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potential impaas on marine organisms 

 for both toxicity testing and marine 

 pollution monitoring 



• Moss Landing Marine Labora- 

 tories — analysis and monitoring of 

 contaminants in biomonitoring orga- 

 nismsandsediments(California Mus- 

 sel Watch) and assessment and cleanup 

 of contaminated sediments in bays 

 and harbors 



• Granite Canyon— cUecis of mu- 

 nicipal and industrial waste discharge 

 and contaminated sediments of kelp, 

 fish, mollusks, and crustaceans with 

 the goal of establishing enforcement 

 standards and criteria for state and 

 federal water regulations. Developing 

 methods and conducting marine toxic- 

 ity tests of oil dispersants for establish- 

 ing criteria and standards of licensing 

 of oil-spill clean-up products. 



MPSL has a staff of 32 and an 

 annual budget of about S2.6 million. 



National Marine Fisheries Service's 

 Southwest Fisheries Center, one of 

 four regional research centers, is re- 

 sponsible for biological and envir- 

 onmental research in laboratories in 

 Honolulu (Hawaii). La Jolla, Mon- 

 terey, and Tiburon (all in California). 

 (The Tiburon Lab is planning to rel- 

 ocate to the Long Marine Lab site.) 

 Specific objectives of the research 

 program dealing with recreational 

 and commercial fisheries include: 



• Provide technical information 

 needed by the Pacific Fishery Man- 

 agement Council to manage ground- 

 fish 



• Develop the biological under- 

 standing of fish community dynam- 

 ics necessary for multispecies man- 

 agement models of Pacific Coast 

 groundfish 



• Understanding the functional re- 

 lationship between fishes and their 

 host environments such that the in- 

 herent and environmental factors that 

 influence fish population production 

 and persistence can be identified, 

 described, and predicted 



• Increase the productivity of Cali- 

 fornia fishenes by promoting the use 

 of under-utilized resources and in- 

 creasing the efficiency of existing 

 harvesting and processing methods. 



The staff numbers 28 and its annual 

 budget is about SI. 6 million. 



the programs and reputations of those 

 marine institutions surrounding the 

 bay continue to attract new agencies 

 and programs. The diversity of pro- 

 grams, institutions, and scientists 

 located on the bay margins is proba- 

 bly unique in the world. In response 

 to the global environmental issues, as 

 well as state and federal research 

 initiatives and directives of the 1990s, 

 the diversity has led to expanded 

 interaction and collaboration. The 

 combination of government agency 

 programs and educational/ research 

 institutions in close proximity has 

 encouraged cooperative research ef- 

 forts and collaboration that are in- 

 creasing and proving to be mutually 

 beneficial. Such interactions, as well 

 as shared personnel, facilities, labor- 

 atories, and research vessels, enables 

 more economical operations. The pro- 

 gram directors and their scientists are 

 showing that cooperation and col- 

 laboration rather than competition 

 are the hallmarks of the region's suc- 

 cessful efforts. The future of marine 

 researchandeducationaround Mon- 

 terey Bay looks very bright, mi 



Dr. Gary B. Griggs, 

 a professor of Earth 

 Sciences at VCj 

 Santa Cruz for 26 

 years, has served as 

 chairman of the de- 

 partment. His re- 

 search and teaching 

 included geological hazards, coastal pro- 

 cesses, and coastal engineering and most 

 recently on coastal hazards and land-use 

 planning, shoreline erosion, and coastal 

 protection structures. For IS years Griggs 

 was geological advisor to Santa Cruz 

 County and has consulted widely. He has 

 published 95 articles and four books. 



An Emerging National Center 



Monterey Bay is emerging as a 

 national center for marine and envir- 

 onmental research by virtue of the 

 unique character of the bay, its topo- 



