Point Bennett

Point Bennett at San Miguel Island, westernmost point of the Channel Islands.  It's hard to believe that it was this flat out there; it is very exposed and often stormy, usually rough and seldom diveable.  These factors may explain the survival of a population of red urchins there, among the reefs just offshore.  Their offspring could repopulate the rest of the Channel Islands. The California Department of Fish & Game is considering opening the area to limited abalone harvesting.  We'll see what 2007 brings!