Gulf of the Farallones
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Labriformes - Wrasses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Labriformes - Wrasses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Gulf of the Farallones is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the northern California coast. It extends westward from the opening of the San Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands. Most of the gulf lies in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, which protects about 3,200 km2.
The gulf is home to major shipping lines to the Port of San Francisco, Port of Oakland, and Port of Richmond. The gulf has also historically been used as a dumping ground for various types of waste, including dredging sediment, industrial waste, sunk vessels, and barrels of low-level nuclear waste. Around 47,800 barrels of nuclear waste were dumped between 1946 and 1970; their location was largely unknown until mapping and monitoring efforts in the 1990s.
