The Department of Fish and Game is now accepting nominations for the regional stakeholder group that will work to design marine protected areas for California's south coast.
What do stakeholders do, you ask? Here is how it worked on the North Central Coast.
June 25, 2008
Nominations are open for south coast regional stakeholder group
June 19, 2008
Fish and Game Commission proceeds with compromise plan
On June 11, 2008, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force’s proposed MPA plan as its “preferred alternative” for environmental review purposes. The Commission directed further analysis of the compromise plan as well as the three original MPA proposals developed by stakeholders.
In the coming months, members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments to the Commission on protections for the North Central Coast. You can send one now on CalOceans.org. Final adoption of the North Central Coast MPAs is expected to occur in late 2008 or early 2009.
June 9, 2008
World Ocean Day shows California's leadership - UPDATED
Sunday, June 8 was World Ocean Day. Here are a few recent editorials by some of California's ocean leaders highlighting the challenges our oceans face, and the progress we are making:
Honoring an unsung hero -- our ocean
State Senator Joe Simitian
Santa Cruz Sentinel
For ocean to thrive, balance is in order
Assemblymember Fred Keeley (ret.)
Sacramento Bee
We need to live life with ocean in mind
By Wallace J. Nichols
San Jose Mercury News
ANOTHER VIEW: More to be done for oceans
By By Pam Slater-Price - County supervisor
North County Times
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