Contact Information
Main Office: 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
Monterey, CA 93940
Information: (831) 649-2870, AskMarine@wildlife.ca.gov
Acting Regional Manager:
Paul Hamdorf
Links
Select a specific area of interest from the choices below.
Angling/Fisheries Organizations
- American Fisheries Society
- www.fisheries.org
- American Sportfishing Association
- asafishing.org
- California Sea Urchin Commission
- www.calurchin.org
- International Game Fish Association
- www.igfa.org
- sportfishingreport.com
- www.sportfishingreport.com
- United Anglers of Southern California
- www.unitedanglers.com
- United Pier and Shore Anglers of California
- upsac.org
Data Sources
- National Marine Fisheries Service - Billfish Newsletter - Pacific
- swfsc.noaa.gov
- Pacific Fisheries Information Network (PacFIN)- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
- pacfin.psmfc.org
- Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN)- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
- www.recfin.org
Fishery Management
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
- www.iattc.org/HomeENG.htm
- International Pacific Halibut Commission
- www.iphc.washington.edu
- NOAA Northwest Regional Office
- www.nwr.noaa.gov
- North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc
- Pacific Fishery Management Council
- www.pcouncil.org
- Pacific Fishery Management Council: Habitat Suitability Maps
- www.pcouncil.org/habitat-and-communities/habitat/habitat-suitability-maps/
- Pacific Fishery Management Council: March 2008 Briefing Book Summaries
- www.pcouncil.org/resources/archives/briefing-books/march-2008-briefing-book/
- Pacific Fishery Management Council: Tools for Understanding Fishery Management
- www.pcouncil.org/resources/understanding-fishery-management/
- Pacific Salmon Commission
- www.psc.org
- Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
- www.wpcouncil.org
General Information
- Fish Contamination Education Collaborative (Southern California)
- www.pvsfish.org
- Food & Agriculture Organization - United Nations: Fisheries
- www.fao.org/fishery/en
- Food & Agriculture Organization - United Nations: Fisheries Glossary
- www.fao.org/fi/glossary
- Glossary of Fisheries Terminology (provided by NOAA)
- www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st4/documents/F_Glossary.pdf

- Intergovernmental & Recreational Fisheries Office - Pacific
- swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/recofc.htm
- Marine and Anadromous Fish
- www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- www.nmfs.noaa.gov
- OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment: Fish
- www.oehha.ca.gov/fish.html
- Our Living Oceans - National Marine Fisheries Service 1999 Report on Nations Fisheries
- spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm
- RecFin Brochure Library
- www.recfin.org/lib/2001/
- Recreational Fisheries - National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region - Pacific
- swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/action.htm
- Rockfish Identification Resource
- www.afsc.noaa.gov/race/media/photo_gallery/fish_by_family.htm
- Shellfish Protection, Preharvest (and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program)
- www.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/environhealth/water/Pages/Shellfish.aspx
Grants
- National Marine Fisheries Service - Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program
- www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_services/skhome.htm
Marine Environmental and Conservation Information
- California Artificial Reef Enhancement Program
- www.calreefs.org
- California Marine Protected Areas
- Maps, Coordinates and Regulations: www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/mpa/mpa_summary.asp
- Marine Fish Conservation Network
- www.conservefish.org
- Save Our Shores
- www.saveourshores.org
Research
- Grunion.org - Pepperdine University
- arachnid.pepperdine.edu/grunion
- Hopkins Marine Station Of Stanford University
- www-marine.stanford.edu
- Institute of Marine Sciences - University of California, Santa Cruz
- ims.ucsc.edu
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- www.mbari.org
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- www.mlml.calstate.edu
- NOAA Fisheries - National Marine Fisheries Service
- www.nmfs.noaa.gov
- NOAA - NMFS - Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- swfsc.noaa.gov
- Pacific Ocean Research Foundation
- holoholo.org/porf/
- Pelagic Shark Research Foundation
- www.pelagic.org
- Scientific Research Permits Required for Elkhorn Slough Estuary and Environs (leads to Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve website)
- www.elkhornslough.org/research/permits.htm
- Seafloor Mapping Lab - CSU Monterey Bay
- seafloor.csumb.edu
State and Federal Government Information
- Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, Alaska
- www.fakr.noaa.gov
- Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service - Seattle, Washington
- www.nwr.noaa.gov
- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission - Portland, Oregon
- www.psmfc.org
- Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service - Long Beach, California
- swr.nmfs.noaa.gov
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Free Vessel Safety Check Program
- safetyseal.net
State Regulations Information
- Alaska Department of Fish & Game
- www.adfg.state.ak.us
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- www.dfg.ca.gov
- Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources
- www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dar/index.html
- Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
- www.dfw.state.or.us
- Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
- wdfw.wa.gov
Weather and Oceanographic Information
- Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System
- cencoos.org
- Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
- cdip.ucsd.edu
- ProTides - California Tide Information
- www.protides.com/california
- Sea Surface Temperature Charts
- polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/Welcome.html
- Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
- sccoos.org
- Tide Information
- www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/californiasites.html
- Tide Tables - NOAA/NOS
- co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tides04/tpred2.html#CA
- Weather Information - National Weather Service
- www.nws.noaa.gov


