MPA: Making People Awesome

What does MPA stand for?

• Making People Awesome

• Marine Private Area

• Marine Protected Area

• Marine Protected Animals

What do MPAs Regulate?

• Recreation and Boating

• Human "Activity"

• Human "Take"

• Animal Wellbeing

What Do MPAs Protect?

• Whole Ecosystems

• Sandy Bottom Ecosystems

• Kelp and other Algae

• Fish

What is a BOFFF?

• No idea

• A Sushi Roll

• An Acronym for a healthy female fish

• An Acronym for marine biology

What is a Nudibranch?

• A Sweedish Cookie

• A Sea Slug

• A Sea Sponge

• A Marine Mammal

What was the landmark law that led to the design of the California MPA network?

• The Marine Mammal Protection Act

• The Marine Life Protection Act

• The Magnuson-Stevens Act

• The California Code of Regulations

How many total MPAs are there from the Oregon boarder to the Mexico boarder?

• 55

• 118

• 124

• 212

How many MPAs are there in Monterey County?

• 4

• 8

• 11

• 17

Kelp is a plant.

• True

• False

What is the spillover effect?

• When you fill a cup too full of water and it spills out.

• When the biodiversity of an ecosystem is healthy enough to spill to surroundings.

• When oil spills into the ocean and it kills wildlife.

• When a boat spills sewage into the ocean and it causes harmful algal blooms.