More on Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Division, the agency responsible for Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, presents additional useful information including a slide show, hours of operation and regulations.

San Francisco Chronicle provides an excellent Getting outside feature on the Reserve.

Look up the times for high and low tides.

More on Marine Conservation

The Monterey Bay Aquarium recommends sustainable seafoods to eat fish and shell fish which are managed so that there will be plenty in the future. Also recommends seafood to avoid eating those fish that are over-harvested.

California Department of Fish and Game Marine Region provides information on their efforts to maintain California's marine ecosystems including current information on the creation of Marine Life Protected Areas.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary provides information on a series of resource protection programs.

The local San Mateo Surfriders chapter has a Blue Water Task Force monitoring pollution in San Vincente Creek whose waters flow onto the tidal reefs of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.

Ocean Conservancy, formerly the Center of Marine Conservation, covers global marine conservation.

More on Marine Biology

Corrina Chase's Tide Pool Page.

Stony Brook University has a series of pages on marine biology subjects: rocky shore ecology, plankton, larvae, kelp forests, and shallow subtidal organisms.