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2002

• Expedition to Explore Remarkable Deep-Sea Mountains 5/9/02
• April 20th Sanctuary tour with O'Neill Sea Odyssey
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Salinas on February 25, 2002 (02/22/02)

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2001

TOP

• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Half Moon Bay, CA on December 7th, 2001 (12/6/01)
• Monterey Bay National MarineSanctuary Seeks Four New Advisory Council Represenatives (11/20/01)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Capitola, CA on October 5th, 2001 (10/4/01)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Cambria, CA on August 3, 2001 (7/31/01)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Rock Fish, Kelp Fish ….Local Divers Participate in the Great American Fish Count, July 1 - 31, 2001 (6/29/01)
• Monterey Bay NMS Advisory Council meets on June 1st at Moss Landing Marine Labs (5/30/01)
• Local Agencies to Host Public Forums on Beach Water Quality in Monterey and Santa Cruz (2/23/01)
• Divers Participate in Monterey Harbor Underwater Clean-up; Sanctuary Announces Winners of Diving Photo Contest (2/8/01)
• Point Pinos Tidepool Taskforce Unveils New Signs to Protect Marine Life, And Announces Research Team to Study Human Impacts (2/8/01)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Monterey, CA on February 2 (2/1/01)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Fishing and Conservation Advisory Council Representatives (1/17/01)
• New Members Appointed to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (1/08/01)
• Volunteers Take Pulse of Monterey Bay Sanctuary Watersheds (01/03/01)

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2000

TOP

• President Announces Protection of Northwest Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem, to Become Newest National Marine Sanctuary (12/04/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Aptos, CA on December 1 (11/28/00)
• President Clinton Signs the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and Establishes New Scholarship (11/14/00)
• Congress Approves Half-million To Implement Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Agricultural Plan (11/09/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Extends Deadline for Diving Photo Contest (11/09/00)
• NOAA Donates Computers to Watsonville High School. Computers help students bridge science and technology (10/17/00)
• Volunteers Sample Pollution After Heavy Rains (10/10/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Half Moon Bay on October 6 (10/04/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Releases Final Kelp Management Report (10/04/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Nine New Advisory Council Representatives (9/29/00)
• Moss Landing Harbor Unveils New Bilge Water Recycling Facility. Local wildlife to benefit from cleaner waters (9/28/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Celebrates 8th Birthday at the Santa Cruz Shark Festival on September 16, 2000 (8/30/00)
• Harmful Algae Bloom Detected in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, (8/24/00)
• Public Comments sought on Installing and Maintaining Commercial Submarine Cables in National Marine Sanctuaries, (8/23/00)
• Nominations for Federal Advisory Comittee on Marine Protected Areas, (8/19/00)
• City of Capitola Adopts Urban Watch, A Citizen Stormdrain Outfall Monitoring Program (7/13/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Holds Public Meetings On Draft Kelp Management Report (7/6/00)
• Sustainable Seas Expeditions Launched in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (6/30/00)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Rock Fish, Kelp Fish ….Local Divers Participate in the Great American Fish Count, July 1 - 14, 2000 (6/29/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Welcomes Sustainable Seas Expeditions With Live Webcast (6/28/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Unveils New Southern Boundary Marker in Cambria (6/23/00)
• Sustainable Seas Expeditions Return to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Kick-Off Event at the Hearst Castle Visitor Center on June 26 (6/23/00)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Rock Fish, Kelp Fish ….The Great American Fish Count Returns to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, July 1 - 14, 2000 (6/13/00)
• Monterey Bay Oil Spill Exercise Set for June 14, 2000 (6/12/00)
• President Clinton Launches A New Era of Ocean Exploration (6/12/00)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) President Marcia McNut Featured Speaker at White House Millennium Lecture Series on Exploration (6/09/00)
• Citizen Urban Runoff Monitoring Program Starting in Monterey and Pacific Grove -- Training Class Scheduled for June 17, 2000 (6/08/00)
• Monterey Bay Sanctuary Releases Revised Kelp Management Report - Opens 60-day Public Comment Period (6/02/00)
• Unprecedented Partnership Protects California Sanctuaries From Catastrophic Oil Spills (5/31/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Monterey (5/30/00)
• Intertidal Study at Point Pinos to be Funded - Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation Seeks Proposals (5/30/00)
• Monterey Bay Sanctuary Advisory Council Elects New Chairperson (5/22/00)
• The Ansel Adams Gallery Grand Opening and Benefit for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (5/8/00)
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Announces Diving Photo Contest (5/2/00)
• Coalition Plans First Annual Monterey Bay Sanctuary "Snapshot Day" (4/17/00)
• NOAA Names Local Environmentalist Earth Day Hero: Monterey Bay Sanctuary Pays Tribute to Elkhorn Slough Foundation Director (4/19/00)
• Watsonsville and NOAA Celebrate Earth Day: Citizens Participate in River Bank Clean-Up: City and NOAA Unveil New Partnership to Reduce Urban Stormwater Pollution (4/13/00)
• Local Students Hold Second Annual Summit on Local Marine Environment - April 7, 2000
• Commerce Secretary Daley Proposes National Foundation to Support Marine Sanctuaries - April 6, 2000
• MBNMS Announces Additional Public Meetings on "Kelp Management Plan" - Feb. 16, 2000
• MBNMS Announces Public Meetings on "Kelp Management Plan" - Feb. 2, 2000
• MBNMS Releases First Draft of Its "Kelp Management Plan" - Jan. 17, 2000
• New Partnership Brings Agriculture, Environment Together to Protect Ocean - Jan. 14, 2000

