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
MPA Newsroom
- CDFW Officers Cite Two for Abalone Poaching in Marine Protected Area (5/23/2013)
- California Creates a Globally Significant Network of Marine Protected Areas (4/15/2013)
- CDFW Wildlife Officers Stop and Cite Channel Islands Fishermen (3/20/2013)
- Commercial Crab Fisherman Sentenced for Crabbing in Marine Protected Area off Sonoma County (1/11/2013)
- Guide to Northern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online (12/19/2012)
- Updated Guide to Central California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online (12/7/2012)
- North Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective December 19 (11/28/2012)
- Guide to Southern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available (9/14/2012)
- North Coast Marine Protected Areas Adopted in Final Coastal Ocean Region (6/6/2012)
- DFG and Orange County Successfully Prosecute First MPA Violation (5/8/2012)
- Portions of the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area to Reopen for Anchoring and Mooring (4/30/2012)
- South Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective January 1 (12/16/2011)
- DFG Debuts New MPA Mobile Website (9/29/2011)
- South Coast Study Region Marine Protected Areas adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission (9/15/2011)
- North Central Coast Marine Protected Areas to Take Effect May 1 (4/28/2010)
- Marine Protected Areas will be in Effect Sept. 21 (8/31/2007)
See the Newsroom Archive to view news releases from the MLPA Initiative planning process (2004-2012)