San Diego County

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SD Harbor Coastal Resources Program focuses on a few topics and provides links to resources on many other issues that affect our coast, its people and resources.

We provide research-based information on:

Aquatic Invasive Species (coastal)
Quagga/Zebra Mussel Invasion (lakes)

Nontoxic Antifouling Strategies

Boating & Marina Pollution Prevention

For information on a wide range of coastal topics, please browse through our program features to the left and visit our publication pages to download documents.

Boat Blog

Invasive Mussels - How Can We Stop Them?
Posted 2/15/2012 - Quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) have invaded Southern California, infesting two dozen lakes, reservoirs and Colorado River stations! San Justo Reservoir in Central California is closed to public use because it is infested with their cousins, the...

Copper Tolerance of Hull Fouling and IPM
Posted 10/24/2011 - A growing body of science is finding that many fouling species can tolerate copper antifouling paints. Although many boat owners know they must clean copper hull paints, the extent of copper tolerance reported by scientists is surprising. Some invasive...

Copper Antifouling Legislation - A Tale of Two States
Posted 6/30/2011 - Copper antifouling paints "dipped their toes" into US west coast legislative waters this year. California Senate Bill 623 was last amended on June 21, 2011 and was referred to the Appropriations Committee on June 29, 2011. Washington Senate Bill 5436 was...

Integrating Hull Fouling Controls - IPM for Boats!
Posted 5/23/2011 - Boaters paint a boat hull with copper antifouling paint and expect it to prevent fouling organisms from growing on the surface. Evidence is growing that some invasive, and even some native, hull fouling species have developed the ability to tolerate...

Invasive fouling control on the coasts of the Californias
Posted 2/14/2011 - Who ya gonna call?! Although about half of boats rarely leave home, there is a lot of traffic on the coastline of the Californias. What resources are available for boaters to control invasive hull fouling species as they travel this long coast? To find...

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