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Carmel Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California in Monterey County. The bay is 4 miles long and 2 miles wide with its mouth about three miles across, between Point Carmel to the south and Point Cypress to the north; Monterey Bay is about four coastline miles north, with Point Pinos intervening.〔"An Offshore Description of the Big Sur Coast from George Davidson's "Coast Pilot" of 1889" by David Rogers, ''Double Cone Quarterly'', Vol IV, Number 4, 2001, Ventana Wilderness Alliance〕 The bay's coastline includes Carmel City Beach and Carmel River State Beach, with wildlife largely protected by the 'Carmel Bay Ecological Reserve'. The City of Carmel, formally "Carmel-by-the-Sea", adjoins Carmel Bay, with the cities of Monterey and Santa Cruz about 5 miles and 45 miles north, respectively.〔''The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide'' By Jerry Emory, University of California Press, 1999, pages 234,241-244〕 ==Marine protected areas== Several areas in Carmel Bay have been designated marine protected areas under California's Marine Life Protection Act. 'Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area' (SMCA) is entirely underneath Carmel Bay, and both 'Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve' (SMR) and 'Point Lobos State Marine Reserve' are partially underneath Carmel Bay.〔, page 30〕 Along with the immediately adjoining 'Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area', nearly 〔"Summary of Central Coast MPAs as Adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission, June 25, 2007", page 2, California Department of Fish and Game, (Retrieved 2012-07-06 ): Carmel Bay SMCA (2.12 square miles) Carmel Pinnacles SMR (0.53 square miles) Point Lobos SMR (5.36 square miles) Point Lobos SMCA (8.85 square miles)〕 of marine protected areas in the waters in and around Carmel Bay are like underwater parks, helping to conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. No living marine resources may be taken from these areas, except from 'Carmel Bay SMCA', and from there only recreational fishing for finfish and limited "by hand" commercial harvesting of giant kelp and bull kelp, by permit.〔"Summary of Central Coast MPAs...June 25, 2007", page 5, California Department of Fish and Game, (Retrieved 2012-07-06 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carmel Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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