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Global view of National Marine Sanctuaries extant in 2008. Undated diagram from 2013 or earlier illustrating the orientation of the then-three marine sanctuaries of Central California: Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay. In October 2024, a fourth sanctuary, Chumash Heritage, was created.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary [2] State marine protected areas. Unless otherwise stated the source is the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. [4]
List of U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries; List of marine protected areas of California; Cabrillo State Marine Reserve – Marine protected area on California's coast, (2010), .38 sq mi (0.98 km 2) Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, Gulf, (2002), 866,717 km 2 (334,641 sq mi) [7]
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 ...
The 4,543-square-mile sanctuary, located off California's rugged Central Coast, would prohibit oil drilling and offer other protections to an area that encompasses numerous cultural resources.
The proposed boundaries of the marine sanctuary are smaller than what the Northern Chumash Tribal Council first proposed. In 2015, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council suggested a sanctuary design ...
Diagram illustrating the orientation of three of the national marine sanctuaries of Central California: Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay. Davidson Seamount, part of the Monterey Bay sanctuary, is indicated at bottom left. A fourth sanctuary, the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, was designated in 2024.
The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a National Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on the Central Coast of California. It was designated on October 11, 2024, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).