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Bodega Bay, located about 20 mi (32 km) south, served as the primary port for Fort Ross. [13] RAC ships often stopped at Bodega Bay for repairs, such as the Il'mena, which was laid up at Bodega Bay for repairs from September 1815 to April 1816. [14] Russian chart of Fort Ross to Bodega Bay, 1817-18. Bodega Harbor and Bay appear in the upper right.
The village of Bodega Bay on Bodega Harbor. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.5 square miles (32 km 2), of which 8.3 square miles (21 km 2) of it is land, and 4.2 square miles (11 km 2) of it (33.37%) is water.
The village of Bodega Bay sits along the eastern side of the harbor. Geologically, the harbor is formed by a depression of the San Andreas Fault. Southwest of Bodega Harbor is the University of California's Bodega Marine Reserve on Horseshoe Cove. Bodega Harbor is a good location for access to Cordell Bank, Tomales Bay, and the Farallon Islands.
Bodega Head SMR prohibits the take of all living marine resources. Bodega Head SMCA prohibits the take of all living marine resources, except the recreational and commercial take of pelagic finfish with troll fishing gear or seine, Dungeness crab by trap, and market squid by hand-held dip net and round haul net. Looking south towards Bodega Head
Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System , administered by the University of California, Davis .
Doran Regional Park, one mile south of Bodega Bay, provides a boat launch and campgrounds, while Salmon Creek Beach to the north is the most popular surf spot in Sonoma County. Estero Americano SMRMA prohibits the take of all living marine resources, except the recreational hunting of waterfowl, unless otherwise restricted by hunting regulations.
The area was considered a productive fishing area, but not much was discovered about its marine life until an expedition in 1977. [6] NOAA carried out a detailed multibeam echosounder survey of the area in 1985 from aboard the R/V Davidson. [7] The expedition was led by a non-profit research group, Cordell Expeditions. [7]
The Bodega Marine Lab is a remote field station/research facility that has fallen under the purview of the University of California Davis since 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Initially built and established in 1966 under the supervision of UC Berkeley , [ 3 ] the marine lab has since doubled in size.