas across the U.S. teacher/student pairs participated in the field study, coming owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. Twelve Cruz Island Reserve, part of the UC Natural Reserve System the National Geographic Field Study from August 9-12 at Santa Ocean Literacy Program Manager Francesca Cava coordinated the R/V 50 teachers from the Los Angeles Unified School District on Cruz Island via the R/V Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties are participating. lessons. Over 60 teachers from San Diego, Los Angeles, design training using the Mapping an Ocean Sanctuary GIS GIS, an introduction to image processing, and curriculum gy, environmental, and social studies education. State standards for science, mathematics, technolo- California activities derived from the Systems (GIS) learning Information high school educators design inquiry-based Geographic Foundation-funded Ocean Explorers project. teacher workshops in 2004 as part of the National Science Image Processing and Education (CIPE) to host a series of programs are described below. film projects, and student programs. A few of these classes, teacher workshops, field studies, fish surveys, Shearwater Education programs with components on the R/V National Geographic Society (NGS) Field Study (COSEE) – West Coast Floating Lab Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Ocean Explorers GIS Project Workshops education programs depend on the R/V key mission — and many of those elements of the sanctuary resources are Education and outreach about sanctuary http://www.exploreoceans.org. about Ocean Explorers, visit For more information hands-on activities both on the island and in sanctuary. ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 This cruise was the culminating activity for teachers who Activities included a Reef Environmental Education CINMS Education Coordinator Laura Francis and NGS In May, CINMS hosted a cruise to Anacapa Island for over As part of their training, many the teachers visit Santa The workshops provide educators with an overview of The purpose of Ocean Explorers is to help middle and worked with the Center for Sanctuary education staff Shearwater include volunteer training, adult education and M/V Shearwater Conception , where they participate in . Shearwater . and Nikon. Image Processing in Education, the Ocean Futures Society, Sea Grant, Channel Islands National Park, the Center for Sea: A Visual Journey.” tographs were chosen for a slide show titled “An Island in the Nearly 100 pho- a presentation of the students’ photo journal. scientific and conservation concepts. The trip concluded with knowledge to shoot over 1,700 digital photos that illustrated photography is used in scientific inquiry. Students this NGS inventor, scientist, and filmmaker, who demonstrated how Native Americans. told stories of what island life was once like for nearly 2,000 Laughrin ranch houses and chapel. Reserve Manager Lyndall Students also explored the island’s nineteenth-century adobe positioning system (GPS) geo-caching, kayaking, and hiking. Experiential Training for Students (LiMPETS) protocols, global Monitoring Program and monitoring using Long-term geology, flora, and fauna. Activities included sandy beach students spent four days researching and photographing its dents took over donated by cameras Nikon. 1,700 with photographs digital Island, stu- Cruz Study on Santa Field National Geographic of the As part May 4: Outdoor Santa Barbara Visitor Center TrainingMay Barbara Trip 4: Outdoor Santa TripApril 30-May 1: Ocean Explorers April 23: Channel Islands Argonauts Painting for the Artists California March 12: Southern Trip Field March 5: LiMPETS to Anacapa Island 18-21:February Education Foundation (REEF) Reef Environmental Education Regional Environmental 26: California January 22: Cabrillo High School ROV TripJanuary After an exciting ride on the R/V Partners included the University of Southern California California Partners included the University of Southern Evening presentations featured experts like Greg Marshall, Environment (SCAPE) Community (CREEC) Coordinator Trip

