Notes: This map was presented to the South Coast Region Stakeholders Group at the March 4th meeting in Long Beach. It was presented by the SCRSG work group 'Topaz' as a first draft proposal. This map designates SMRs at Point Conception, Goleta, Point Mugu, Malibu, Farnsworth Bank, Del Mar, and La Jolla. Also included are large SMCAs at Point Mugu, Malibu, Palos Verdes, Laguna Beach, South San Diego Bay, and Imperial Beach. The leeward side of Catalina has two SMCAs designated. In total there are 58 MPAs including 25 SMRs and 25 SMCAs. This map includes military closures.
This map will be analyzed by the Science Advisory Team, California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and MLPA Initiative staff. Feedback will be provided to the MLPA Initiative for consideration in the next round of SCRSG draft proposals.
What others have said about this map:
March 31, 2009, 12:54 PM
Chris Badinelli from Huntington Beach, CA writes:
It is criminal that any group would attempt to close any recreational fishing. It is evident that the decrease to the local fish population comes from the presents of commercial fishing practices. These areas should be closed to all commercial fishing and a decrease of limits to recreational fishing would show a dramatic effect to the fish population of local waters. Special interest and a small minority are pushing for these changes against the rights of the people if this state.
The 1999 Fisheries Act allocated a projected annual cost of 250k and once again the California tax payers have been bamboozled with an increase in this project to a staggering 35 mil estimated annual cost. At a time when 26,500 public school teachers in California and an additional 15,000 bus drivers, janitors, secretaries and administrators will have been handed pink slips it is evident that the States politicians have their priorities wrong.
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