The Living Sanctuary: Photo gallery of species within the Channel Islands from NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries.

America’s Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change, Final Report: Beginning in June 2000, the 18 members of the Pew Oceans Commission embarked on a voyage of discovery. They brought together their collective experiences from the worlds of fishing, science, conservation, government, education, and business to develop recommendations for a new national ocean policy.

Encyclopedia of the National Marine Sanctuaries: Ocean.com's online guide with photos, streaming video and important biological information for over 100 marine species from each of the Marine Sanctuaries in the United States, including the Channel Islands and the spiny lobster.

Whitfield, Crustacean brawls caught on camera, Nature, 12-Feb-2002: Camera recordings show that lobster traps catch a mere 6% of the animals that enter them. Video included.

Maps of the Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas: Provided by the California Department of Fish and Game.

NOAA's National Ocean Service: Aerial Photography and Shoreline Mapping: The public’s primary access to NOS aerial photography is via NOS's MapFinder Web site. On this Web site, coastal survey maps, coastal photography, historical maps and charts, environmental sensitivity index maps, geodetic control points, historical maps and charts, hydrographic survey outlines, nautical charts, and water level stations are available. The site includes approximately 41,000 aerial photographs taken since 1990. The NOAA Coastal Shoreline Mapping Web site provides the ocean and coastal resource management community with data and information related to shoreline mapping.

CalFish's Interactive Mapping: CalFish is envisioned to be a multi-agency cooperative program designed to gather, maintain, and disseminate fish and aquatic habitat data and data standards.