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Northern California National Marine Sanctuaries
Move your mouse over the Sanctuary outlines and click to learn about their monitoring of habitats and organisms.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
(MBNMS)
-Established in 1992
-Covers 5,322 square miles
-276 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 10,663 feet
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
(CBNMS)
-Designated in 1989
-Covers 529 square miles
-Deepest point is 6955 feet
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS)
-Established in 1981
-Covers 1,279 square miles
-102 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 7,800 feet
What's New
2009 Sanctuary Currents Symposium: Call for Research Posters
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New Google map provides near real-time locations of Sanctuary research vessels and data.
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Invasive rockweed returns to San Francisco Bay.
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