The Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve and surrounding area has attracted additional research that is helping us learn more about the nearshore ecosystem. Seabirds are an important component of that ecosystem. Read more to learn about seabird research. Read More
As ODFW Marine Reserves Program researchers pulled up their latest collection of juvenile fish samples at Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve last Thursday, they received a huge surprise — a record breaking pulse of juvenile splitnose rockfish. Read More
What is a SMURF? We are not talking about the cartoon characters. Rather, SMURF stands for: Standard Monitoring Units for the Recruitment of Fishes. Learn more about how we sample juvenile fish. Read More