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{{short description|Geographical landmark, California, U.S.}}
[[File:A Santa Catalina Jewish, or Black Sea-Bass.jpg|thumb|"A Santa Catalina Jewfish, or Black Sea-Bass" (''Santa Catalina, an isle of summer'', 1895)]]
[[File:A Santa Catalina Jewish, or Black Sea-Bass.jpg|thumb|"A Santa Catalina Jewfish, or Black Sea-Bass" (''Santa Catalina, an isle of summer'', 1895)]]
[[File:Catalina June 25, 1897.jpg|thumb|News items from Catalina in the ''Los Angeles Evening Express'' of June 25, 1897]]
[[File:Catalina June 25, 1897.jpg|thumb|News items from Catalina in the ''Los Angeles Evening Express'' of June 25, 1897]]
[[File:Jewfish Point and Binnacle rock and Avalon Quadrangle for Santa Catalina East, CA 1943.jpg|thumb|Jewfish Point is on the southeastern end of Catalina (1943 USGS topographical map) ]]
[[File:Jewfish Point and Binnacle rock and Avalon Quadrangle for Santa Catalina East, CA 1943.jpg|thumb|Jewfish Point is on the southeastern end of Catalina (1943 USGS topographical map) ]]
'''Jewfish Point''' is a [[Cape (geography)|cape]] in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]].<ref>{{GNIS|244062}}</ref> It is located on the Southeast coast of [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Santa Catalina Island]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Catalina Island Bike Map |url=https://www.catalinaconservancy.org/userfiles/files/maps/Bike%20map%203d.pdf |publisher=Catalina Island Conservancy}}</ref> The cape was named for a type of [[grouper]], formerly known as "jew fish", that is prized for its taste.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|last=Monmonier|first=Mark|title=From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DyZWTwkfF0C&pg=PA42|date=15 September 2008|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-53464-0|page=42}}</ref> The fish has been renamed as potentially offensive but the old name persists in several toponyms.<ref name=":1" />
'''Jewfish Point''' is a [[headland]] at the far southern end of [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Santa Catalina Island]] in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]].<ref>{{GNIS|244062}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Catalina Island Bike Map |url=https://www.catalinaconservancy.org/userfiles/files/maps/Bike%20map%203d.pdf |publisher=Catalina Island Conservancy}}</ref> The point was named for a type of [[grouper]], formerly known as the ''jewfish'', that is prized for its taste.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|last=Monmonier|first=Mark|title=From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DyZWTwkfF0C&pg=PA42|date=15 September 2008|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-53464-0|page=42}}</ref> The fish has been renamed due to the old name's offensive nature but the old name persists in several [[toponym]]s.<ref name=":1" />


