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Historical Closure and Environmental Information

View the closure status of the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area and the seasonal (March-August) or annual (January-December) prevailing oceanic environmental conditions from the years 2003 to the present.

Closure History

Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area Closures - 2025 Season

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*Closure status provided by NOAA Fisheries West Coast Regional Office

Environmental Conditions

El Niño Conditions and Coastal Water Temperatures - 2025 Season

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Month	El Niño Status	El Niño Forecast	SST (°C)	Anomaly (°C)

TOTAL Bycatch Avoidance Tool

TOTAL Time Series – 2025

January – December 2025

Temperature Observations To Avoid Loggerhead (TOTAL) values for the Loggerhead Conservation Area.
An alert is indicated when indicator values (the time series) exceed a threshold of 0.77 (red horizontal line).

Monthly Sea Surface Maps

Sea Surface Temperature 2025

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Monthly mean sea surface temperature off Southern California. The Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area is located within the black lines and the coast. Use arrows to view the last six months of measurements.

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly 2025

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Monthly mean surface temperature anomaly (deviation from the average temperature) off Southern California. The loggerhead conservation area is located within the black lines and the coast. Use arrows to view the last six months of measurements.

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