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off Port San Luis, lobster traps have been set and crabs (Cancer) ob- 

 tained. A dredging station is located in San Luis Obispo Bay in 8-14 

 fathoms. 



Thirty-six miles south of Point San Luis lies Point Arguello, with a 

 dredging station a mile offshore in 15-30 fathoms. 



At Point Conception, 12 miles farther on, the shore takes a sharp 

 turn to run almost exactly east. Santa Barbara is located 40 miles from 

 this point; and off the city, in 35 fathoms, there is a dredging station. 



For 30 miles southeast of Santa Barbara there is a concavity in the 

 coast line reaching to Point Hueneme, and then a nearly direct coast line, 

 23 miles, to Point Dume. Extending southward from Point Hueneme is 

 the Hueneme Canyon. Two miles west of the mouth of this canyon is a 

 dredging station; another is located 5 miles to the northwest of this; and 

 still another, east of the canyon and quite close to it. 



Seven miles along the coast from Point Hueneme is another canyon, 

 Mugu Canyon, not so narrow or so definite as Hueneme Canyon. There 

 are one dredging station near shore to the east of the canyon and two 

 more about 4 miles offshore. 



Northern Channel Islands 



Plates 18-21 ; Charts 21-24 



Separated from the eastern trend of the coast line from Point Con- 

 ception by Santa Barbara Channel, and running east and west along the 

 34th parallel, is a series of four islands, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa 

 Rosa, and San Miguel, that makes up the Santa Barbara Islands, or the 

 Northern Channel group. 



The surface of each of these islands is irregular, and the shores are 

 rocky, often precipitous. For much of the year there are strong winds and 

 varying currents, from which the small open bays or coves give little shel- 

 ter. There is scant precipitation, and permanent streams are scarce; 

 hence, the vegetation, although varied, appears rather insignificant. San 

 Miguel comes the nearest to absolute barrenness. 



Anacapa Island, the most easterly, really consists of three islands — 

 East, Middle, and West. It is 4 miles long, east to west, but in some 

 places is quite narrow. The West Island is the highest, 930 feet. 



The inshore water is rocky with kelp in places, the increase in depth 

 is quite gradual, and the bottom soon becomes rocky or sandy, with shell. 



The only shore stations are located at the east end of the West Island, 

 or near the passage between the Middle and West islands. There are 



