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Characterization of Nearshore Fish Communities Associated with Rocky Reef Habitats, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XLSX

To characterize the fish communities associated with nearshore rocky reef habitat, we collaborated with commercial passenger fishing vessel (CPFV) cap...

Predicted Nearshore Benthic Substrates of California - R7 - CDFW [ds3091]

Published by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Last updated: Monday, April 6, 2026
File types: HTML, ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API, ZIP

This dataset uses rugosity measurements collected during the California Seafloor Mapping Project (CSMP) as a proxy to classify benthic habitat as eith...

Nearshore Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

Here we provide one of the first systematic, “snapshot” surveys of the entire North Coast Study Region, from the Oregon border to the headland at Poin...

Shallow Rock and Kelp Forest Ecosystems, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV

We systematically surveyed 94 of the 122 nearshore rocky reefs in the California south coast study region (SCSR). This synoptic baseline survey was co...

Quarterly Fishery Surveys - Salton Sea [ds428]

Published by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Last updated: Monday, April 6, 2026
File types: HTML, ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API, CSV, ZIP, GEOJSON, KML

In the spring of 2003, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) personnel began quarterly sampling of Salton Sea fish at fourteen stations around...

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ACCDB

From 2007-2016, CA Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP) scientists and fishermen have conducted hook-and-line surveys within three Central...

Use of Estuarine, Intertidal, and Subtidal Habitats by Seabirds, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2013

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, TXT

Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. During the breeding season, seabirds are cen...

Quarterly Water Quality Surveys - Salton Sea [ds429]

Published by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Last updated: Monday, April 6, 2026
File types: HTML, ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API, CSV, ZIP, GEOJSON, KML

In the spring of 2003, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) personnel began quarterly sampling of Salton Sea fish at fourteen stations around...

California Recreational Fisheries Survey, Catch Per Unit Angler for Rockfish, Cabezon, Greenling, and Lingcod - R7 - 2004-2024 - CDFW [ds3185]

Published by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Last updated: Monday, April 6, 2026
File types: HTML, ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API, CSV, ZIP, GEOJSON, KML

The data is reported in Catch Per Unit Angler (CPUA) which is a simple calculation of the number of fish caught divided by the number of anglers targe...

Methodological comparison of multiple MPA rocky ecosystem monitoring techniques

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

California recently completed the implementation of a large network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the state via legislation called the Marin...