All Projects
Projects Approved and Funded by OPC since March 2005
| OPC Project Number |
Title |
Grantee |
OPC Approved Funding | Matching Funding |
| 05-040-01 | Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Pilot Project | UC Davis | $345,000 | $50,000 |
| 05-043-01 | San Francisco Bay Native Oyster Restoration Plan |
UC Davis | 150,000 | 105,000 |
| 05-044-01 | San Francisco Bay Eelgrass Restoration | San FranciscoStateUniversity, UC Davis |
200,000 | 402,742 |
| 05-049-01 | Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas Monitoring Program- Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Survey Project |
The Nature Conservancy | 765,000 | 0 |
| 05-050-01 | Klamath River Sediment Study | Gathard Engineering Consulting, Shannon & Wilson, Inc. | 350,000 | 0 |
| 05-063-01 | San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Project |
Association of Bay Area Governments | 125,000 | 138,000 |
| 05-064-01 | California and the World Ocean Conference 2006 | Coastal Conservancy Association | 150,000 | 0 |
| 05-068-01 | USC Sea Grant Research Program 2006 | USCSeaGrant | 400,000 | 0 |
| 05-069-01 | Sustainable Fisheries Revolving Loan Fund Planning Grant |
Environmental Defense Fund | 101,300 | 0 |
| 05-092-01 | Morro Bay Ecosystem-based Management | CalPolySan Luis ObispoCenterfor Coastal Marine Science | 500,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 05-102-01 | Benthic Habitat Mapping – North Central Coast |
MontereyBayNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation | 2,710,000 | 1,550,000 |
| 05-107-01 | California Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan |
Association of Bay Area Governments | 110,000 | 40,000 |
| 06-025-01 | Santa Barbara Channel Marine Mapping Project |
California State University, Monterey Bay, University Corporation atMontereyBay (formerly Foundation of CSUMB) |
400,000 | 380,000 |
| 06-062-01 | Ocean Awareness Campaign Development – Phase 2 |
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation | 110,000 | 195,000 |
| 06-063-01 | Aquaculture Programmatic Environmental Impact Report |
Jones & Stokes | 345,000 | 0 |
| 06-064-01 | Engineering and Operational Study of Coastal Power Plants that Use Once-through Cooling |
Tetra Tech | 320,000 | 0 |
| 06-082-01 | Marine Life Protection Act Central Coast Baseline Monitoring – Year 1 |
UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | 2,275,000 | 0 |
| 06-084-01 | San Diego Sea Urchin Fishery | San DiegoWatermen’s Association | 114,120 | 0 |
| 06-090-01 | Marine Protected Areas Monitoring Enterprise |
CaliforniaOceanScience Trust | 2,000,000 | 0 |
| 06-095-01 | San Luis Obispo Sustainable Fisheries Support |
City ofMorroBay | 130,000 | 180,000 |
| 06-097-02 | California Sea Floor Mapping Program | USGS, NOAA, andCSUMontereyBayFoundation | 15,250,000 | 11,750,000 |
| 06-098-01 | Permanent Funding Options for Ocean and Coastal Protection |
Redefining Progress | 49,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-01 | OPC-DFG Joint work plan | California Department of Fish and Game |
0 | 2,000,000 |
| 06-109-02 | DFG Equipment and Operations | California Department of Fish and Game |
325,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-03 | North Central Coast MLPA Socioeconomic Data Collection |
Ecotrust | 210,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-04 | Deep-water ROV Surveys in the Channel Islands (MARE) |
Marine Applied Research and Exploration |
660,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-05 | Channel Islands SCUBA survey | National Park Service | 210,668 | 0 |
| 06-109-06 | Channel Islands SCUBA survey | UCSanta Barbara | 371,187 | 0 |
| 06-109-07 | Lobster Trap Surveys | UCSanta Barbara | 407,855 | 0 |
| 06-109-08 | Nearshore Ichthyoplankton Assessment | UCSan Diego | 500,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-09 | Recreational Fishing Survey Improvement Studies |