The waters around the point were believed to yield "record-breaking black sea bass" for fishermen.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1963-10-17 |title=Hunting and Fishing by Jean Scott |pages=13 |work=Chula Vista Star-News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chula-vista-star-news-hunting-and-fishin/134623453/ |access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref> This slow-growing fish now commonly called ''giant sea bass (''binomial name ''[[Stereolepis gigas]])'' is listed as a [[Critically Endangered|critically endangered species]] on the [[IUCN Red List]]''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas |url=https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=34433 |website=California Department of Fish and Game}}</ref>
The waters around the point were believed to yield "record-breaking black sea bass" for fishermen.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1963-10-17 |title=Hunting and Fishing by Jean Scott |pages=13 |work=Chula Vista Star-News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chula-vista-star-news-hunting-and-fishin/134623453/ |access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref> This slow-growing fish now commonly called ''giant sea bass (''binomial name ''[[Stereolepis gigas]])'' is listed as a [[Critically Endangered|critically endangered species]] on the [[IUCN Red List]]''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas |url=https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=34433 |website=California Department of Fish and Game}}</ref>
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The point is used as a landmark for defining marine areas near the island, such as a commercial fishing restriction in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1963-09-27 |title=Mosk settles commercial fishing zone |pages=37 |work=Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-mosk-settles-commercial-fish/134623058/ |access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref> It is currently one of the boundaries of the Binnacle Rock to Jewfish Point Area of Special Biological Significance, defined as the {{Convert|2.7|mi}} of coastline between the two points, and extending out to 300-foot [[isobath]] or one [[nautical mile]] (whichever is greater).<ref name=":0" /> This [[marine protected area]] was established off Catalina in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=California marine waters areas of special biological significance reconnaissance survey report |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-qh105-c2-c37-1979-no-79-9/html/CZIC-qh105-c2-c37-1979-no-79-9.htm |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Marine protected areas of California |publisher=University of California |year=1997 |isbn=1-888-691-03-4 |editor-last=McArdle |editor-first=Deborah |series=Sea Grant College No. T-039 ISBN |pages=200–201 |language=en-us}}</ref> Per the California State Water Resources Control Board, the designation that a place is an area of special biological significance (ASBS) means that it supports "an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often...unique individual species".<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Water Resources Control Board |url=https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/asbs_map.shtml |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.waterboards.ca.gov}}</ref>
The point is used as a landmark for defining marine areas near the island, such as a commercial fishing restriction in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1963-09-27 |title=Mosk settles commercial fishing zone |pages=37 |work=Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-mosk-settles-commercial-fish/134623058/ |access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref> It is currently one of the boundaries of the Binnacle Rock to Jewfish Point Area of Special Biological Significance, defined as the {{Convert|2.7|mi}} of coastline between the two points, and extending out to 300-foot [[isobath]] or one [[nautical mile]] (whichever is greater).<ref name=":0" /> This [[marine protected area]] was established off Catalina in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=California marine waters areas of special biological significance reconnaissance survey report |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-qh105-c2-c37-1979-no-79-9/html/CZIC-qh105-c2-c37-1979-no-79-9.htm |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Marine protected areas of California |publisher=University of California |year=1997 |isbn=1-888-691-03-4 |editor-last=McArdle |editor-first=Deborah |series=Sea Grant College No. T-039 ISBN |pages=200–201 |language=en-us}}</ref> Per the California State Water Resources Control Board, the designation that a place is an area of special biological significance (ASBS) means that it supports "an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often...unique individual species".<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Water Resources Control Board |url=https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/asbs_map.shtml |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.waterboards.ca.gov}}</ref>


Jewfish Point is a popular destination for [[Underwater diving|underwater divers]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maxwell |first=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66Z2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT85&dq=%22Jewfish+Point%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiquPPUoKuCAxXWMUQIHUQRAdIQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Jewfish%20Point%22&f=false |title=Catalina A to Z: A Glossary Guide to California's Island Jewel |last2=Rhein |first2=Bob |last3=Roberts |first3=Jerry |date=2014-06-24 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-61423-978-9 |language=en}}</ref> On land, the site may be reached by what a 1923 botanical survey described as "may be reached through difficult and uncomfortable scrambling about among the rock debris along the shore".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Flora of Santa Catalina Island (California) / by Charles Frederick Millspaugh and Lawrence William Nuttall v.5 Field Museum Publication 212. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t9x06g270?urlappend=%3Bseq=28 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}</ref> Plants observed at Jewfish Point at that time included [[Nicotiana glauca|''Nicotiana glauca'']], [[Malosma|laurel sumac]], [[Rhus integrifolia|lemonadeberry]], [[Castilleja foliolosa|woolly Indian paintbrush]], [[Salvia mellifera|California black sage]] (then classified as ''Ramona stachyoides''), [[Eriogonum giganteum|''Eriogonum giganteum'']], and [[Heteromeles|toyon]].<ref name=":2" /> An 1950s oceanographic survey reported sandy mud at 48 fathoms, along with many [[Ophiurida|brittle stars]], [[Ostracod|seed shrimp]], [[tubicolous anemones]], many shells of [[Laqueus californicus|''Laqueus californicus'']], and a number of other types of sea creatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quantitative survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, Southern California |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822011479532?urlappend=%3Bseq=271 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=HathiTrust |pages=141, 454 |language=en}}</ref>
Jewfish Point is a popular destination for [[Underwater diving|underwater divers]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66Z2CQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jewfish+Point%22&pg=PT85 |title=Catalina A to Z: A Glossary Guide to California's Island Jewel |last2=Rhein |first2=Bob |last3=Roberts |first3=Jerry |date=2014-06-24 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-61423-978-9 |language=en}}</ref> The land route to the site is what a 1923 botanical survey described as "difficult and uncomfortable scrambling about among the rock debris along the shore".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Flora of Santa Catalina Island (California) / by Charles Frederick Millspaugh and Lawrence William Nuttall v.5 Field Museum Publication 212. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t9x06g270?urlappend=%3Bseq=28 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=HathiTrust | hdl=2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t9x06g270?urlappend=%3Bseq=28 |language=en}}</ref> Plants observed at Jewfish Point at that time included ''[[Nicotiana glauca]]'', [[Malosma|laurel sumac]], [[Rhus integrifolia|lemonadeberry]], [[Castilleja foliolosa|woolly Indian paintbrush]], [[Salvia mellifera|California black sage]] (then classified as ''Ramona stachyoides''), ''[[Eriogonum giganteum]]'', and [[Heteromeles|toyon]].<ref name=":2" />
A 1950s [[Oceanography|oceanographic]] survey reported sandy mud at 48 fathoms, along with many [[Ophiurida|brittle stars]], [[Ostracod|seed shrimp]], [[tubicolous anemones]], many shells of ''[[Laqueus californicus]]'', and a number of other types of sea creatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quantitative survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, Southern California |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822011479532?urlappend=%3Bseq=271 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=HathiTrust |pages=141, 454 | hdl=2027/uc1.31822011479532?urlappend=%3Bseq=271 |language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Peninsulas of California]]
* [[Peninsulas of California]]
* [[Cat Harbor State Marine Conservation Area]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Headlands of California]]
[[Category:Landforms of Los Angeles County, California]]
[[Category:Landforms of Los Angeles County, California]]
[[Category:Santa Catalina Island (California)]]

