The process to protect ocean wildlife in California's south coast is officially underway. Earlier this week at the inaugural Blue Ribbon Task Force meeting, the new Science Advisory Team was announced.
According to Fish & Game, "Members of the SAT are charged with assisting DFG and the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force by reviewing and commenting on science relevant to implementing the MLPA, reviewing alternative MPA proposals and addressing scientific questions raised by the task force or the regional stakeholder group."
Here is our team of science experts for the south coast:
- Dr. Larry Allen, California State University, Northridge
- Dr. Richard Ambrose, UCLA, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
- Dr. Eric Bjorkstedt, Humboldt State University/NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Dr. Mark Carr, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Dr. Susan Chivers, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Dr. Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Dr. Paul Dayton, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
- Dr. Steve Gaines, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Mr. Dominic Gregorio, State Water Resources Control Board
- Dr. Ray Hilborn, University of Washington
- Dr. John Largier, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis
- Dr. Steven Morgan, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis
- Dr. Steven Murray, California State University, Fullerton
- Dr. Daniel Pondella, Occidental College
- Dr. Peter Raimondi, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Mr. Dan Robinette, Point Reyes Bird Observatory/Vandenberg Field Station
- Dr. Astrid Scholz, Ecotrust
- Dr. Stephen Stohs, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
- Mr. Stephen Wertz, California Department of Fish and Game
For more info: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news08/08086.html
