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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is a federally protected marine area offshore of California's Big Sur and central coast in the United States. It is one of the largest US national marine sanctuaries and has a shoreline length of 276 miles (444 km) stretching from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco to Cambria in ...
English: Three sanctuaries- Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Cordell Bank0 are found along California's central Coast. The largest and deepest of the marine sanctuaries, Monterey Bay, spans 6094 square miles of wave-swept beaches, lush kelp forests, and steep submarine canyons teeming with an amazing array of life.
All four areas are included within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This marine protected area is bounded by the mean high tide line, and straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed: [4] 36° 37.60’ N. lat. 121° 54.91’ W. long.; 36° 37.60’ N. lat. 121° 54.75’ W. long.;
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary [2] State marine protected areas. Unless otherwise stated the source is the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. [4]
The ocean off shore is protected as the Asilomar State Marine Reserve, part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. [3] The rocky coves are home to thousands of species, some of which are unique to the bay. [citation needed] As a sanctuary, it is illegal to disturb biota, i.e., collection and removal of shells and/or live specimens.
In 2015, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council suggested a sanctuary design that started at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and extended north to meet the Monterey Bay National Marine ...
A key group of research scientists, fishermen, officials, educators, and marine biologists was formed in 2006 to discuss whether or not to make Davidson Seamount a National Marine Sanctuary under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and if so whether to make it its own sanctuary, or incorporate it into the nearby Monterey Bay National Marine ...
Map of the Monterey Bay Area, depicting roads, urban areas, major rivers, and forested and grassy areas. Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles (120 km), accessible via CA 1 and ...