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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Items in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Collection

MBNMS Your Sanctuary Special - Ocean Champions with Leon Panetta
An exclusive interview with Monterey County Hero and current U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. While serving in Congress, Secretary Panetta played a major role in creating the largest National Marine Sanctuary in the US. "Growing up as a kid…

Hands Reach Out to Block Coastal Oil

Bush Bows to Marine Sanctuary: Monterey Bay to Become Free from Drilling

Oil Platform

Public Demonstrations Photos (need ID)

Photo of Dan Haifley by Greg Pio

The Monterey Bay endured decades of overfishing and pollution; it was one of the most polluted places along the California coast. Today, the Bay hosts a thriving wealth of humpback and blue whales, elephant seals, sea otters and more. We'll talk to…

Each year schoolchildren experience a unique adventure with O’Neill Sea Odyssey, a free, hands-on oceanography and ecology program offered aboard a sixty-five foot catamaran sailing the Monterey Bay. How did a decades-long battle against offshore…

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with attendees at the dining table

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with attendees at the dining table

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Bert Semtner (professor in the Department of Oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School), Eileen Tanner, and an unidentified woman

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Chancellor Pister and unidentified attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Congressman Norman Mineta and Lora Martin

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Congressman Sam Farr and Lora Martin

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Congressman Sam Farr, J. Handel Evans (acting president of San Jose State University), and unidentified man

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with David Kliger and unidentified man

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Dennis A. Powers (director of the Hopkins Marine Station) and unidentified man

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Edward Frieman (director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography), center, and other attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Joseph Miller, Lora Martin, and Peter Moseley

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Lora Martin and James Compton

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Michael E. Field (researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences) and unidentified man

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Michael Tanner, Gary Griggs, and unidentified woman

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Norman Mineta and unidentified woman

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Patrick Mantey and Norman Mineta

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with Santa Cruz philanthropist Alan Simpkins, California Assemblyman Bruce McPherson, and other attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Karl Pister and Michael Tanner

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with unidentified attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with unidentified attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with unidentified attendees

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: celebration of the designation, with unidentified attendees

Miscellaneous photos from Save Our Shores

MBNMS Your Sanctuary Special - Ocean Champions with Leon Panetta
An exclusive interview with Monterey County Hero and current U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. While serving in Congress, Secretary Panetta played a major role in creating the largest National Marine Sanctuary in the US. "Growing up as a kid…

MBNMS Your Sanctuary Special - Ocean Champions with Leon Panetta
An exclusive interview with Monterey County Hero and current U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. While serving in Congress, Secretary Panetta played a major role in creating the largest National Marine Sanctuary in the US. "Growing up as a kid…

Kelp Deco, Pt. Lobos.
Photo by Irene Reti.

Ocean Odysseys: Saving Our Shores, Creating Sanctuary, and an Ocean Classroom