The Monterey Bay Area is home to a slew of academic institutions, government agencies and nonprofit organizations focused on the sea.

SCHOOLS Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University) 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove http://www.marine.stanford.edu Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (California State University) 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing http://www.mlml.calstate.edu California State University-Monterey Bay 100 Campus Center, Seaside http://www.csumb.edu Monterey Institute of International Studies 460 Pierce Street, Monterey http://www.miis.edu Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science 101 Herrmann Drive, Monterey http://www.maosmontereyhigh.org Naval Postgraduate School 1 University Circle, Monterey http://www.nps.edu Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Granite Canyon (UC Davis) 34500 Highway 1, Monterey http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/[…]/GraniteCanyon.htm Long Marine Laboratory (University of California, Santa Cruz) End of Delaware Avenue, Santa Cruz http://www.ims.ucsc.edu/lml Woods Institute for the Environment (Stanford University) Encina Modular C, 429 Arguello Way, Stanford http://www.woods.stanford.edu GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) 299 Foam St., Monterey http://www.montereybay.noaa.gov Marine Protected Area Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) 99 Pacific St., Monterey http://www.mpa.gov Monterey Field Office and Laboratory (California Department of Fish & Game, The Marine Region) 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100, MontereyCK http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy) 7 Grace Hopper Ave., Stop 1, Monterey http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/public California Coastal Commission, Central Coast District Office 725 Front Street, Suite 300, Santa Cruz http://www.coastal.ca.gov ORGANIZATIONS Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve 1700 Elkhorn Rd., Watsonville http://www.elkhornslough.org Big Sur Land Trust 126 Clock Tower Place Suite 101, Carmel http://www.bigsurlandtrust.org Goals: conserve the lands and waters of California’s Central Coast for all generations Oceana—Monterey 99 Pacific St., Monterey http://www.oceana.org Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row, Monterey http://www.montereybayaquarium.org Center for the Future of the Ocean (Monterey Bay Aquarium) 99 Pacific St., Monterey http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cffo.asp Center for Ocean Solutions (Stanford University, Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI) 99 Pacific St., Monterey http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) 7700 Sandholdt Rd., Moss Landing http://www.mbari.org The Nature Conservancy—Monterey Field Office 99 Pacific St., Monterey http://www.nature.org Ocean Conservancy—Santa Cruz Field Office 55 C Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz http://www.oceanconservancy.org Surfrider Foundation—Monterey Chapter P.O. Box 52036, Pacific Grove http://www.surfrider.org Sea Studios Foundation 810 Cannery Row, Monterey http://www.seastudios.com