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission |
630,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-11 | Commercial Fishery Logbook Data Management |
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission |
445,000 | 0 |
| 06-109-12 | Commercial Fishery Information System Improvement Study/Business Process Analysis | California Department of Fish and Game |
302,571 | 0 |
| 07-001-01 | State Agency Budget Assessment | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
90,000 | 0 |
| 07-002-01 | UC Sea Grant Research Program 2007 | UC Sea Grant | 1,600,000 | 0 |
| 07-003-01 | California Fisheries Fund | Environmental Defense Fund | 2,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 07-009-01 | Moss Landing Fish Market Feasibility Study | Moss Landing Marine Labs | 50,000 | 10,000 |
| 07-010-01 | Ocean Science Capacity – Science Advisory Team Development |
CaliforniaOceanScience Trust | 200,000 | 0 |
| 07-011-01 | Cooperative Kelp Monitoring | Reef CheckCalifornia | 243,500 | 327,000 |
| 07-012-01 | San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf Sustainable Seafood Market | Ecotrust | 65,468 | 0 |
| 07-014-01 | Energy Grid Reliability Study | Jones and Stokes/Global Energy | 135,638 | 100,000 |
| 07-025-01 | Non-market Ecological Valuation of Coastal Marine Resources in California |
NationalCenterfor Ecological Analysis & Synthesis – program of UC Santa Barbara |
78,738 | 0 |
| 07-026-01 | Low Impact Development Regulation Assessment |
Tetra Tech | 50,000 | 0 |
| 07-027-01 | UC Marine Council graduate student fellowships |
UC Marine Council | 60,000 | 0 |
| 07-049-01 | San Francisco Bay Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Modeling | Regents of the Universityof California, Regents of the University ofCalifornia,Berkeley,StanfordUniversity |
858,000 | 0 |
| 07-050-01 | Santa MonicaBayGap Analysis | Santa MonicaBayRestoration Commission | 210,000 | 180,000 |
| 07-051-01 | Ocean Energy Study | HT Harvey/Farallones Institute of Ecosystem Research |
83,654 | 100,000 |
| 07-053-01 | California Sea Level Rise Projections | UCSan Diego | $100,000 | 0 |
| 07-093-01 | Toxicological Profiles | CaliforniaOffice of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment | $176,866 | 0 |
| 07-113-01 | UC Marine Council Fellowships | UC Regents | $60,000 | 160,000 |
| 08-003-01 | UC Davis Marine Wildlife Health Lab | UC Davis | $242,000 | 754,000 |
| 08-016-01 | UC Sea Grant Research 2008 | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $800,000 | 0 |
| 08-017-01 | USC Sea Grant Research 2008 | USCSeaGrant | $200,000 | 0 |
| 08-028-01 | Tijuana Estuary Sediment Fate and Transport Study |
Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association |
$677,455 | 2,347,786 |
| 08-042-01 | LID Implementation in CA | Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting | $25,000 | 0 |
| 08-044-01 | Southern Steelhead Resources Project | Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration |
$166,021 | 0 |
| 08-052-01 | ROV Vessel Support | Institute for Fisheries Resources | $247,500 | 0 |
| 08-053-01 | Aquatic Invasive Species Vector Risk Assessments |
Ocean Science Trust | $1,000,000 | 115,000 |
| 08-063-01 | Central Coast MPA Baseline Monitoring – Year 2 |
UCSanta Cruz–San JoseStateUniversity Research Foundation | $1,703,750 | 1,133,288 |
| 08-067-01 | Sea Level Rise: Coastal Infrastructure and Resources Impact Project |
Pacific Institute and Philip Williams and Associates | $350,000 | 0 |
| 08-068-01 | Thank You Ocean – Strategic Planning I | Wundermarx | $95,000 | 0 |
| 08-069-01 | Thank You Ocean – Strategic Planning II | Tim Jemal | $45,000 | 0 |
| 08-072-01 | Salmon report | Ecotrust | $41,468 | 0 |
| 08-077-01 | Faciliation for salmon meetings | Harty Conflict Consulting & Mediation |
