1. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Collaborative Fisheries Research An Effective Way to Collect Data for Stock Assessments and Evaluate Marine Protected Areas Monitoring and Assessing Ecosystem Status as Part of Ecosystem-Based Management Dean E. Wendt Center for Coastal Marine Sciences, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo SLOSEA (San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance)

2. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences SLOSEA’s vision is a healthy, resilient coastal ecosystem that provides for thriving and interacting populations of plant, animal and human communities.

3. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Community Research & Monitoring Management & Policy SLOSEA connects marine science with public policy, management, and community by conducting “user driven” research on marine resources

4. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Address Key Pollutant Sources and Impacts Build Data and Framework for Regional Fisheries Management Guide Appropriate Levels of Human Access Identify, Detect, and Control Marine Invasives Inform Decision Making for a Diversified Marine Economy Characterize Climate Change Effects and Prioritize Local Actions

5. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status SLOSEA Key Pollutants Initiative

6. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Address Key Pollutant Sources and Impacts

7. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Chorro Creek Los Osos Creek Morro Bay agrunoff groundwaterseeps SLOSEA Water Quality Observatory urbanrunoff tides 3m max

8. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences “BS1” 2006 Dec 21 HIGH TIDE +6’ LOW TIDE -1’ Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status

9. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Sewage Spill Mark Moline, Cal Poly Marine Sciences Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status

10. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Nitrate and Tides (The Septic Signal?) Nitrate Tide Time – 2 months Nitrate appears to be pulsing when flushing is diminished by lower tidal swing Mark Moline, Cal Poly Marine Sciences

11. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences 11 Nonylphenol Emerging Contaminant May be causing tumors in fish in Morro Bay Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status Lars Tomanek, Cal Poly Marine Sciences

12. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences 12 Nonylphenol Bioaccumulation Biological effects Arrow goby with gonadal tumor, dissected Gonadal tumorLipoma in liver Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status Mark Moline, Cal Poly Marine Sciences

13. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status Management and Policy Action Melissa Locke, JD, Cal Poly Marine Sciences To be included

14. Center for Coastal Marine Sciences California and Coastal Marine Initiative of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation California Coastal Conservancy/Ocean Protection Council California Polytechnic State University California Sea Grant Campbell Foundation David and Lucile Packard Foundation The Morro Bay National Estuary Program NOAA Fisheries