The San Pedro Bay is a unique area along the California Coast, thanks in part to one of the largest port complexes in the world, the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles. Every five years the two ports complete a biodiversity study of the San Pedro Bay to gauge the health of the harbor.
The study looks at the harbor as a whole to judge its wellbeing, from the tiniest creatures and plants on the bottom of the sea floor to the marine mammals and birds on the surface of the water and in the...