Event: Sustainable Fisheries Reality Tour, June 13 at the Point Arena City Hall

Saturday, June 13, Point Arena City Hall, 11 A.M. on…
Sustainable Fisheries Reality Tour!

Hosts: Recreational Fishing Alliance, Mendocino County Fish & Game Advisory Committee, Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance, local fishermen and seaweed harvesters–the people who bring you ocean food and protect the wild, clean ocean!

Eleven A.M., City Hall–Reception! Music by Sharon Garner & Billy Schieve Trio, Seafood, DVD Shows and Exhibits, Information!

Noon-3 p.m., City Hall:Town Testimony, Public Officials Speak, Press Conference!
Community and Public Officials Speak About Impacts of State Marine Life Protection Act “Marine Protected Areas” scheduled to be adopted in August by the California State Fish & Game Commission.

LEAD SPEAKERS: Craig Bell, Mendocino County Fish & Game Advisory Commissioner; Jim Martin, Recreational Fishing Alliance and Fish & Game Advisory Commissioner; Allan Jacobs, community activist; John & Barbara Stephens-Lewallen and Larry Knowles, Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance; Other community members impacted by new proposed MLPA “Marine Protected Areas”

PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO DATE: Speak at 1 p.m.
David Colfax, Fifth District Supervisor, Mendocino County
Fred Euphrat, Principal Consultant, CA Legislative Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture

Press Conference is at Two p.m.

Early Riser Special–9-10:30 A.M., Lighthouse Point Road, Stornetta Public Lands: Abalone Diving and Seaweed Harvest at Minus Tide!
–Jim Martin speaks on sustainable abalone & the MLPA
–John Lewallen talks about thirty years of sea palm trimming at the proposed new “Sea Lion Rock Marine Reserve,” a no-take zone!

Free Admission to All Events!
Contributions for Expenses Accepted

contact: John & Barbara Stephens-Lewallen, (707)895-2996,

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