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These two MPAs include and protect diverse marine habitat including dense kelp forests, sand flats and the myriad species for which they serve as habitat. Casino Point SMCA: This area is bounded by the mean high tide line and straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
Several thousand people live in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, which is not part of the park. ... Marine biologists with the National Park service monitor Channel Islands' kelp forest, which the ...
The rocky reef, kelp forest and emergent rock habitats in these MPAs support numerous species of invertebrates, plants, fish and marine mammals; among them are garibaldi, rockfish, octopus, gorgonians, nudibranchs, bat rays, kelp bass and many more. Farnsworth Offshore SMCA contains the Farnsworth Bank, a deepwater pinnacle site featuring rare ...
Arrow Point to Lion Head Point (SMCA) is a marine protected area on Catalina Island that includes offshore, island marine habitat off California’s south coast. The SMCA covers 0.67 square miles (1.7 km 2). In general an SMCA protects marine life by limiting the removal of marine wildlife from within their borders.
Sea otters, sea lions, and harbor seals live along the shore, and abalone and mussels can be found along the coast. Every year gray whales, humpback whales, and blue whales migrate past Point Sur. The kelp forests of the Point Sur SMCA are home to cabezon, vermillion rockfish, and blue fish, while mola mola live near the ocean surface.
Kelp forests and many species of seaweed, sea urchin, and other marine plants live on the ocean floor. Catalina cherry (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii) Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus) Green liveforever (Dudleya hassei) Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) Island oak (Quercus tomentella) Island tree mallow (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
The Catalina Island Museum, formerly located in the historic Catalina Casino but since 2016 in a standalone building, [65] is also an attraction as it is the keeper of the island's cultural heritage with collections numbering over 100,000 items and including over 8,000 years of Native American history, over 10,000 photographs and images, a ...
Long Point State Marine Reserve (SMR) is a marine protected area that includes offshore, island marine habitat off California's south coast. The SMR covers 1.66 square miles (4.3 km 2 ). The SMR protect marine life by prohibiting the removal of marine wildlife from within its borders.