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© Susanna Frohman Robert Schwemmer Robert Channel Islands Naturalist Corps (CINC) in Santa Barbara and Ventura. brochures at 70 marine-related businesses and organizations Career Fair, and Santa Barbara Harbor Seafood Festival. Islands Harbor Seafood Festival, Santa Barbara City College Shearwater Club, US Power Squadron, Ventura County Boat Show, R/V Marine Sanctuary 10th Anniversary Event, Camarillo Fishing courses, Refugio Junior Lifeguards, Olympic Coast National Santa Barbara Whale Festival, Earth Day, adult education Wildlife Viewing Workshop, Ventura County Science Fair, Science Fair, Channel Islands Harbor Whale Festival, Marine El Camino Project, Pt. Mugu Whale Festival, EF International, over 30 outreach events and presentations, including: JASON Floating Lab, and Channel Islands Sport Fishing Center. Center, Truth Aquatics, Island Packers, Channel Islands Marine Express, Captain Don’s Whale Watch, Santa Barbara Sailing and have agreed to take part for three additional years: Condor marine excursion vessel operators participated in the program panied 719 whale watch trips and 106 island hikes. Seven Adopt-a-Business Brochure Distribution Outreach Events and Presentations Whale Watch Trips The major accomplishments of the CINC in 2004 include: Education Team. Council, and committee member on the Sanctuary Advisory school principal, education alternate on the Sanctuary tary she is a CINC whale watch and island hike naturalist, elemen- named CINC Volunteer of the Year for her outstanding service; at the annual CINC Recognition Dinner. was Barbara LaCorte they and park September 21, were honored by the sanctuary year—the positions. On equivalent of five full-time staff contributed overCINC volunteers 10,000 of service this hours and research monitoring. support, administrativewith outreach events, presentations, office Shearwater watch trips, island hikes, adult education programs, and R/V on whale and park as interpreters represent the sanctuary In 2004, the CINC program grew to over 100 that volunteers CINC volunteers provided regular stocking of CINMS CINC volunteers represented the sanctuary and park at Between January and September, CINC volunteers accom- VIP Cruises, Coastal Clean-Up Day, Channel special programs. CINC volunteers also assist special programs. CINC volunteers

noaa.gov or contact Shauna Bingham at (805) 382-6149. future training session, please visit http://channelislands. about the program, or to sign up for a additional information new trainees attended the CINC training class in January. For Looking Ahead a list of species and numbers sighted: (see http://www.cisanctuary.org/mammals/). The following is marine mammals into the Marine Mammal Sightings Database between May and September entered 17 species of video data. Volunteers also collected over 1,000 whale photos assisted with processing remotely operated vehicle (ROV) es, blue whale cruises, and seabird monitoring trips, Research and Monitoring of volunteers to overof volunteers 100. number total 2004, bringing the in January class graduated This CINC training

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CINMS w w 20 to be published by Compass Point Books in spring 2005. Islands Symposium in Ventura. The titled “ “Discovering the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.” Historical Society, and the CINMS adult education course Maritime Museum docent training, the National Public Library, Channel Islands Dive Club, Santa Barbara heritage program were presented for Friends of the Arcadia appear in a new book titled Santa Barbara Maritime Museum also participated. Maritime Association. Channel Islands National Park and the partnership with the Chumash the sanctuary’s long-term Coordinator Robert Schwemmer were on board, representing Manager Chris Mobley and Maritime Heritage Program to document the crossing. Sanctuary and camera platform to the islands. returning has embraced the past with building of tomol and the Island Chumash. The present-day Chumash community September 2001. Historically, the islands were home of on the island in over 125 years; first occurred second crossing from the mainland with a completed landing Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island ( woon”) departed Channel Islands Harbor for Scorpion Maritime Association’s tomol Education Outreach 2004 Maritime Heritage Program Dec. 2003-Dec. rate the 150-year anniversary of lecture at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum to commemo- Archaeology Resources (CMAR). ogists from the sanctuary, park, and Coastal Maritime cargo-handling equipment. The site is monitored by archaeol- examine the vessel’s steam propulsion system and associated providing archaeologists and visitors with an opportunity to located within the boundaries of sanctuary and park, on a tour of the shipwreck as it appears today. rock” for eight days. Still and video imagery took the public the shipwreck survivors, who were forced to live on “the person accounts of passengers on earlier voyages as well on Anacapa Island. The lecture revealed intriguing first- took place on September 11, 2004. Island Cruz A successful tomol crossing to Santa Robert Schwemmer Robert ALOLKOY, WINTER 2005 nDcme 03 Robert Schwemmer presented a paper In December 2003, In 2004, public lectures on Channel Islands’ maritime Schwemmer’s still photography from the crossing will The sanctuary’s R/V Before dawn on September 11, 2004, the Chumash Also in December 2003, Schwemmer presented a public Cuba, Another California Island” at the California Another California Xantu The Chumash and Their History Elye’wun Limuw served as a support vessel Cuba Winfield Scott’s ). This was the tomol’s (pronounced “El-E-ah- wreck site is stranding , Point Sur in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. off and going down in a storm Airfield departing for Moffet maneuvers over the Channel Islands in 1935 just prior to 2005. The methodology for the upcoming USS Robert Schwemmer completed research design and fieldwork January 2005. for Historical Archaeology conference in York, England in vessels. Schwemmer presented this research at the Society an emphasis on nineteenth-century, British-owned sailing Museum Library on West Coast sanctuary shipwrecks, with org/conf2004/) and conducted research at The Mariners’ VirginiaHeritage Conference in Norfolk, (http://www.hnsa. noaa.gov/shipwreck/dbase/cinms/winfieldscott.html crew on Anacapa Island in 1853. See http://channelislands. senger steamer that stranded with over 500 passengers and two known historic images of survivors the side-wheel pas- Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. This engraving is one of only story will be included in the new reported in the Holden’s account of being a castaway on Anacapa Island was engraving of (http://members.tripod.com/turn2/). section of the ex-USS ond survey at Active Point recorded the remains of stern lands.noaa.gov/shipwreck/dbase/cinms/comet.html. The sec- only the top of anchor stock visible. See http://channelis- in 2004 the site was found encapsulated sand with storms, exposed by 1999’s winter wreck was extensively in 1911. While this ship- grounded at Simonton Cove struck Wilson Rock, then three-masted schooner that bow section of the first survey examined the minus-tide conditions. The shipwreck remains during Miguel Island to identify ed beach surveys at San sanctuary and park complet- Research Bruce Terrell, Senior Archaeologist for the NMSP, and In October, Schwemmer attended the Seventh Maritime This spring Robert Schwemmer secured a rare antique In February 2004, the Macon Winfield Scott Chicago Times 8-otNv iiil,conducted , a 785-foot Navy dirigible, Comet, Tortuga a survivor Charles C. P. Holden. , which went aground in 1987

30 years after the stranding. His Winfield Scott C. P. Holden, a survivor of the engraving shows Charles This rare Winfield Scott Macon shipwreck in 1853. expedition in exhibit at the

Robert Schwemmer the Farallones, and Cordell Bank national marine sanctuaries. updates focus on the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of updated chapters researched by Robert Schwemmer. These Sanctuary Program’s Maritime Heritage Program, will include veyed the shipwreck Winfield Scott Datum Installation Project. Three datums were installed at the Ranger Expedition in October took place on the Park vessel Point, Santa Rosa Island. Reliance Mobley conducted an underwater video assessment of the F/V Shearwater Reconnaissance Program and was conducted using the R/V Santa Cruz Island. This survey was part of the Shipwreck Resource Protection

sites in the sanctuary. sites in the to monitor shipwreck of a new program a datum as part install Divers Winfield Scott Fathoming Our Past In June, divers from CINMS, NMSP, CINP, and CMAR sur- The sanctuary’s annual Shipwreck Reconnaissance In July, Robert Schwemmer and Sanctuary Manager Chris and included the first phase of Channel Islands on the one-year anniversary of its sinking off South on the one-year anniversary of its sinking off , Image Courtesy Deborah Marx Deborah , Image Courtesy as a dive platform. shipwreck site and five at the Spirit of America , a publication of the National Marine

shipwreck/dbase/montebello_2.html and http://channelislands.noaa.gov/cr/field_research.html http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ of Monterey south Bay just National Marine Sanctuary: Cambria, California, In addition, two new shipwreck web pages feature the Call, and a link to JASON XV PLUS: on survivorIsland. The web Asa Cyrus new pages include expanded vessel images, information histories, Route; the engaged in service between were Panama Panama known both and San Francisco, as the senger steamers

