Temperate Northern Pacific

The Taiwan Strait forms the boundary between the Temperate Northern Pacific and the Central Indo-Pacific.

Characteristic fauna include the Pacific salmon and trout (Oncorhynchus spp.

Kelp forests extend along the west coast of North America from Alaska to Baja California.

), which can grow up to 60 metres (200 ft) tall, forming the canopy of the kelp forest and bouyed by air bladders or pneumatocysts at the base of their leaf-like blades.

[3] Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are native to kelp forests of the Temperate Northern Pacific, ranging from the Kuril Islands to Southern California.