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What is the Marine Region?

Mission Statement and Summary

OUR MISSION: "To protect, maintain, enhance, and restore California's marine ecosystems for their ecological values and their use and enjoyment by the public."

The Marine Region is responsible for protecting and managing California's marine resources under the authority of laws and regulations created by the State Legislature, the Fish and Game Commission, and the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The Marine Region was established in November 1997, as an outgrowth of planning actions taken by the Department of Fish and Game in the mid-1990s to increase its effectiveness. A task force, which convened in 1997, developed recommendations for the establishment of a new Marine Region.

The Marine Region is unique in the Department because of its dual responsibility for both policy and operational issues within the State's marine jurisdiction. It was created to improve marine resources management by incorporating fisheries and habitat programs, environmental review, and water quality monitoring into a single organizational unit. It is designed to allow us to be more effective, inclusive, comprehensive and collaborative in our marine management activities.

In addition to a new consolidation of programs, we have adopted a management approach that takes a broader perspective relative to resource issues and problems. This ecosystem approach considers the values of entire biological communities and habitats, as well as the needs of the public, while ensuring a healthy marine environment. It involves field staff with various areas of expertise in policy development and considers the marine environment on a statewide basis. This approach is different from traditional State marine resources management, which has focused on individual species or fisheries and has been limited in involvement of all entities with an interest and a stake in the future of California's marine resources.

The Department of Fish and Game is an unparalleled group of dedicated individuals. Most Marine Region staff have made a lifelong commitment as caretakers of the precious resources in the marine environment. They devote their skills and energies to protecting, researching, and providing for the use of marine resources for each California resident and visitor.

 

Contact Information

Do you have a question you would like us to answer?

Answers to many of your questions may be found on this web site. Before sending us a question via email, please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions. If you still need help, we will be happy to answer your question via email.

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Office Locations

 

          Marine Region Offices

Belmont
Bodega Bay
Eureka
Fort Bragg
La Jolla
Los Alamitos		 Monterey
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Santa Rosa

Sacramento Office

Department of Fish and Game Headquarters
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Belmont Field Office and Laboratory
350 Harbor Blvd.
Belmont, CA 94002
(650) 631-7730
FAX (650) 631-6793

Bodega Bay Field Office
1850 Bay Flat Road
P.O. Box 1560
Bodega Bay, CA 94923
(707) 875-4260
FAX: (707) 875-4269

Eureka Office and Laboratory
619 - 2nd Street
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-6493
FAX (707) 445-6664

Fort Bragg Field Office and Laboratory
19160 South Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
(707) 964-9078
FAX (707) 964-0642

La Jolla Field Office
Research and Assessment
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508
(858) 546-7170
FAX (858)546-7003

Los Alamitos Field Office and Laboratory
4665 Lampson Ave., Suite C
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(562) 342-7100
FAX (562) 342-7139

Monterey Field Office and Laboratory
20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 649-2870
FAX (831) 649-2894

San Diego Field Office and Laboratory
4949 Viewridge Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 467-4201
FAX (858) 467-4299

San Luis Obispo Field Office and Laboratory
3196 South Higuera St., Suite A
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Santa Barbara Field Office and Laboratory
1933 Cliff Dr., Suite 9
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
(805) 568-1231
FAX (805) 568-1235

Santa Rosa Field Office
475 Aviation Blvd., Suite 130
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 576-2878
FAX (707) 576-7132