Diverse views, high stakes at marine protected areas meeting
A state Fish and Game oversight panel is meeting in Santa Monica to study proposals for limiting access in parts of state waters to protect marine life. KPCC’s Molly Peterson reports.
Molly Peterson
89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
07/29/2009
State law requires that California get opinions from everyone from spearfishermen to conservationists about where to set boundaries for marine protected areas. People who use the coast for work and play have made four proposals for marine protected areas from the border up to Point Concepcion. Commercial and recreational fishermen have submitted two proposals of their own.
Now a panel of marine experts is kicking the tires on those possible plans. When the panel’s done, it’ll make recommendations about which plans best serve the educational, economic, and ecological aims of the state’s Marine Life Protection Act.
