Summary of MTS coastal zone monitoring conference Friday, June 30, 1995 The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif

This second annual environmental technology workshop was sponsored by the marine technology society, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. The ocean and its inhabitants do not recognize national boundaries, and to be successful, coastal monitoring programs for the California and Baja California coast by necessity should be bi-national. One of the goals of this workshop was to increase communication among members of the marine technology community who are concerned with the marine environment. Communication and interaction between the marine environmental community and members of the corporate, industrial, and scientific research communities prove beneficial in the effort to reduce coastal pollution and to create lasting solutions to environmental problems. This workshop served as a platform or launch-site from which scientific expertise, marine technology, industry, and community concern are able to join forces and share ideas in an effort to safeguard the coastal environment