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Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon or King Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, is the largest of the Pacific anadromous salmon. Chinook can live to be five years old before spawning.
Rock Cod
Rod Cod are bottom dwelling sea fish of the genus Sebastes. The large red fish in the photo is the Yelloweye rock fish, also called Red Snapper.California Marine Life Protection Act
The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) is a statewide California legislation created to protect marine areas along the 1100 miles of California's coastline.
Mendocino Abalone Watch
The Mendocino Abalone Watch is a volunteer group on the Mendocino Coast of Northern California dedicated to helping deter abalone poaching.
Great White Shark
The great white shark, also known in Latin as Carcharodon carcharias, is a large shark inhabiting many coastal waters. Male great whites reach 11-13 feet long.
Salmon Troller
A salmon troller is fishing boat designed to catch salmon. The classic Pacific salmon troller is high in the bow, low in the stern, with four to eight lines.
Shield Limpet
This small intertidal creature, the Shield Limpet or Collisella pelta, has a 1-1.5 inch wide and moderately high pointed shell. It is whitish with dark stripes.
Dungeness Crab
Metacarcinus magister is a bottom dwelling species of decapod crustacean that ranges from Alaska's Aleutian Islands to Point Conception, California.
Northern Elephant Seal
Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, are found from British Columbia to Baja California. Males grow to 20 feet long and weigh up to 4 tons.