Acronym	Definition
CINMS	Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Southern California)

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The otter was located within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, as well as within the Santa Barbara Island State Marine Reserve, a Marine Protected Area, where commercial and recreational take of all marine resources is prohibited.

First reported occurrence of the southern sea otter Enhydra lutris lutris at California's Santa Barbara Island since 1940

(32) Final Rule: The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 45

Monumental seascape modification under the Antiquities Act

Sport and commercial fishing is now banned in 175 square miles of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, a move that biologists hope will shore up plummeting stocks of once-plentiful species such as rockfish, abalone, lobster, and squid.

Ocean's 175. (Lay Of The Land)

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