SIMoN
  Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network

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Central California Marine Life Featured in New iPhone, iPad App
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VIew of surface current direction and speed in San Francisco Bay.
New app for SF Bay displays surface currents in real time
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Tracking marine debris. Courtesy of NOAA's Marine Debris Program.
NOAA tracks tsunami debris
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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Rare Sighting of a Green Sea Turtle in Monterey
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Overview

SIMoN is an integrated, long-term program that takes an ecosystem approach to identify and understand changes within sanctuaries managed by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. [Learn more]

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Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary

-Established in 1992
-Covers 6,094 square miles
-276 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 10,663 feet
Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
Davidson Seamount
Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary

-Established in 1981
-Covers 1,279 square miles
-102 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 7,800 feet
Cordell Bank
National Marine Sanctuary

-Designated in 1989
-Covers 529 square miles
-Deepest point is 6955 feet
Monterey Bay Gulf of the Farallones Cordell Bank
Move your mouse over the Sanctuary name and click to learn about their monitoring of habitats and organisms.
SPECIES DATABASE
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Fulmarus glacialis
There are currently 135 species in the
SIMoN Species Database.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
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Cordell Bank Habitat Characterization and Biological Monitoring
133 monitoring projects are published in the
SIMoN Project Database.
PHOTO LIBRARY
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Dodecaceria fewkesi
4233 images as of May, 2012 in the
SIMoN Photo Library.
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