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Frenchy’s Cove
- GPS coordinates:
- 34° 00.388’ N, 119° 24.684’ W
- LiMPETS monitoring site since:
- 2006
- Directions:
- Frenchy’s Cove is located on West Anacapa Island. Boat transportation to this site from Ventura Harbor is provided through Island Packers. To make reservations call (805) 642-1393. You will also need to verify your sampling dates with Julie Bursek, (805) 382-6149, to ensure other research institutions are not using the site. The site is accessed by a five-minute hike from one side of the island to the other, past a site monitored by the Channel Islands National Park.
- Restrooms:
- There are no restrooms at Frenchy’s Cove. Please remind students to use restrooms on the boat before going ashore.
- Site description:
- This site is a solid rocky bench located on the south side of West Anacapa Island, within the Channel Islands National Park. Human disturbances include trampling from light visitor use. Collecting is not permitted in the National Park.
- LiMPETS methods:
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- random quadrats in a permanent area
- total organism counts in a permanent area
- size measurements in a permanent area
- Download site-specific protocols and datasheets used at this site.
- Permit and visitor information:
- Travel to and from Anacapa Island offers the opportunity for marine mammal sightings aboard the Island Packers boats. No permit is required for monitoring, but it is important that groups do not disturb the National Park monitoring site.
- Contact your LiMPETS site coordinator:
- Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary •