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Superintendent's Media Report GFNMS Superintendent’s Report, January through June, 2010 GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY SUPERINTENDENT’S MEDIA REPORT January through June 2010 A compilation of media efforts and news clips concerning the sanctuary or related issues. MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Major SF Bay Area Media Cover Ocean Climate Change Impacts Report Several significant Bay Area media attended the media availability June 3 for the Farallones-Cordell Bank Climate Change Impacts report. The San Francisco Chronicle, KCBS and KGO Radio, KQED Public Radio “Climate Watch,” the Bay Area News Group/Marin Independent Journal, Bay Nature Magazine, and several other media outlets covered the event. Media Helping to Instill Public Awareness of Deep Sea Creatures and Habitats In June, major coverage resulted from a media event for NOAA and other scientists returning from the 8-day leg of a research expedition to find deepwater corals and sponges in the Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones national marine sanctuaries. Reporters interviewed Principal Investigator/Cordell Bank sanctuary superintendent Dan Howard, Farallones research coordinator Jan Roletto, and other scientists. The San Francisco Chronicle ran a front page story, with additional reports issued by the Associated Press, KQED Public Radio/Network, Live Science/Oceans and Discovery.com KQED Airs Farallones Documentary, Highlights Sanctuary On January 19th KQED Television’s science program Quest aired the documentary, “Farallon Islands, California’s Galapagos.” The program features the sanctuary prominently, focusing on the interface between land and sea that provides habitat and sustenance to its wildlife. The show features interviews with Farallones sanctuary Superintendent Maria Brown. View the full program at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/the-farallon-islands--californias-galapagos. Public TV Science Program Features Sanctuary Twin Otter Overflight In June KQED, the premier San Francisco-based public television and radio station, went live with the SOS “Marine Sanctuary Patrol Flight” video, slideshow, and blog. The 1 GFNMS Superintendent’s Report, January through June, 2010 Western Region Communications Coordinator initiated the project with Farallones sanctuary staff last January, and with NOAA Corps and Cordell Bank sanctuary staff, the media team took to the air in April for overflights of the San Francisco Bay Area marine sanctuaries. Twin Otter overflights are a tool by which the sanctuary lends support to the California Marine Life Protection Act by providing information on vessel use in and around the state’s newly established system of Marine Protected Areas along the North-Central California coast. The segment can be seen at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/science-on-the-spot-marine-sanctuary-patrol- flight. A radio story developed on the same subjects will air in the near future. On the web, go to www.kqed.org/quest. January 4, KPIX TV5/CBS, “New clues to Disappearance of Pier 39 Sea Lions” See coverage at http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]. January 7, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Sea lions showing up in Oregon” by Tom Stienstra. “The question on everyone's mind lately has been: Where have San Francisco's famous sea lions gone? … One location with no apparent change is the Farallon Islands offshore of San Francisco. “Everything is pretty much normal," said Mary Jane Schramm of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. …” SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/07/MN281BE41C.DTL and http://www.seattlepi.com January 7, Pacifica Tribune, “Wandering and Wondering … Beach Watch … Sixteen years of biological data from 41 beaches in North-Central California are now available in the new Beach Watch online query system (farallones.org). The Beach Watch shoreline-monitoring ..” January 23, Istockanalylst.com, “Blakeslee wants danger of sunken tanker assessed …” by David Sneed. “ … researchers were puzzled by repeated discoveries of oiled seabirds near San Francisco. The oil was eventually traced to the wreck of the Jacob Luckenbach, an oil tanker [sic] that sank near the Farallon Islands in the 1950s. The remaining oil was pumped from the wreck in 2002 …” More information at http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3804880 January-March, Bay Nature Magazine, “Beyond Jaws: Fathoming the Ways of the White Sharks” by Glen Martin. “ … so great white sharks rule the Farallones … “ January 27, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, “High time for county to reject Dutra project” by Heidi Rhymes. “ … Dutra's tactics to scare the community into supporting their sinking project include erroneous and misleading claims that commercial use of the river and U.S. Army Corps dredging will collapse without them … Dutra's behavior here, like that in San Rafael, Miami and the Farallones, promises more excuses, more violations …” January 28, Coastsider, “Beach Watch puts 16 