Santa Barbara Channel Coastal and Island fish survey from the Reef Check, 2006-2017

The data were collected by the Reef Check organization: https://reefcheck.org/ Every year, Reef Check trains thousands of citizen scientist divers who volunteer to survey the health of coral reefs around the world, and rocky reef ecosystems along the entire coast of California. The programs monitor rocky reefs inside and outside of California's marine protected areas (MPAs). The results are used to improve the management of these critically important natural resources. The data presented here were a subset of the data that cover the Santa Barbara Channel region, southern California, USA.