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Regions & MPAs
 
 
North Central Coast
 
Central Coast
 
South Coast
   
Point Conception SMR
   
Kashtayit SMCA
   
Naples SMCA
   
Campus Point SMCA
(no-take)
   
Goleta Slough SMCA
(no-take)
   
Point Dume SMCA
   
Point Dume SMR
   
Point Vicente SMCA (no-take)
   
Abalone Cove SMCA
   
Bolsa Bay SMCA
   
Bolsa Chica Basin SMCA
(no-take)
   
Upper Newport Bay SMCA
   
Crystal Cove SMCA
   
Laguna Beach SMR
   

Laguna Beach SMCA
(no-take)

   
Dana Point SMCA
   
Batiquitos Lagoon SMCA
(no-take)
   
San Elijo Lagoon SMCA
(no-take)
   
Swami's SMCA
   
San Dieguito Lagoon SMCA
   
San Diego-Scripps Coastal SMCA
   
Matlahuayl SMR
   
South La Jolla SMCA
   
South La Jolla SMR
   
Famosa Slough SMCA
(no-take)
   
Cabrillo SMR
   
Tijuana River Mouth SMCA
   
Farnsworth Offshore SMCA
   
Farnsworth Onshore SMCA
   
Lover's Cove SMCA
   
Casino Point SMCA (no-take)
   
Long Point SMR
   
Blue Cavern SMCA (no-take)
   
Bird Rock SMCA
   
Arrow Point to Lion Head Point SMCA
   
Cat Harbor SMCA
   
Santa Barbara Island SMR
   
Begg Rock SMR
   
Anacapa Island SMR
   
Anacapa Island SMCA
   
Scorpion SMR
   
Painted Cave SMCA
   
Carrington Point SMR
   
Harris Point SMR
   
Richardson Rock SMR
   
Judith Rock SMR
   
South Point SMR
   
Skunk Point SMR
   
Gull Island SMR
   
Footprint SMR
 
San Francisco Bay
 
   

 

 

San Diego-Scripps Coastal MCA

 
 

Shoreline Boundary Landmarks:

Coming soon!

GPS Boundary: 

This area is bounded by the mean high tide line and straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:

32° 53.000' N. lat. 117° 15.166' W. long.;
32° 53.000' N. lat. 117° 16.400' W. long.;
32° 51.964' N. lat. 117° 16.400' W. long.; and
32° 51.964' N. lat. 117° 15.233' W. long.

Map of San Diego - Scripps Coastal SMCA

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Permitted/Prohibited Uses:

  • Recreational Fishing:
    • Allowed Species: Coastal pelagic species, except market squid, by hook-and-line only.
    • Prohibited Species: All other living marine resources EXCEPT those listed above.

  • Commercial Fishing:
    • Allowed Species: None
    • Prohibited Species: All

  • Other Regulations:
    • Licensees of the Regents of the University of California and all officers, employees, and students of such university may take, for scientific purposes, invertebrates, fish, or specimens of marine plant or algae under the conditions prescribed in a scientific collecting permit issued by the department.

  • Definitions:
    • Coastal pelagic species means any of the following: northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus), jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus), and market squid (Loligo opalescens).

Effective as of: January 1, 2012

 
     
 
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