A paper published by MARINe in Marine Biology shows that resources can be fully protected in highly visited tidepools if public access is limited and oversight is provided to reduce collection.

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Volunteers make a difference at Cabrillo National Monument. They greet the public at each low tide at this popular National Park in San Diego, California and use MARINe protocols to monitor tidepools every fall and spring.

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During Fall 2007, MARINe teamed up with federal, state, and local agencies to add 13 new sites to a network of locations where mussels are collected for water quality analysis. This increase results in a total of 34 Mussel Watch sites in southern California.

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The Channel Island National Park first identified the sharp decline in the mid-1980's on the islands; MMS/UCSB first discovered mainland evidence of the decline at Pt Conception in 1992. MARINe has continued to follow the decline of the population.

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