Channel Islands · SMCA
Anacapa Island State Marine Conservation Area
Can a freediver take anything here?
Pelagics and lobster
The named pelagic finfish, plus recreational take of lobster.
The regulation, in CDFW’s words
It is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living, geological, or cultural marine resource, EXCEPT: Recreational take of lobster and pelagic finfish (northern anchovy, barracudas, billfishes, dorado (dolphinfish), Pacific herring, jack mackerel, Pacific mackerel, salmon, Pacific sardine, blue shark, salmon shark, shortfin mako shark, thresher shark, swordfish, tunas, Pacific bonito, and yellowtail) is allowed. Commercial take of lobster is allowed. Includes take exemptions for the following tribe: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
Regulations change. This is what the page said when it was read; check CDFW before you take anything.
The boundary, for a chartplotter
CDFW publishes one boundary for the state and federal reserves here. It is larger than the state polygon alone, and both carry the same rule, so treat the outer line as the one that matters.
34° 0.828′ N 119° 26.623′ W34.01380, -119.4437234° 0.800′ N 119° 26.700′ W34.01333, -119.4450034° 4.998′ N 119° 26.700′ W34.08330, -119.4450034° 4.998′ N 119° 24.600′ W34.08330, -119.4100034° 0.411′ N 119° 24.600′ W34.00685, -119.41000
Download GPX Corner waypoints plus the boundary as a track. Loads into Garmin, Raymarine, Simrad and Lowrance plotters, and into Navionics, Aqua Map and iNavX. A navigation aid, not the legal boundary — GPS error and a mean-high-tide landward edge mean you should not shave the line.
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