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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 7h

An absolutely massive day for the adaptive management of California’s coast and ocean!

California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 8h

California’s 124 MPAs earned global recognition! At #IUCNcongress2025, OPC’s Jenn Eckerle & Michael Esgro accepted the IUCN Green List Award for California’s MPA Network, honoring the state's global leadership in ocean conservation.

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California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 8h

California’s 124 MPAs earned global recognition! At #IUCNcongress2025, OPC’s Jenn Eckerle & Michael Esgro accepted the IUCN Green List Award for California’s MPA Network, honoring the state's global leadership in ocean conservation.

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 7h

Cal Poly is hiring! We are looking for multiple tenure-track colleagues, including animal physiology, cell biology, and microbiology! Please spread the word. Links in thread. bio.calpoly.edu

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 10h

Applications are open for the 2025–26 WHALE TAIL® Program Tribal & Environmental Justice Small Grants!

🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
💻 Info session: Nov 6, 3:30–5 p.m.

Learn more: opc.ca.gov/2025/10/whale-tail-grant

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California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 14h

California Takes Its Global Ocean Leadership to the World Stage

🔗 Read the press release: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/c...

California makes history as one of first states seeking to join the International Union for Conservation of Nature | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 5d

Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!

With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.

A red-colored giant Pacific octopus with one eye poking out from its body while stretching out its arms, and showing off its white, round suckers

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dr. mykle hoban @thefishbotherer.bsky.social · 9d

For my algae heads: happy spooky season!

(📷: my friend Stephanie who isn’t on here)

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The bulbous ends of two pieces of bull kelp (Nerocystis luetkiana) carved into grinning jack o lanterns. They are on a rocky beach and you can see waves in the background.

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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 8d

This is the single greatest thing I’ve seen all spooky season.

@underwaterpat.bsky.social they beat us to the punch

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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t forget to tune in! Tomorrow’s Council meeting is jam packed! ⭐️

California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder: Council meeting tomorrow!

The Ocean Protection Council meets on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 1 PM, both virtually and in person. You can view the agenda and meeting materials on our website.

opc.ca.gov/2025/08/coun...

Ocean Protection Council Meeting - September 30, 2025 - Teleconference and Public Forum - California Ocean Protection Council

OPC Meeting Agenda Tuesday, September 30, 20251:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Hybrid Meeting California Natural Resources Agency Headquarters Auditorium715 P Street, Sacramento, California 95814 Please register...

opc.ca.gov

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California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 14d

Dive into what’s happening across California in our September newsletter — full of projects, funding news, and stories you’ll want to follow.

🔗 Read the newsletter: bit.ly/OPC-SEP-2025

Monthly Newsletter - California Coast and Ocean News - September - California Ocean Protection Council

The September 2025 OPC newsletter is available!

bit.ly

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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 14d

Love to see Lobos lush with kelp!

Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 14d

Amazing! Where in Monterey?

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Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · 17d

Gracilaria sp. (“ogo”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 17d

This week’s United Nations meeting featured the launch of the UN Global #Seaweed Initative! #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑

NLA International Ltd - Blue Economy solutions @nlai.bsky.social · 18d

https://blueeconomyinsights.com/2025/09/19/launch-of-the-united-nations-global-seaweed-initiative-ungsi/

blueeconomyinsights.com

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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 17d

Can’t celebrate #PhycologyFriday without celebrating Dr. Abbott!

I always keep a copy of the MAC by my desk, just in case #phycyeah

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 17d

Day 26 #SciArtSeptember prompt forage. My #linocut of #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher & mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science & the first woman

My linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.

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Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · 18d

Collage of historical seaweed pressings from 1883 in Santa Barbara by Ellen M. Booth #PhycologyFriday

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Alerts from NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA (UNOFFICIAL) @lax.nws-bot.us · 18d

Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 12:49PM PDT until September 26 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Additional Details Here.

* WHAT...Hazardous sea conditions.

* WHERE...Portions of the coastal waters of southwest
California.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX)
for more.

* WHAT...Hazardous sea conditions.

* WHERE...Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10
NM and East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt.
Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX)
for more.

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California Ocean Protection Council @opc-california.bsky.social · 18d

OPC seeks information to understand how federal actions are impacting efforts to understand, conserve, and protect California’s coast and ocean. Learn more and complete the survey: bit.ly/OPC-FDSURVEY

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Pike Spector (he/him) @baronvonurchin.bsky.social · 24d

The GOAT of kelps! #PhcyologyFriday #phycyeah #marinelife

Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · 24d

Elkhorn kelp (Pelagophycus porra) is our seaweed of the week! Endemic to Southern California and Baja #PhycologyFriday

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 26d

🔥 🌊 Were the #LAWildfires to blame for this year's record-breaking harmful algal blooms? Not necessarily, according to Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System Director Clarissa Anderson. She explains more in this @latimes.com piece. ⬇️