It prohibits take of all living marine resources except recreational take of finfish by hook-and-line from shore and the Grand Avenue bridge.
The MLPAI is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of protected areas along California's coastline.
Their job was to design a network of protected areas that would preserve sensitive sea life and habitats while enhancing recreation, study and education opportunities.
This area consists of waters below the mean high tide line within the San Dieguito Lagoon Ecological Reserve.
Similar studies in marine protected areas located off of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands have already detected gradual improvements in fish size and number.