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Steven Maviglio: Conservative newspaper backs Marine Life Protection Act

Posted by: Maven on November 19, 2009 at 8:06 am

From Steven Maviglio at IndyBay.org:

“One of California’s most conservative newspapers, the San Diego Union-Tribune, today editorialized in favor of the Marine Life Protection Act’s Blue Ribbon Task Force recommendation to the California Fish and Game Commission to protect a large swatch of ocean in southern California.

“There is no doubt that there will some short-term economic pain for fishing businesses in the county and elsewhere, but the panel’s well-reasoned compromise will be good for everyone in the long run if it allows our coastal bounty to grow and thrive,” notes the newspaper in an editorial today. “The state Fish and Game Commission, which will consider the recommendations next month, should give them great weight.”

The newspaper’s endorsement is somewhat of a surprise; most of the publication’s editorial coverage had been slanted toward arguments of the fishing indusry. Supported by foreign fishing interests, the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans http://www.somethingsfishyaboutpso.com made wild and erroneous predictions about possible socio-economic impacts of protecting small amounts of ocean to encourage sustainable fisheries that was reported in the paper.

However, that even this right-leaning newspaper supports the MLPA is another sign of strong support for ocean protection from a broad variety of backers. The original legislation, signed by Gov. Gray Davis, had broad bipartisan support, and the Schwarzenegger Administration is backing its implementation. … “

November 19, 2009 · Filed Under Oceans & Beaches

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