2005 California Fish and Game Code Sections 10900-10913 Article 6. Marine Life Refuge

FISH AND GAME CODE
SECTION 10900-10913

10900.  The refuges described in the following sections are marine
life refuges.
10901.  That portion of District 16 consisting of the land and ocean
waters within the following boundaries constitutes a marine life
refuge and shall be designated the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge:
   Beginning at the point of intersection of the southeasterly
corporate limit line of the City of Pacific Grove prolongated, and
the line of highest tide of the Bay of Monterey; thence northwesterly
along said line of highest tide to the intersection with the
northerly extension of the west side of Third Street in said city;
thence northerly to a point in said bay where the depth of water is
60 feet measured from the level of mean low tide; thence
southeasterly along the line in said bay which line is at a constant
depth of 60 feet measured from the level of mean low tide to the
intersection with the southeasterly corporate limit line of said city
prolongated; thence S. 58* 57' 45 W.  along said southeasterly
corporate limit line prolongated to the point of beginning.
10902.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated the San Diego Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of that certain strip of
land lying between the westerly edge of Pueblo Lot No. 1298 of the
pueblo lands of the City of San Diego, according to the official map
of said pueblo lands as made by James Pascoe, and filed in the Office
of the County Recorder of said County of San Diego, and the lowest
tide line opposite to and west of said pueblo lot, which said strip
of land is bounded on the north by the northerly boundary line of
said pueblo lot extended westerly and on the south by the southerly
boundary line of said pueblo lot extended westerly; together with the
state waters of the State of California adjacent thereto, being
those state waters which lie between said extended northerly and
southerly boundaries of said pueblo lot and extend westerly from said
lowest low tide line for a distance of 1,000 feet.
10903.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated the Bodega Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 10 consisting of that certain parcel of
land bounded by the line of Mean High Tide of the Pacific Ocean lying
between the northern boundary extended northwesterly and the
southern boundary extended southwesterly of the lands of the Regents
of the University of California according to the final order of
condemnation in Case No. 47,617 in the Superior Court of the State of
California in and for the County of Sonoma, recorded in Book 1930,
at pages 656 and 659, inclusive, Official Records, Sonoma County,
California, and extending into and including the state waters of the
State of California for a distance of a thousand feet into the
Pacific Ocean from the line of Mean High Tide.
10904.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of that certain parcel of
land bounded by a line commencing at the mean high tide of the
Pacific Ocean lying on the northern boundary of the City of Laguna
Beach and running for a distance of 600 feet into the Pacific Ocean
along that boundary, and thence generally southeastward and generally
parallel to the shoreline at a distance of approximately 600 feet to
the northern boundary of the South Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge,
and thence generally northeastward for a distance of approximately
700 feet to the mean high tide, and thence generally northwestward
along the line of mean high tide to the point of beginning.
10905.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Newport Beach Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of that certain parcel of
land bounded by the line of Mean High Tide of the Pacific Ocean
between the eastern boundary of the City of Newport Beach and Poppy
Avenue in the City of Newport Beach, and extending into and including
the state waters of the State of California for a distance of two
hundred feet into the Pacific Ocean from the line of Mean High Tide.
10906.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the South Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of land and ocean waters
bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the line of mean
high tide of the Pacific Ocean and a line which bears South 48* 50'
00 West from the most westerly point of Lot 75 of Tract No.  702, as
that tract is shown on a map recorded in Book 21, pages 1 to 3,
Miscellaneous Maps, on file in the Office of the County Recorder of
Orange County; thence running South 48* 50' 00 West approximately 600
feet to the minus 20 foot mean lower low water contour; thence
southeasterly and generally parallel to the shoreline to the
northerly boundary of the Niguel Marine Life Refuge; thence North 35*
57' 06 East to the line of mean high tide of the Pacific Ocean;
thence northwesterly along the line of mean high tide of the Pacific
Ocean to the point of beginning.
10907.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Dana Point Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of land and ocean waters
bounded by a line commencing at Station 70 of the mean high tide line
as shown on Document Number 25208 recorded in Book 7651, page 69 of
Official Records on file in the Office of County Recorder of Orange
County; thence along the mean high tide line westerly and northerly
3500 feet more or less to intersection with a line which is 2440 feet
south of and parallel to the north line of Fractional Section 21, R.
8 W., T. 8 S., S.B.M.'; thence west 1200 feet; thence southerly and
easterly 1200 feet from and parallel to the shore line to an
intersection with a line which bears S 40* 00' E. from said Station
70; thence N 40* 00' W. 1200 feet more or less to the point of
beginning.
10908.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Doheny Beach Marine Life Refuge:
   All that area lying 600 feet seaward of and below the mean high
tide line of the Pacific Ocean between the prolongation of the line
common to Blocks A and B of Tract No. 797, Capistrano Beach #3, in
the County of Orange, State of California, as per map recorded in
Book 25, pages 10 to 15, inclusive, of Miscellaneous Maps in the
office of the County Recorder of such county, such line also being
the prolongation of the easterly line of Doheny State Beach, a unit
of the State Park System acquired by deed dated April 29, 1957, from
the Union Oil Company of California, recorded on October 9, 1957, in
