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Dan Bacher: MLPA stakeholders draft resolution to address disregard for tribal rights

Posted by: Maven on March 1, 2010 at 8:02 am

From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org, this commentary:

“During a conference call/webinar on February 25, members of the North Coast Regional Stakeholders Group for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative agreed upon the proposed text for a recommendation to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on the topic of tribal uses of the ocean.

This is powerful, long needed language that addresses the disregard that MLPA officials and the state of California have demonstrated towards the traditional seaweed harvesting, fishing and ceremonial rights of California Indian Tribes since the process began in 2002 under the Davis administration. The initiative, after being put on hold because of lack of funding, was reinitiated with private funding by the Resource Legacy Fund Foundation under the Schwarzenegger administration in 2004.

That resolution states “That the MLPA Initiative shall appropriately acknowledge that California tribes and tribal communities have aboriginal rights to take marine resources and to use and manage coastal areas for traditional subsistence, cultural, religious, ceremonial, and other customary purposes.” … “

Read more of Dan Bacher’s commentary at IndyBay.org by clicking here.

March 1, 2010 · Filed Under Northern California, Oceans & Beaches

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