years of observations in the public’s hands … “The public now has access to sixteen years of biological data from 41 Northern California beaches through the Beach Watch online query system. … The Beach Watch shoreline-monitoring program is a partnership of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association.” February 3, San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate, The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival: ... "The Cove," with director Louie Psihoyos and dolphin activist Ric O'Barry in person; Friday's program of surfing films and Saturday's popular shark series, which includes the new documentary "White Shark Cafe," a documentary by Sean Aronson that follows tagged white sharks from the Farallones to Hawaii ..." February 3, Half Moon Bay Review, Pescadero fishermen refuse to go with the flow. Anglers ponder suing State Parks to spur action at marsh.”By Greg Thomas. “Steve Simms is losing patience. Each year of the past 2 GFNMS Superintendent’s Report, January through June, 2010 decade, as fall becomes winter, the Pescadero fisherman watches the silver bodies of steelhead trout wash up on the banks at Pescadero Marsh, hoping the government will heed his call for intervention and respond with action. It’s not happening fast enough….” February, 4, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Time to end Dutra's magic show. By David Keller “…Dutra still claims that dumping of more than 200,000 cubic yards of dredge spoils into our Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (more than 200 instances) was only minor “leakage” caused by high seas and defective computer-controlled pumps on their barges. But Dutra paid a $735,000 fine to EPA in 2006 for these violations….” February Issue, San Francisco Bay Crossings, “A lemon shark, one of the stars of Requiem, by Bryce and Jen Groark of Living Ocean Productions, breaching the surface of the sea. Requiem and more than 50 films will be screened during the 7th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, February 3-7 at Theatre 39 on PIER 39. Requiem will be shown during the Festival’s shark program on Saturday, February 6. …visit www.oceanfilmfest.org for tickets and the full Festival lineup. February, San Francisco Bay Crossings, Sail the Seven Seas Without Leaving San Francisco. By Kati Schmidt. “Ocean and film lovers from around the Bay Area and beyond are preparing to take a dive into the seven seas— without getting wet—at the Seventh Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, running February 3 – 7 at Theatre 39 on PIER 39…” February 2, The Outside Blog (Outside.com) Miles of Ocean on the Big Screen. By Aileen Torres. “The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival runs February 3 through 7. You can check out the happenings at Pier 39. There are 50 films in the festival this year, and screenings include The Cove and the world premier of Isla Holbox, Whale Shark Island, a doc about whale sharks and their relationship to a fishing community transitioning into an ecotourism destination. You can buy tickets and check out the films at oceanfilmfest.org. February 2, Discovery/TreeHugger.com Don’t Miss San Francisco’s 7th Ocean Film Festival. By Jaymi Heimbuch. “It's back! The San Francisco Ocean Film Fest is back for its seventh year. If you're in or anywhere near San Francisco this Wednesday through Sunday, you'll want to stop by Pier 39. I attended the event last year and was stunned by the quality and quantity of independent documentaries and short films exploring our oceans and the results - both good and bad - of human interaction with them. Check out some of the line up at this year's event, and learn how you can catch the films if you can't attend. February 9, KQED Public Radio Forum with Michael Krasny … “The Farallon Islands The Farallon Islands, vaguely discernible on the horizon west of San Francisco, are home to huge seabird colonies and a wealth of animal life. We talk with Bay Area experts about the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge … Maria Brown who was out on Oahu on a shark conference, Superintendent of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary [joined by phone]. “Maria is on Oahu at a shark conference, one of the reasons it is being protected is that gulf is one of the richest biological places in the world … “ February 11, Tonic.com, “Mavericks Surf Contest 2010: Keeping the Big Wave Green” by Jill Robinson. “Big crowds will come to the California coast from all over the world to see the biggest waves of the year on Saturday — … The area around Half Moon Bay itself is a rich habitat for land and marine life. The waters of Mavericks are in a National Marine Sanctuary [Northern MBNMS] … "These are protected waters," advised Mary Jane Schramm, media and public outreach specialist for Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary — the agency that administers Mavericks' waters. The organization's main priority is keeping marine life (from the smallest tide pool creatures to sea otters, harbor seals and whales) from potential disturbance.
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