HeyJaredGary Griggs
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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Market squid is still No. 1 (opens the original)
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That huge bluefin tuna I wrote about two weeks ago was a big catch, although not a frequent one. Those of you who have lived in the Monterey Bay area for any length of time know that fishing has been one of the mainstays of the local economy for years, but bluefin tuna doesn’t rank up there as a major or even a minor commercial fishery. Decades before immigrants arrived and began fishing, native Rumsen, Ohlone and Esselen peoples harvested shellfish and fish from the coastal waters. Commercial f
Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Going to extreme temperatures globally (opens the original)
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One of many nice things about living on the edge of Monterey Bay is that our weather is generally milder because of the moderating effect of the Pacific Ocean. There is a lot of water out there in the Pacific that changes temperature very slowly compared to land areas. As a result, our hottest days are never as warm as the inland areas, and the coolest days aren’t usually as cold as the interior cities. This past Monday our high in Santa Cruz was 71 and our low was 55, or a shift of 16 degrees o
Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | How sand works its way into Santa Cruz Harbor (opens the original)
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Beach sand along much of the California coast moves from north to south for most of the year driven by the dominant waves approaching the coast from the northwest. There are also, however, sections of coast where due to coastline orientation and offshore bathymetry, that littoral drift moves north. Southern Monterey Bay is one of those areas. There are also places where sand movement changes seasonally due to differences in wave approach. Our Santa Cruz County beach sand begins its travels north
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