California Coastal Biodiversity and Conservation group is engaged in research that affects our local communities and marketplace.

Continuing research in this area:

• Citizen Science Portal – NEW -(led by Dr. Phil Hastings). To understand the biodiversity of fish species in La Jolla using collection data and observations from citizen scientists.Hastings et al 2014 Fishes of La Jolla & MPAs
• Fish tagging in the La Jolla Ecological Reserve and other research in the Semmens group.
  http://www.cooperativefishtagging.org
• Sustainable local seafood – to promote the local seafood market of ecologically sustainable seafood (led by Mesnick)

Special Project:

• The Intertidal Zone at Bird Rock, La Jolla, California
  MAS-MBC capstone project by J.J. Newman