Oregon Marine Reserves Ecological Monitoring Report: 2010-2011

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Citation

Originator: ODFW

Publish Date: 2014

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Marine Reserves

Job Position: Marine Resources Program

Telephone: 541-867-4741

E-Mail Address: lindsay.x.aylesworth@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: In 2008, the state of Oregon began a process to establish a limited system of marine reserve sites within state waters. In 2009, the state established its first two sites: Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve and Marine Protected Area located on the south coast of Oregon near Port Orford, and Otter Rock Marine Reserve located on the central coast near Depoe Bay. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is the designated lead agency responsible for implementing Oregon’s system of marine reserve sites. To that effect, in 2009, ODFW established a program comprised of staff responsible for marine reserves implementation, including the design and execution of an ecological monitoring program to provide information for marine reserves evaluation and to support nearshore resource management. The ecological monitoring program has been developed by ODFW program staff, with assistance and collaboration from external scientists and marine reserve community members, and is designed for the long-term monitoring of Oregon’s marine reserve system. The Oregon Marine Reserves Ecological Monitoring Plan (ODFW 2012) documents and describes the objectives, monitoring design, metrics, sampling activities, and data analyses that are all a part of the marine reserves ecological monitoring program. Detailed methods, analyses, and results are to be presented in biennial monitoring reports. This report serves as the first biennial monitoring report covering the first two years of baseline/T0 data collected at the Redfish Rocks and Otter Rock marine reserve and their associated comparison areas (i.e. areas in which extractive use is allowed), prior to the cessation of harvest activities. Hereafter in the monitoring report, we use the term site to refer to a marine reserve and its associated comparison areas. The report characterizes the oceanographic conditions and marine habitats present at the sites as well as the algal, invertebrate, and fish community structure within the marine reserve sites.

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Time Period of Content: 2010-2011

Geographic Extent: Redfish Rocks and Otter Rock Marine Reserves

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

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