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There are 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) off the coast of California. These are marine areas that "support an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often host unique individual species" that are monitored for water quality by the California State Water Resources Control Board. [5]
The Marine Protection, Research, Sanctuaries Act gives way for a national network of marine sanctuaries that are administered by NOAA. The NOAA was created in 1970 after an oil spill 30 miles of the coast of California released 235,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean.
Gulf of the Farallones is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the northern California coast. [1] It extends westward from the opening of the San Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands . Most of the gulf lies in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary , which protects about 1,250 square miles (3,200 km 2 ).
Salt water from the ocean is an option for fighting L.A.'s fires, ... Can California use ocean salt water to put out fires? Kiki Intarasuwan. Updated January 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM.
A United States Geological Survey report found that with sea levels rising because of climate change, Southern California could lose up to two-thirds of its beaches by 2100.
Stringfellow, Kim Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905–2005. Columbia College Chicago Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-935195-32-0; Trover, Ellen Lloyd (2018). "The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink". Birth of the Inland Sea: How the Colorado River Created the Salton Sea. Lloyd Trover ...
Oceans activists are calling for tinned tuna to be banned from hospitals, school canteens, care homes and maternity wards after high concentrations of mercury were found in every sample analysed.
These impacts have decreased the health and value of California's coastal ocean and imply a need for a more systematic approach to marine conservation. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although there is no single solution to conserving the marine environment, MPAs are a potentially valuable tool for marine conservation when designed and managed effectively.