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But huge swaths of kelp forest along the California coast have died off in ... mostly around remote islands in the Southern Ocean—while fishing is allowed with some restrictions in 14.8% of ...

The channel between the California coast and the islands is deep and ... The waters around the Channel Islands are filled with kelp forests. Because of the mixing of both warm water currents from the ...

Kelp Forest. Image by Serpae via Pixabay. Along the Pacific coastline, from Alaska to California, an underwater environmental ... Research in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands showed that areas with healthy ...