ROV PHOTO

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration & MARE
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary – 2019

basket star, fish eating star, white spine sea cucumber, swimming anemone

Yelloweye Rockfish

Pacific Halibut

Spotted Ratfish

Primnoa coral

sunflower star, sunstar spp

Pacific Halibut

Longnose Skate

Spiny Dogfish

vase sponge, Sebastomus rockfish

Pacific Halibut

MARE
Central and Northern CA Marine Protected Areas – August 2019

Gopher Rockfish, club-tipped anemones

Giant Pacific Octopus

Gopher Rockfish

Vermilion Rockfish

Skate

juvenile Yelloweye Rockfish, club-tipped anemones

Quillback Rockfish

Wolf-eel

Quillback Rockfish

subadult Yelloweye Rockfish

Vermilion Rockfish, lobed sponge

Wolf-eel

Lingcod, wolf-eel, California sea cucumber

Cowcod

MARE

Southern CA Marine Protected Areas – July 2019

Angel Shark

Lingcod

Wolf Eel

Vermillion Rockfish

Copper Rockfish

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Cabezon

Rosy Rockfish

Blue-Deacon Rockfish-club-tipped anemones

Boccaccio

pelagic red crab

California Scorpionfish

Treefish

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Deep-sea Coral Gardens – 2019

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance, Fall – 2018

horn shark

Warty sea cucumber-purple gorgonian

Garibaldi

Warty sea cucumber

Orange puffball sponges-brittle stars

Bat Ray

Ocean Whitefish

Warty sea cucumber

Ocean whitefish-señorita

California golden gorgonian

Warty sea cucumber

Blacksmith

Brown gorgonian

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2018
Newport, Oregon to San Diego, California

Aleutian skate

Snailfish

Yelloweye Rockfish-Spotted Ratfish

Sablefish

Mushroom soft coral

Coral

Spotted Ratfish

Sponge

Aurora Rockfish

Blackgill Rockfish-Splitnose Rockfish

crab

Yellow sponge

Sponge

Redbanded Rockfish

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

Aleutian skate

Wolfeel

red coral

white plumed anemone-California hydrocoral-bat star

orange-peel nudibranch on red coral

sea jelly

China Rockfish-white plumed anemones

California hydrocoral-club-tipped anemones

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

juvenile Yelloweye Rockfish-club-tipped anemones-white-plumed anemones

Yelloweye Rockfish-white-plumed anemones-club-tipped anemones

Vermilion Rockfish

Copper Rockfish-feather stars

Gopher Rockfish

sea whips

Brown Rockfish

Dover Sole-fragile pink urchins

Dover Sole-fragile pink urchins

basket star

Yellowtail-Olive Rockfish-California hydrocoral-California sea-cucumber-slipper sea-cucumer

orange gorgonian-mushroom soft coral

Longnose

octopus

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

bubblegum coral-squat lobster

Starry rockfish-purple gorgonian

orange gorgonians-purple gorgonian

Vermilion Rockfish-Copper Rockfish-club-tipped anemones

black coral-feather stars-squat lobster

yellow gorgonians-black coral-feather stars

Spotted Ratfish,-yellow gorgonians

zoanthids-club-tipped anemones-Lophelia

Lophelia

Pacific Electric Ray-feather stars

Greenspotted Rockfish-purple gorgonian

Vermilion Rockfish-Lophelia

Lingcod-Lophelia

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance – Spring 2018

warty sea cucumbers

flatfish

White Seabass

California seahare

Blue Rockfish-Blacksmith

California Sheephead (female)-brittle stars

California spiny lobster

sand-rose anemone

California Lizardfish

warty sea cucumber-brittle stars

California spiny lobster-brittle stars

Blacksmith-warty sea cucumber-brittle stars

California Sheephead (male)

