For hundreds of years, Magdalena Bay has been home to: dolphins, sea lions, and breeding grounds for migrating Gray Whales; an incredible array of resident eagles, pelicans, herons, ibis, and a hundred more species, and is a resting stop for thousands of migratory birds on the North South flyway; abundant stocks of sardines, tuna, scallops, shrimp, lobster, grouper, abalone and halibut; and small communities of fishers and their families who live off the local resourses in coastal villages bordered by golden sand dunes, purple hills, and turquoise waters.