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Monterey Bay Wall Art Posters
Monterey Bay Wall Art Posters
Lovers Point State Marine Reserve is one of four small marine protected areas located near the cities of Monterey and Pacific Grove, at the southern end of Monterey Bay on California’s central coast. The four MPAs together encompass 2.96 square miles. The SMR protects all marine life within its boundaries. Fishing and take of all living marine resources is prohibited. Lovers Point State Marine Reserve was established in September 2007 by the California Department of Fish & Game. It was one of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. The Marine Life Protection Act Initiative is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline. Lovers Point SMR is located off the coast of the Monterey Peninsula, at the southern end of Monterey Bay. It covers an area of 30 sq. miles. The reserve is directly offshore from Lovers Point Park, a small local park. Lovers Point SMR is one of four marine protected areas bordering the Monterey Peninsula. It is between Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area and Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area. Farther to the west is Asilomar State Marine Reserve. All four areas are included within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The Monterey Peninsula includes extensive tide pools brimming with life. Its sandy beaches are used by pupping harbor seals, and dense kelp beds offshore provide shelter for sea otters. The Lovers Point SMR provides habitat for a variety of marine life, and includes kelp forest, beach, and rocky intertidal, soft and hard bottom. Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located off the coast of the U.S. state of California. The bay is south of the major cities of San Francisco and San Jose, and between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey. The Monterey Bay Area, or sometimes just Bay Area, are local colloquialisms sometimes used to describe the whole of the Central Coast communities of Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.
