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Lasker (1988) described powerful "jets and squirts" off northern and central California. These 'jets and squirts' move large quantities of cold, nutrient rich water offshore. This water then gets carried by the southward bound California Current and adds significant primary production to the sardine population. [3]
White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located off the coast of the city of Cambria, California on California’s central coast. The marine protected area covers 2.32 square miles (6.0 km 2). Within the SMCA the take of all living marine resources is prohibited except the commercial take of giant ...
Lovers Point is also where the Kelp Krawlers, a local open water swimming group, holds its weekly Sunday swim. [3] California's marine protected areas encourage recreational and educational uses of the ocean. [4] Activities such as kayaking, diving, snorkeling, and swimming are allowed unless otherwise restricted. [4]
The Central California chapter of the Better Business Bureau defines their central California region to exclude the coastal counties and include Mono, Inyo and Kern Counties. Their definition is Fresno County , Inyo County , Kern County , Kings County , Madera County , Mariposa County , Merced County , Mono County , and Tulare County .
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The California Department of Fish and Game established the Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve in September 2007. It was one of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPAI), a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.
Sea of fog riding the coastal marine layer through the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, California Afternoon smog within a coastal marine layer in West Los Angeles. A marine layer is an air mass that develops over the surface of a large body of water, such as an ocean or large lake, in the presence of a temperature inversion.
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