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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/channel_0819_10.jpg400300This year, 20 Reef Check Volunteers joined the Channel Islands EcoExpedition to survey several sites along California's Northern Channel Islands. Many commented on the huge difference they observed between the sites surveyed outside of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) compared to sites located in an MPA.