[[Category:Underwater diving sites in the United States]]

[[Category:Natural history of the Channel Islands of California]]
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 19 October 2024

"A Santa Catalina Jewfish, or Black Sea-Bass" (Santa Catalina, an isle of summer, 1895)
News items from Catalina in the Los Angeles Evening Express of June 25, 1897
Jewfish Point is on the southeastern end of Catalina (1943 USGS topographical map)

Jewfish Point is a headland at the far southern end of Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2] The point was named for a type of grouper, formerly known as the jewfish, that is prized for its taste.[3] The fish has been renamed due to the old name's offensive nature but the old name persists in several toponyms.[3]

The waters around the point were believed to yield "record-breaking black sea bass" for fishermen.[4] This slow-growing fish now commonly called giant sea bass (binomial name Stereolepis gigas) is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[5]

The point is used as a landmark for defining marine areas near the island, such as a commercial fishing restriction in the 1960s.[6] It is currently one of the boundaries of the Binnacle Rock to Jewfish Point Area of Special Biological Significance, defined as the 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of coastline between the two points, and extending out to 300-foot isobath or one nautical mile (whichever is greater).[7] This marine protected area was established off Catalina in 1974.[8][7] Per the California State Water Resources Control Board, the designation that a place is an area of special biological significance (ASBS) means that it supports "an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often...unique individual species".[9]

Jewfish Point is a popular destination for underwater divers.[10] The land route to the site is what a 1923 botanical survey described as "difficult and uncomfortable scrambling about among the rock debris along the shore".[11] Plants observed at Jewfish Point at that time included Nicotiana glauca, laurel sumac, lemonadeberry, woolly Indian paintbrush, California black sage (then classified as Ramona stachyoides), Eriogonum giganteum, and toyon.[11]

A 1950s oceanographic survey reported sandy mud at 48 fathoms, along with many brittle stars, seed shrimp, tubicolous anemones, many shells of Laqueus californicus, and a number of other types of sea creatures.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jewfish Point
  2. ^ "Catalina Island Bike Map" (PDF). Catalina Island Conservancy.
  3. ^ a b Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  4. ^ "Hunting and Fishing by Jean Scott". Chula Vista Star-News. 1963-10-17. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  5. ^ "Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas". California Department of Fish and Game.
  6. ^ "Mosk settles commercial fishing zone". Independent. 1963-09-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  7. ^ a b McArdle, Deborah, ed. (1997). Marine protected areas of California. Sea Grant College No. T-039 ISBN. University of California. pp. 200–201. ISBN 1-888-691-03-4.
  8. ^ "California marine waters areas of special biological significance reconnaissance survey report". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  9. ^ "State Water Resources Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  10. ^ Maxwell, Patricia; Rhein, Bob; Roberts, Jerry (2014-06-24). Catalina A to Z: A Glossary Guide to California's Island Jewel. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61423-978-9.
  11. ^ a b "Flora of Santa Catalina Island (California) / by Charles Frederick Millspaugh and Lawrence William Nuttall v.5 Field Museum Publication 212". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t9x06g270. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  12. ^ "Quantitative survey of the benthos of San Pedro Basin, Southern California". HathiTrust. pp. 141, 454. hdl:2027/uc1.31822011479532. Retrieved 2023-11-04.

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