Final Environmental Impact Statement Prepared on the Proposed Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary

National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, 1982 - Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.) - 500 pages

Contents

• E1 Location of Southern California Bight: 2
• b Environmental Setting: 3
• E2 Generalized water current patterns during upwellings: 6
• E3 Generalized water current patterns for oceanic period: 7
• E4 Generalized water current patterns for Davidson period: 8
• E5 Santa Barbara Channel region physiographic features E10: 10
• a Callorhinus ursinus E14: 14
• b Zalophus californianus E15: 15
• Phoca vitulina E16: 16
• Mirounga angustirostris E17: 17
• E7 Migration routes of the gray whale in the nominated area E28: 28
• E8 Distribution of bird nesting colonies on San Miguel Island E36: 36
• E9 Distribution of bird nesting colonies on Santa Cruz Island E37: 37
• E10 Distribution of bird nesting colonies on Santa Rosa Island E38: 38
• E11 Distribution of bird nesting colonies on Anacapa Island E39: 39
• E12 Distribution of bird nesting colonies on Santa Barbara Island E40: 40
• E13 Diversity of fish species along the Pacific coast E47: 47
• E14 Distribution of kelp beds in the northern Channel Islands and Santa Barbara Island region E49: 49
• E15 Underwater diagram of a kelp bed E50: 50
• 3: 57
• E16 Known marine cultural resources E58: 58
• E17 Tracts withdrawn from OCS Sale 48 by the Secretary of the Interior E63: 63
• E18 Existing leases and operators and tracts offered in Sale 48 in the Northern Channel Islands area E64: 64
• E18a Tracts leased in OCS Sale 48 E65: 65
• E19 Existing lease numbers and all tract numbers proposed for Sale 48 E66: 66
• E20 Mean annual fish landings 1970 to 1974 around the northern Channel Islands and Santa Barbara Island E71: 71
• E21 Cumulative density of partyboat fishing landings be tween 1973 and 1975 E80: 80
• E22 Cumulative density of anglers fishing from partyboats in the southern California partyboat fleet E81: 81
• E23 Vessel traffic lanes E83: 83
• E24 Recreational boating concentrations and access routes around the northern Channel Islands and Santa Barbara Island E95: 95
• E25 Popular skin and SCUBA diving sites E98: 98
• F1 Existing federal and state management authorities as they relate to resources and activities: 4
• F2 Ecological reserves F10: 10
• F4 Anacapa Island ecological reserve F14: 14
• 2: 57
• F6 Boundaries for alternative 2the preferred marine: 62
• F63: 63
• F70: 70
• F7 Existing leases and operators and tracts offered: 75
• F9 Potential oil spill trajectories F93: 93
• F11 Hypothetical spill locations from existing leases F99: 99
• F116: 116
• F14 Santa Barbara Channel traffic separation scheme TSS: 122
• Disturbing marine mammals and birds by overflights: 124
• Alternative 5 F157: 157
• G Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement: 10
• H Literature and Personal Communications Cited: 1
• List of Preparers: 17

Bibliographic information

• Title: Final Environmental Impact Statement Prepared on the Proposed Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
• Author: National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management
• Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, 1982
• Original from: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Digitized: Nov 16, 2010
• Length: 500 pages