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1999

TOP

• Contract Awarded to Enhance Salmonid Protection - Dec. 1, 1999
• Marine Sanctuary Benefit, Featuring Robert Lyn Nelson
• IMO Votes on MBNMS Vessel Traffic
• MBNMS Opens Second Office in Santa Cruz
• Vacancy Announcement for MBNMS Advisory Council Announced
• Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary Foundation Surges Forward!
• Great American Fish Count Media Dive - July 1, 1999

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1998

TOP

• Limited Jade Collection in Big Sur Allowed Under Sanctuary Amendment - 7/8/98
• Great American Fish Count - 6/26/98
• Robert Lyn Nelson Holds Poster Signing Event to Celebrate the National Ocean Conference 6/13/98
• Nelson Signing 04/18/98
• Rare Right Whale Sighted in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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1997

TOP

• Nelson Signing 08/18/97
• Jade Public Hearing 07/24/97
• Jade Collection 06/13/97
• Fish Count Event 06/27/97
• Divers Needed 06/11/97
• Cousteau Speech 05/29/97
• Teacher Workshop 04/09/97
• Storm Drain Voluteers 04/08/97
• Sanctuary Symposium 03/11/97
• WQPP Discusses Agriculture 02/20/97
• 1998 Budget 02/07/97

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1996

TOP

• Oil Filled Tanker Found On Sea Floor Near Sanctuary 11/29/96
• Heavy Rains Flush Pollution Into Sanctuary Waters 11/19/96
• Mobile Aquarium Visits HMB 08/07/96
• Unexploded Ordinance 08/01/96
• June SAC Meeting - Cambria 06/24/96
• Thornton Appointment 06/12/96
• McArthur Rescue 06/04/96
• Fish Eyes 05/29/96
• Chardonnay II Class At Sea 05/21/96
• McArthur Cruise '96 05/16/96
• WQPP Meeting - Cleaner Harbors 05/01/96
• April SAC Meeting - Montara 04/16/96
• Schools Focused on Ocean for "Sanctuary Week 04/02/96
• FY'97 NOAA Budget 03/18/96
• Sanctuary Treasures Revealed at Symposium 03/05/96
• March SAC Meeting 02/23/96
• Storm Drains Can Kill 02/23/96
• MBNMS Symposium - Community Connections 02/22/96
• MBNMS 2nd Annual Research Expedition 02/21/96
• Proposed Rule on Shark Attractants 02/12/96
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