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California is the first state in the nation to establish a system of marine protected areas (MPAs), similar to national parks, to protect and restore ocean habitats and increase the health, productivity, and resilience of ocean ecosystems.
HABITAT & BIODIVERSITY
The area's diverse habitats — kelp forests, rocky reefs, sandy bottom, and an adjacent salt marsh—are powerful carbon sequesters threatened by climate change and overfishing.
WHITE SHARK HOTSPOT
Carpinteria’s coastal waters serve as a nursery for juvenile white sharks, a vulnerable keystone species in regulating marine life populations facing the threat of habitat destruction and commercial fishing bycatch.
TRIBAL & STATE CO-MANAGEMENT
The area of Mishopshno has long been an important marine and cultural resource for all Chumash people. As the first stewards of this land, local Chumash have lived in harmony with the land and water for millennia and have used both the land and water to fish from shore for cultural, recreational, and subsistence purposes.
Designation of the proposed SMCA would add a Tribal MPA to the region, strengthening the role of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in co-management, monitoring, and marine education activities. The Chumash people would partake in "tribal take," allowing them to continue resposinbly harvesting culturally signficiant marine species that continue strengthening the relationship with their ancestral waters.
HELP US SAFEGUARD OUR OCEAN & COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
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