warty sea cucumber

California Sheephead (female)-warty sea cucumber-brittle stars

warty sea cucumbers

OCEANA

Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2016

vase sponge, basket stars, gray gorgonian

vase sponge, basket star, fragile pink urchins, squat lobsters

UI large yellow sponge, basket star, feather star, fragile pink urchin

gray gorgonian, UI anemone, basket star

black coral, feather stars

bubblegum coral

yellow gorgonian-greenspotted rockfish

purple gorgonian, orange gorgonian

spiny red star, Greenspotted Rockfish, gray gorgonian

California king crab

UI laced sponge, red Swiftia gorgonian

squat lobster, mushroom soft coral

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Survey – 2015

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Rosy Rockfish

red gorgonian, brittle stars

red gorgonian, bat stars

red gorgonian, purple gorgonian

orange sea pen, white sea pens

Californian sea cucumber, young of year rockfish, Gopher Rockfish

Red gorgonian, brittle sea stars

California golden gorgonian, brittle stars

purple gorgonian, red gorgonian, UI zooanthid

Blacksmiths, brittle stars, UI zooanthid

Senorita fish

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife
North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment- 2015

Mola mola

California sea cucumbers, feather stars, leather star

Yelloweye Rockfish, feather stars

Spotted ratfish

Shortbelly-Rockfish-school

Quillback Rockfish

China Rockfish

Canary Rockfish

California golden gorgonian, brittle stars

Sixgill shark

Lingcod

Cabezon

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014

South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 1

sheep crab, brittle stars

warty cucumber, California spiny lobster, brittle stars

red gorgonian, purple gorgonian

red gorgonian, Copper Rockfish

club-tipped anemones, lobed sponge

white-plumed anemone, California sea cucumber

long-legged sunflower star, sea whips

orange gorgonian, purple gorgonian

boot sponges, Copper Rockfish

Purple gorgonian, Copper Rockfish, California Scorpionfish

bat ray, red star

marshmallow sponge, bat star, brittle stars

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014

South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 2

sea jelly

Cowcod

Greenspotted Rockfish, purple gorgonian, orange gorgonian

brown gorgonian

female California Sheephead

California hydrocoral, CA Scorpionfish, Painted Greenling, young of year rockfish

white sea pens

boot sponges, gray gorgonian

giant Pacific octopus

Spotted Ratfish

Halfbanded Rockfish school, orange gorgonians

Halfbanded Rockfish, feather stars

California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014
North Coast Marine Protected Areas

Quillback Rockfish, basket stars

giant Pacific octopus

male Kelp Greenling

Lingcod, white-plumed anemones, female Kelp Greenling

Yelloweye Rockfish, giant Pacific octopus, feather stars

market squid eggs

Yelloweye Rockfish, Vermilion Rockfish

salps

egg yolk jelly, female Kelp Greenling, China Rockfish

China Rockfish, brittle stars

cushion star, white-plumed anemones

Yelloweye Rockfish, short red gorgonian

ROV PHOTO

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration & MARE Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary – 2019

MARE Central and Northern CA Marine Protected Areas – August 2019

MARE Southern ​CA Marine Protected Areas – July 2019

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Deep-sea Coral Gardens – 2019

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance, Fall – 2018

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ​ Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2018 Newport, Oregon to San Diego, California

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance – Spring 2018

OCEANA Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2016

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Survey – 2015 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment- 2015

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014 South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 1

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014 South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 2

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014 North Coast Marine Protected Areas

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration & MARE
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary – 2019

MARE
Central and Northern CA Marine Protected Areas – August 2019

MARE

Southern CA Marine Protected Areas – July 2019

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Deep-sea Coral Gardens – 2019

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance, Fall – 2018

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2018
Newport, Oregon to San Diego, California

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

MARE & National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Sanctuaries Deep Sea Coral Expedition – 2018

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Warty Sea-Cucumber Abundance – Spring 2018

OCEANA

Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Expedition – 2016

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Survey – 2015

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

MARE & California Department of Fish and Wildlife
North Coast MPA Baseline Assessment- 2015

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014

South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 1

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014

South Coast Marine Protected Areas – Cruise 2

California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Coastal Impact Assistance Program – 2014
North Coast Marine Protected Areas