National Marine Sanctuary System tsopano ikupita patsogolo ndi kukulitsa kwa Gulf of the Farallones ndi Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, madera akumpoto a malo opatulika anayi a California omwe akuphatikizanso Monterey Bay ndi Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries. Cordell Bank ikanakulirakulira kumtunda, ndikuwonjezera masikweya mailosi 757, ndipo Gulf of the Farallones idzakula chakumpoto ku Alder Creek kumpoto kwa Point Arena ndi kunyanja, ndikuwonjezera masikweya kilomita 2,014. "Zaka makumi atatu zakukakamizidwa kochokera ku mameya, akuluakulu aboma, zokonda zasodzi, oyimira maboma, oyimira ma congressional, ma senate aku US, ndi kazembe aliyense wa California watifikitsa ku chilengezo chamasiku ano," atero a Richard Charter, wodziwa zachilengedwe kwa nthawi yayitali. monga mnzake wamkulu wa The Ocean Foundation, "Anthu alankhula, ndipo White House ikuwoneka kuti ikumvetsera."