UCSB SONGS Mitigation Monitoring: Reef Performance Standard – Fish Production

These data describe annual estimates of the somatic and gonadal tissue production in five species of reef fishes at an artificial reef (Wheeler North Reef in Orange County, CA) and two natural reference reefs (San Mateo Kelp in Orange County, CA and Barn Kelp in San Diego County, CA). Data were collected from 2009 – 2023 as part of a comprehensive mitigation program aimed at evaluating the ability of Wheeler North Reef to compensate for losses of kelp forest habitat and associated biota caused by the operation of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).