{"id":1366,"date":"2026-03-04T16:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:53:41","slug":"migration-and-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/migration-and-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration and Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Photo: NOAA\/GFNMS\/CBNMS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary<\/strong> is one of 18 federally designated underwater areas protected by <strong>NOAA\u2019s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries<\/strong> and represents a remarkable offshore ecosystem shaped by migration, ocean currents, and seafloor geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located about 42 miles north of San Francisco and spanning 1,286 square miles, the sanctuary centers around Cordell Bank \u2014 a dramatic rocky undersea feature that rises from the continental shelf toward the ocean surface, creating ideal conditions for marine life. Seasonal upwelling and the southward flow of the California Current fuel nutrient-rich waters that attract migrating whales, seabirds, fishes, and invertebrates, making the sanctuary a dynamic crossroads of ocean movement and biodiversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These migrations \u2014 from feeding marine mammals to traveling seabirds and the countless creatures that depend on this productivity \u2014 define the sanctuary\u2019s ecological importance and underscore why protecting this living seascape is critical. Learn more about the sanctuary\u2019s oceanography, habitats, and wildlife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cordellbank.noaa.gov\/about\/\" style=\"background-color:#056690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: NOAA\/GFNMS\/CBNMS \u00a0Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary is one of 18 federally designated underwater areas protected by NOAA\u2019s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and represents a remarkable offshore ecosystem shaped by migration, ocean currents, and seafloor geography. Located about 42 miles north of San Francisco and spanning 1,286 square miles, the sanctuary centers around Cordell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/migration-and-creatures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Migration and Creatures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-habitat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cordellfoundation.org\/resourcecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}