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There are numerous species of sharks found in the Pacific Ocean; of these sharks, 36 [1] have habitat ranges throughout the coastlines and surrounding waters of California, as identified below. Identifications include common names; scientific names; the taxonomic rank, family; conservation statuses according to IUCN; and an image.
Russian River SMRMA and Russian River SMCA are two adjoining marine protected areas that protect the Russian River Estuary in Sonoma County on California's north central coast. The Russian River flows through Goat Rock Beach within Sonoma Coast State Beach into the Pacific Ocean. The estuary is closed seasonally by a sandbar.
The wildlife of the Channel Islands of California is wide and diverse, including many endemic species. While the land wildlife is slightly limited, there being only one large, naturally predatory, and native mammal, the small island fox , marine life can include anything from kelp forests to great white sharks .
Drone footage shows a number of great white sharks swimming around surfers at a California beach. The footage was captured at San Onofre beach, San Diego, by photographer Kevin Christopherson and ...
An initiative of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is monitoring great white sharks near California’s Padaro Beach. Sharks are congregating at ...
The fishery peaked in 1985 and 1986, when 550,000 kg (1.2 million lbs) were taken annually, making this species the number one shark fished off California. This level of exploitation was unsustainable, and despite a minimum size limit imposed in 1986, catches fell to 112,000 kg (247,000 lb) in 1990.
A video showing multiple sharks swimming close to the shoreline just south of Myrtle Beach, California, has gone viral, gaining over ten million views since it was uploaded on May 16.
P. Pacific electric ray; Pacific razor clam; Pacific sleeper shark; Pacific white skate; Pacific wren; Panamint kangaroo rat; Paracymus elegans; Paralithodes californiensis