This is the "criteria and rationale for recommendation" for the Coal Oil Point Reserve on the DFG website (basically the reasons they chose that area):

This section of coast includes Isla Vista Reef, a very productive subtidal reef with abalone and abundant lobster, two coastal estuaries (Devereaux and Goleta Sloughs), and several intertidal rocky reefs. The adjacent estuaries serve as nursery habitat for a number of marine fish. They are rare remnants of much more extensive estuarine systems that were once prevalent along the Southern California coastline. One of the estuaries, Devereaux Slough, is part of the University of California Natural Reserve System, a terrestrial and wetlands reserve that promotes education and research activities and serves thousands of public visitors each year.

First question: Is anywhere in that cove considered an intertidal rocky reef?

If not then the only thing the area from Coal Oil Point to Campus Point doesn't include is the Goleta Slough and the mouth of the Goleta Slough is not included in the original plan anyway.

Just an observation but it may be something we can use.

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