CUBA WINFIELD SCOTT: New web pages developed shipwrecks in 2004 feature the THE JASON PROJECT: CYRUS CALL: ASA ROUTE:PANAMA

at Little Scorpion Harbor, Winfield Scott : Aggi http://channelislands.noaa.gov/shipwreck/dbase/cinms/cuba1.html shipwreck site. Pacific was lost in 1853 off Anacapa Island and the Anacapa Island and the in 1853was lost off http://channelislands.noaa.gov/cr/panama.html http://channelislands.noaa.gov/shipwreck/dbase/cinms/winfieldscott1.html http://channelislands.noaa.gov/cr/journal.html

http://www.jasonproject.org/jason_project/jason_project.htm Rainforests at the Crossroads Web Site Additions National Marine Sanctuary in 2002. on the shipwreck Heritage Program meeting in Portland, Maine plus a symposium strategies for upcoming expeditions in 2005. Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. The group focused on Coast sanctuaries along with Julie Barrow of the Gulf and Underwater Preserve. Schwemmer represented the West national meeting at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands shipwreck trail. discussion about collaborating on the development of a Underwater Archaeology programs. The meeting included a Parks and Recreation Department Indiana University’s the sanctuary and met with representatives of California’s was held in Riverside March. Schwemmer represented historic properties to the National Register. participated in a workshop on the process of nominating four national marine sanctuaries and a paper on California’s conference in St. Louis, Missouri, Robert Schwemmer presented National Maritime Heritage Program project, visit http://channelislands.noaa.gov/cr/pdf/106.pdf on the datum wreck sites in 2005. For more information Datums will be installed at the positions for video and still photography documentation. camera facts. The datums will also be utilized for permanent lished for recording the current positions of submerged arti- series of datum locations, accurate measurements can be estab- Global Position System (DGPS) positions. Using a Differential heritage resources. tion of human and environmental impacts to maritime non-intrusive evalua- State Lands Commission for long-term, CMAR in collaboration with CINMS, CINP, and the California The datum stations are part of a program developed by

In November, Schwemmer attended the National Maritime In August, the NMSP Maritime Heritage Program held its Archaeology annual conference The Society for California In January, at the Society for Historical Archaeology Each datum serves as a reference point for establishing Montebello

Portland, Winfield Scott , located in 880 feet of water off that focuses on Panama’s history: that

discovered at the Stellwagen Bank Cuba Cuba in 1923 off San Miguel in 1923 off and

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Santa Barbara Harbor Office 113 Harbor Way, Suite 150 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (805) 966-7107 CINMS and CINP Celebrate 25 Years “Discover the Past, Chart the Future” Channel Islands Harbor Office 3600 South Harbor Blvd., In 1980, the Federal government gave special protected sta- Suite 217 tus to the Channel Islands by designating the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and Channel Islands Oxnard, CA 93035 National Park (CINP). March 5 is the park’s designation date and (805) 382-6149 September 22 is the sanctuary’s designation date. In 2005, the sanctuary and park will celebrate their 25th anniversaries by OUTDOORS SANTA BARBARA joining together to create a number of exciting special events. VISITOR CENTER Many of the events are for everyone, and even people who 113 Harbor Way, 4th Floor have never been to the sanctuary and park will be able to appreci- Santa Barbara, CA 93109 ate their beauty and unique resources. A silver anniversary lecture (805) 884-1475 series is planned for both Santa Barbara and Ventura (please see http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/calendar.html), plus a Sea CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL Festival outreach event in Ventura on June 26. PARK VISITOR CENTER The sanctuary and park are coordinating a 25th anniver- 1901 Spinnaker Drive sary photo contest and will create a Channel Islands exhibit at Ventura, CA 93001 the Ventura County Museum of Art and History. In (805) 658-5700 addition, Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE) is planning a paint- off on one of the islands, followed by an CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINE exhibit in Santa Barbara. SANCTUARY FOUNDATION Many other events are on the draw- Anna Chouteau ing board, with the celebration extending 735 State St. Ste. 617 from March throughout the year. For Santa Barbara, CA 93101 updates on the 25th anniversary, visit (805) 963-3238 ext. 13 http://channelislands.noaa.gov. We look forward to seeing you there! Photography by James Forte