$48,365 | 0 |
| 08-079-01 | Sea Otter Recovery Research | UCSanta Cruz | $2,571 | 222,429 |
| 08-094-01 | Marine Live Management Act Lessons Learned |
Harty Conflict Consulting & Mediation |
$250,000 | 0 |
| 08-095-01 | Collaborative Fisheries Research Organization |
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission |
$1,800,000 | 0 |
| 08-099-01 | Central Coast Groundfish Project | The Nature Conservancy | $1,006,500 | 4,100,000 |
| 08-100-01 | Climate Change Adaption Report | EcoAdapt | $110,000 | 0 |
| 08-121-01 | UC Sea Grant Research Program 2009 | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $800,000 | 0 |
| 08-122-01 | USC Sea Grant Research Program 2009 | USCSeaGrant | $200,000 | 0 |
| 08-123-01 | California Ocean Science Coordination | CaliforniaOceanScience Trust | $1,020,000 | 0 |
| 08-124-01 | Instream Flow Assessment – Santa Maria River |
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission,HumboldtStateUniversity | $600,000 | 0 |
| 08-134-01 | Southern California Bight Nutrient Loading Study |
Southern CaliforniaCoastal Water Research Project |
$440,000 | 0 |
| 08-140-01 | Toxics Plastics Substance Flow Accounts | ChicoStateUniversity | $90,000 | 0 |
| 08-141-01 | Instream Flow Assessment – Shasta River | HumboldtStateUniversity | $300,000 | 0 |
| 08-142-01 | Instream Flow Assessment – Big Sur river | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission | $100,000 | 0 |
| 08-145-01 | CA Fisheries Evaluation | Quantitative Resource Assessment | $150,000 | 0 |
| 08-147-01 | Oil Decommissioning Study | CaliforniaOceanScience Trust | $218,405 | $365,000 |
| 08-160-01 | MPA Baseline Data Collection – North Central Coast |
UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $4,000,000 | 0 |
| 08-165-01 | Toxoplasma Gondii Protocols | UC DavisSchoolofVeterinary Medicine | $380,706 | $27,523 |
| 08-173-01 | Dungeness Crab Task Force Facilitation | CaliforniaStateUniversity, Sacramento, T.C. Hoffmann & Associates |
$275,000 | 0 |
| 09-008-01 | Aerial coastal topographic LiDAR and imagery project | NOAA | $2,750,000 | 0 |
| 09-019-01 | National Academies Sea Level Rise Assessment Report |
National Academies | $100,000 | 0 |
| 09-022-01 | MLPA implementation | California Department of Fish and Game |
$4,400,000 | 0 |
| 09-023-01 | OPC Program Evaluation | NewPoint Group | $150,000 | 0 |
| 09-099-01 | Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project | Ventura Watershed Protection District |
$1,000,000 | $7,750,000 |
| 10-003-01 | UC Sea Grant Research Program 2010 | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $792,000 | 0 |
| 10-004-01 | USC Sea Grant Research Program 2010 | USCSeaGrant | $120,000 | 0 |
| 10-004-02 | UC Sea Grant Research Program 2011 | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $800,000 | 0 |
| 10-004-03 | USC Sea Grant Research Program 2011 | USC Sea Grant | $280,000 | 0 |
| 10-029-01 | Central Coast Groundfish Project – Trawl Impact and Recovery Study | The Nature Conservancy | $455,356 | $100,000 |
| 10-033-01 | Geospatial Data Information Management System | Kearns & West/UC Santa Barbara | $100,000 | 0 |
| 10-048-01 | Synthesis for Coastal Ocean Observing Products |
Brock B. Bernstein | $200,000 | 0 |
| 10-049-01 | MPA Baseline Data Collection – South Coast | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $4,000,000 | 0 |
| N/A | MPA Baseline Data Collection – North Coast | UC Sea Grant/UC Regents | $4,000,000 | 0 |
| 10-044-01 | San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf Sustainable Seafood Market | Ecotrust | $250,000 | $35,000 |
| 11-022-01 | Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan | California Wildlife Foundation | $990,000 | 0 |
| 11-042-01 | Modernization of the California State Lands Commission’s Offshore Geophysical Permit Program | State Lands Commission | $222,000 | 0 |


