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Organizers lay out public process for North Coast’s marine life protection areas

Posted by: Maven on September 30, 2009 at 12:43 pm

From the Eureka Times-Standard:

“In what was billed as an educational workshop Tuesday, staff from the Marine Life Protection Area Initiative — designed to provide varying degrees of protection for offshore habitats and species — laid out the timeline and process for public involvement, but some remained skeptical that the North Coast would have its say.

A Red Lion Hotel conference room was standing room only at the beginning of the three-hour session in Eureka while simultaneous sessions were ongoing and connected in Fort Bragg and Crescent City. Others took part via an Internet-based “webinar” while a constant open conference call was available for participants via telephone.

The MLPA is designed to protect a range of California coastal habitats and the species that live in them and determine varying degrees of protection from no fishing to sport fishing only to limited sport and commercial fishing. …”

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September 30, 2009 · Filed Under Oceans & Beaches

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