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ISLAND-WIDE BLACK ABALONE SURVEYS AND HABITAT CHARACTERIZATION AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (SCI), CA
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This document contains information related to a federal grant opportunity issued by the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The grant opportunity, titled "ISLAND-WIDE BLACK ABALONE SURVEYS AND HABITAT CHARACTERIZATION AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (SCI), CA", seeks to fund projects that support compliance with the San Clemente Island Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan and the recovery of the endangered black abalone population on the island. The grant opportunity is part of the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which supports research and technology with potential to improve naval operations. The document includes details on the project objectives, such as conducting population assessments, refining knowledge of the black abalone population, and characterizing their habitat. It also provides information on the survey areas, sampling methods, and data collected during previous abalone surveys on the island. Overall, this grant opportunity aims to assist natural resource managers in the conservation and recovery of the black abalone species on San Clemente Island.

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Site Data Activity

Eel Point 1/22/2016

West Cove 1/23/2016

Lost Point 1/24/2016

Mail Point 1/24/2016

Flasher/Spray 1/25/2016

Eel Point 6/21/2016

West Cove 6/22/2016

Eel Point 10/17/2016

West Cove 10/18/2016

Eel Point 2/7/2017

West Cove 2/7/2017

Eel Point 7/11/2017

West Cove 7/12/2017

Eel Point 11/6/2017

West Cove 11/7/2017

Eel Point 2/1/2019

West Cove 3/15/2019

Mail Point 3/16/2019

Lost Point 3/17/2019

Spray 3/18/2019

Flasher 3/19/2019

Eel Point 1/24/2020

West Cove 1/24/2020

Graduation Point 1/26/2020

North Head 2/10/2020

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Removed ARMs Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits. Conducted survey to locate previoulsy found abalone. Counted, size, and assessed health/condition of all abalone found

Conducted abalone survey to attempt to locate previously found abalone and any new abalone. Counted, sized, and assessed heath/condition of all abalone found.

Characterized the habitat of the survey area

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits.

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits.

Year 3

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits.

Conducted abalone survey to attempt to locate previously found abalone and any new abalone. Counted, sized, and assessed heath/condition of all abalone found.

Characterized the habitat of the survey area

Year 1

Year 2

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits.

Selected crevices, established clearings, installed Abalone Recruitment Modules

(ARMs). Conducted abalone survey to attempt to locate previously found abalone and any new abalone

Monitored crevices, clearings, and ARMs. Conducted site-wide search for abalone recruits.

Table 1. Survey dates and activites conducted.

location size_mm location # abs

Eel Point 130 Eel Point 2

Eel Point 90 Flasher** 1

Flasher 120 Lost Point 2

Lost Point 130 Mail Point 0

Lost Point 160 Spray 1

Spray 100 West Cove 5

West Cove 130

West Cove 140 location # abs

West Cove 110 Graduation Point 1

West Cove 110 Eel Point 4

West Cove 90 Flasher** 6

Lost Point 1 location size_mm Mail Point 2

Gradutaion Point 150 Spray 1

Eel Point 130 West Cove 10

Eel Point 140

Eel Point 100

Eel Point 130

Flasher 140

Flasher 100

Flasher 60

Flasher 130 location ab_ID size_mm

Flasher 140 SWAT1 400 90

Flasher 150 West Cove 352 80

Lost Point 130 West Cove 353 160

Mail Point 60 West Cove 351 60

Mail Point 150 Box Canyon 226 130

Spray 120 Cave Canyon 218 170

West Cove 110 Cave Canyon 213 190

West Cove 160 Cave Canyon 328 180

West Cove 120

West Cove 110

West Cove 150

West Cove 150

West Cove 170

West Cove 130

West Cove 140

West Cove 120

Abalone 2019-2020

Abalone 2016 Totals 2016

Totals 2019-20

Abalone with unknown status

Table 2. Sizes for abalone found in 2016 and 2019-2020.

Table 3. Abalone counts by site for 2016 and 2019-2020 surveys.

Table 4. Previoulsy documented abalone that were not surveyed for in either 2016 or 2019-2020 due to access restritions and/or poor conditions.

**Flasher is broad area on west shore between dunes and Spray (Warsaw).

location year segment_id area (m^2) shoreline length (m) abalone Graduation Point 2020 1 1643 82 1 Graduation Point 2020 2 2344 160 0 Swat1 2020 1 2034 88 0 West Cove 2019 1 1518 100 2 West Cove 2019 2 674 55 2 West Cove 2019 3 861 75 1 West Cove 2019 4 1111 54 0 West Cove 2019 5 2215 50 3 West Cove 2019 6 1517 86 0 West Cove 2019 7 1463 77 2 Flasher** 2019 1 2687 113 1 Flasher** 2019 2 3299 119 0 Flasher** 2019 3 10726 285 3 Flasher** 2019 4 2057 72 2 Flasher** 2019 5 3194 101 0 Spray 2019 1 494 50 0 Spray 2019 2 967 58 1 Spray 2019 3 2068 107 0 Eel Point 2019 1 857 36 2 Eel Point 2019 2 949 84 2 Eel Point 2019 3 271 7 0 Mail Point 2019 1 993 79 1 Mail Point 2019 2 192 44 0 Mail Point 2019 3 1723 57 0 Mail Point 2019 4 1980 73 1 Mail Point 2019 5 1330 68 0 Mail Point 2019 6 77 20 0 Mail Point 2019 7 942 50 0 Mail Point 2019 8 915 31 0 Lost Point 2019 1 2821 89 1 Lost Point 2019 2 1301 57 0 Lost Point 2019 3 3496 135 0 Lost Point 2019 4 1309 50 0 Lost Point 2019 5 2584 81 0 Lost Point 2019 6 356 40 0 Lost Point 2019 7 2163 119 0 Total 36 65131 2852 25

**Flasher is a broad area between the sand dunes and Spray (the Warsaw)

Survey Segment Details

Table 5. 2019-2020 abalone survey details

2019-2020 surveys

Graduation Point 2019-2020

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

400 ft N

N

West Cove

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

700 ft N

West Cove

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

600 ft N

Flasher

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

1000 ft N

N Image © 2021 TerraMetrics

Image © 2021 TerraMetrics

Image © 2021 TerraMetrics

Flasher

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

1000 ft N

Spray

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

1000 ft N

Eel Point

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

300 ft N

Mail Point

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

1000 ft N

Lost Point

Legend Abalone Survey Segment

1000 ft N

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