What is the health of the San Francisco Bay ecosystem?
The ecosystem of San Francisco Bay has and continues to suffer from a great many threats to its integrity. We are not likely to eliminate all threats, but we have reduced the magnitude of many threats, and must continue our efforts to anticipate new threats and reduce the impacts of threats both old and new. What can individuals do to protect the health of the bay? We must continually seek to inform ourselves of the status of the bay and of the living conditions of our fellow creatures living in and upon the bay. We must identify the current and proposed threats to those creatures and share our knowledge and opinions with our fellow citizens and our representatives in government. What is OSPR doing to protect and clean-up the bay? The Department of Fish and Game s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) is doing many things to reduce the amount of contaminants spilled into San Francisco Bay. We inspect and monitor transfers between vessels in the bay. We prevent or stop transfer
