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Fishery Basics – Where do we fish? Monterey Bay Waters

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Encompassing more than one-quarter of the California coast and over 15,700 km2 (6,060 mi2) of ocean the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is one of the largest federally protected marine environments in the world. Occupying a small portion of this area in the central segment of the MBNMS is the sanctuary’s namesake, Monterey Bay.

The mouth of the bay is approximately 30.5 km (19 mi) wide. Monterey Bay contains some of the most geologically diverse areas of California’s marine environment. The Monterey Canyon system is a unique geologic feature that contributes to the high diversity of marine organisms that inhabit Monterey Bay and it’s surrounding waters.

The waters of Monterey Bay host a diversity of commercially and recreationally important fishes and invertebrates as well as several different habitat types. Fishing efforts are distributed throughout the bay.

Five general marine habitats can be described within Monterey Bay and the nearby waters: nearshore soft bottom habitats, nearshore rocky reef and kelp habitats, rocky deep shelf and slope habitats, soft bottom deep shelf and slope habitats, and open-water habitats. For more

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Fishery Basics – Where do we fish? information on these and other habitats in which fish live, see Fishery Science - Biology & Ecology.

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Hollister Ranch Shoreline Preserve. Life on the Edge. [Internet] Gaviota (CA): Hollister Ranch; c2010-2011. [cited 2011 May 11]. Available from: http://www.hollisterranch.org/about_hr/ shoreline_preserve.html

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Additional Resources California Seafood Council – Description of Commercial Fishing Districts

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Fishery Basics – Where do we fish? California State University Long Beach – College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Oceanography of the Southern California Bight

MarineMap – Online Mapping Tool for Southern California

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