2024-11-14T19:41:37-05:00 2023-12-31 264137155 JJACPA Inc 1102 South Main St Suite 1 Fort Bragg CA 95437 990 2023-01-01 465359631 Noyo Center For Marine Science NOYO PO Box 1321 Fort Bragg CA 95437 Sheila Semans Executive Direc 7077336696 2024-11-14 true true Joseph Arch P01213090 7079646325 2024-11-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z 987732 false X www.noyocenter.org X 2014 CA Conservation and restoration of marine and coastal natural resources. and the provision and promotion of scientific research and public education in the sciences relating to marine and coastal resources. 9 9 23 111 0 0 619620 631635 -5395 134256 457 612 72713 148704 687395 915207 0 0 565071 617507 0 143988 233071 227200 798142 844707 -110747 70500 1827999 1519183 827022 422516 1000977 1096667 Conservation and restoration of marine and coastal natural resources. and the provision and promotion of scientific research and public education in the sciences relating to marine and coastal resources. false false 390701 Education: The Noyo Center for Marine Science inspires people of all ages to engage with marine science and conservation, including over 2,000 students annually, through a variety of educational programs. Our science museums at the Discovery Center in downtown Fort Bragg, the Crows Nest Interpretative Center on the Fort Bragg Headlands, and the Marine Field Station in Noyo Harbor offer in-person educational tours and welcomes approximately 100,000 visitors annually. We also offer summer camps and afterschool programs for kids. We continued the 2022 pilot project in local schools to educate students about their plastic use and consumer habits. We continued to offer adult educational opportunities through a robust science lecture series delivered via zoom, citizen science program, and community events like Whale Fest and Kelp Fest in which participants engaged with exhibits designed to educate and inspire. Kelp Recovery: Noyo Center continues to work and leverage collaborative partnerships to address the critical loss of the bull kelp nearshore ecosystem. Over 95% of our kelp forest has been lost since 2014, jeopardizing important marine life and habitat. Noyo focused work on two areas as part of its conservations aquaculture efforts to address bull kelp loss: creating a new fishery for purple urchin that are now 100 times more plentiful than in normal conditions, including developing a regenerative aquaculture program at the Field Station. Following a trial project in collaboration with Bodega Marine Lab, the Noyo Center began planning its urchin ranching program which will take starving, empty purple sea urchins that have overtaken the nearshore habitat and feed them in a land-based aquaculture system to create a desirable, restorative seafood project. If successful, this effort could continue to reduce the purple urchin population that prevents the regrowth of the bull kelp forest. Another component of our conservation aquaculture is a red abalone captive breeding program in collaboration with the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, UC Davis, Bodega Marine Lab and various partners that addresses the critical state of red abalone through three main objectives: 1) restore habitat off Kashia tribal lands to create kelp oasis zones for abalone to thrive, 2) recondition adult abalone to become reproductive broodstock, and raise larval red abalone to a size large enough to outplant in the oasis zones, and 3) train tribal divers to monitor and maintain diversity in the restoration zones. We continue to develop content for our ocean immersion dome, highlighting these efforts by providing a 360-degree underwater experience to our visitors at the Discovery Center Science Museum. The Noyo Center has also been a key player in the development of a Blue Economy vision for the Mendocino Coast, completing a feasibility study to advance our understanding in our region. With partners in Mendocino College, West Business Development Center, the City of Fort Bragg, and the Harbor District, Noyo is advancing blue economy objectives through regenerative aquaculture, and the planning and design of the Ocean Science Center (see below).While Noyo Center addresses the critical issues of today, it is also looking to the future in planning of the Ocean Science Center, a state-of-the-art research and education center on 12 acres on the Fort Bragg Headlands is considered a transformation project for this region, critical to addressing coastal and economic resilience. Architects were engaged to produce a site master plan, schematic designs, and an operational business plan for the OSC. Marine Mammal Response: In partnership with the California Academy of Sciences and The Marine Mammal Center, we continue to respond to deceased marine mammals in southern Mendocino County as part of the west coast marine mammal stranding network. 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As of December 31, 2023, management evauluated the Centers tax positions and concluded that the Center had maintained its tax-exempt status and had taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustments to the financial statements. Spring Event 42653 42653 7145 42653 42653 7145 7145 35508 Elias Henderson Son of President Linda Ruffing 9600 Fundraising consulting false Supplemental Information for Schedule L Schedule L, Part IV, Business transactions involving interested persons:(a) name of interested person: Elias Henderson.(b) relationahip between interested person and organization: Elias Henderson is a former board member and son of the President, Linda Ruffing.(c) amount of transaction: $9,600.(d) description of transaction: fundraising consulting.(e) sharing of organization revenues: No. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The Executive Director, Operations Manager, and the Treasurer review the tax return - Form 990. Upon their approval, the return is sent to the Board for their review and comments prior to filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c An annual statement is required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a Self-evaluaations are completed annually and reviewed by the finance committee and President. Feedback is provided by the committee and the committee makes a recommendation to the entire Board of Directors for discussion and approval in a closed session meeting Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 The tax return is available upon request and our website.