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Map of sanctuaries off San Francisco


Visitor Center near the Golden Gate Bridge

Sanctuary Visitor Center at Crissy Field in San Francisco.

What's New at the Sanctuary?

NEW Final Management Plan and Regulations

NEW Final Environmental Impact Statement

NEW Applications are now being accepted for vacant Advisory Council seats

SIMoN - Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network

Bolinas Lagoon Ecosystem Restoration Project

TYO Podcast Spotlights Sanctuary's Seals!

Protecting Tomales Bay By Managing Vessel Usage

Facilities Master Plan

Advisory Council

Maps

Workshops


The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary protects an area of 948 square nautical miles (1,255 square miles) off the northern and central California coast. Located just a few miles from San Francisco, the waters within the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary are part of a nationally significant marine ecosystem. Encompassing a diversity of highly productive marine habitats, the Sanctuary supports an abundance of species.

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This page was last updated on January 1, 2007
2007 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
website: farallones.noaa.gov | e-mail: farallones@noaa.gov
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