Book 4063 of Official Records at page 88, Orange County, California,
and the east breakwater of the Dana Point Harbor, a project of the
Orange County Harbor District, a political subdivision of the State
of California.
10909.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve:
   That portion of District 10 consisting of that certain parcel of
land bounded by a line commencing at the mean high tide of the
Pacific Ocean lying on a line beginning at the northeasterly corner
of Lot 8, Block 42 as said Lot and Block are shown on "Map of Moss
Beach Heights San Mateo County Cal", recorded May 4, 1908, in Volume
6 of Maps at page 8, records of San Mateo County; thence North 88* 49'
West along the northerly line of said Lot 8 and its Northwesterly
prolongation to the intersection thereof with the Westerly line of
that certain tract of land (Parcel No. 1) conveyed to the County of
San Mateo for a marine reserve, recorded August 8, 1967, in Volume
5346 Official Records of San Mateo County at page 62 (70483-AA) last
mentioned intersection being the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean
(ordinary high water) and the true Point of Beginning along the
prolongation of the Northerly Line of said Lot 8, North 88* 49' West,
1000 feet, into the Pacific Ocean and thence generally Southerly and
generally parallel to the shoreline for a distance of approximately
three statute miles to the extension of a line beginning at the most
Southerly terminus of Course No. 15 of the survey of the Rancho
Corral de Tierra as shown on a Plat thereof on file in the Office of
the Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; said
most Southerly terminus also being distant on said Course No. 15,
South 28* 30' East 269.91 feet from the most Southerly corner of that
certain 10.380 acre tract of land conveyed to the United States of
America by Deed dated June 18, 1940, recorded October 28, 1940 in
Book 918 of Official Records at page 373; running thence from said
point of beginning along a line that is the Southwesterly
prolongation of Course No. 14 of said survey, South 74* 45' West to
the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean (ordinary high water) and the true
point of beginning of the least area herein described; thence from
said true point of beginning along the prolongation of said Course
No. 14, South 74* 45' West, 1000 feet into the Pacific Ocean, thence
Easterly along said line to the mean high tide line, thence generally
Northerly along the line of the mean high tide to the point of
beginning.
10910.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Point Fermin Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of District 19 consisting of land and ocean waters
bounded by the line of mean high tide of the Pacific Ocean extending
into and including the state waters of the State of California for a
distance of 600 feet below low-tide mark, in the San Pedro area of
the City of Los Angeles in an area generally parallel to the
shoreline lying between the easterly extension of 40th Street,
westerly to the southerly extension of Gaffey Street at Point Fermin.
10911.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Niguel Marine Life Refuge:  That portion of
California state tide and submerged lands bounded by a line
commencing at a point which is the intersection of the line of mean
high tide and a line which is 2,440 feet south of and parallel to the
north line of Fractional Section 21, R.8W., T.8S., S.B.M., such
point also being on the north boundary of the Dana Point Marine Life
Refuge, thence along the mean high tide line northerly and westerly
12,000 feet more or less to its intersection with the westerly
prolongation of the most northerly boundary line of lot 101 of "Three
Arches Palisades No. 1" as shown on a map filed in book 3, page 3,
Records of Surveys in the Office of the County Recorder, Orange
County; thence, S. 89* 54' W. 1,200 feet from such point of
intersection along the westerly prolongation of such northerly
boundary line; thence, south and west, and east parallel to and 1,200
feet from the line of mean high tide to a point on the north line of
Dana Point Marine Life Refuge and also being 1,200 feet west of the
point of beginning; thence, east 1,200 feet along the northerly
boundary of Dana Point Marine Life Refuge to the point of beginning.
10912.  The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be
designated as the Irvine Coast Marine Life Refuge:
   That portion of California state tide and submerged lands
adjoining the Newport Beach Marine Life Refuge as described in
Section 10905 and bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of
the southwesterly extension of lot 141, Tract No.  3357 as shown on a
map recorded in Book 107, Page 1 of Miscellaneous Maps on file in
the office of the County Recorder, Orange County and the Line of
Ordinary High Tide; thence, southeasterly along the Line of Ordinary
High Tide approximately 20,000 feet to its intersection with the
southwesterly extension of the northwesterly boundary line of the
City of Laguna Beach; thence, southwesterly along such southwesterly
extension 600 feet; thence, northwesterly along a line parallel to
and 600 feet southwesterly of the Line of Ordinary High Tide to the
southwesterly extension of said lot 141; thence, northeasterly 600
feet along such southwesterly extension to the point of beginning.
10913.  The land and ocean waters within the following boundaries
constitute the City of Encinitas Marine Life Refuge:
   All those submerged lands lying between the mean high tide line in
the City of Encinitas, County of San Diego, State of California, and
a line which is 600 feet westerly of and parallel and concentric
with that mean high tide line and lying southerly of the westerly
prolongation of the northerly right-of-way line of "D" Street as
shown on Map No. 148, in the City of Encinitas, County of San Diego,
State of California, filed in the office of the County Recorder of
San Diego County, and lying northerly of the following described
line:
   Beginning at the southeasterly corner of Lot N in Block 3 of
Resubdivision of Sea Cliff Villa, in the City of Encinitas, County of
San Diego, State of California, filed in the San Diego County
Recorder's office, December 10, 1914; thence southwesterly along the
southwesterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of said Lot N,
South 36*36'30 west, to a point on that line which is 600 feet
westerly of and parallel and concentric with the mean high tide line.


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