Blue Ribbon Task Force, Draft Meeting Agenda: November 19-20, 2007

(revised November 18, 2007)

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Monday, November 19, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
8:30 a.m.

Four Points by Sheraton Hotel*
1010 Northgate Drive
San Rafael, California

* This facility is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact California Relay Service (at least two days prior to the meeting) at 800.735.2929 (TT) or 800.735.2922 (voice) and ask them to contact the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative at 916.653.5656.

Members of the public are invited to view or listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet. Please visit the MLPA website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp for more information. Public participation: The public will be invited by the chair at several points in the meeting to offer comments on agenda items. General comments on the MLPA Initiative and the work of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, not directed to specific agenda items, will be taken Monday at approximately 9:40 a.m. Speaker cards will be requested and may be found at the entrance to the room. Briefing documents and meeting presentations/handouts: Please note that task force briefing documents are listed at the bottom of the agenda as either attachments (received in advance of the meeting) or handouts (received on the day of the meeting).

Meeting Objectives

• Review, discuss and potentially adopt north central coast regional goals and objectives
• Receive, review and provide initial feedback on draft options for MPA arrays and draft MPA proposals submitted for the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region, including MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team analyses of the draft options/proposals
• Identify and potentially approve additional staffing and resource needs of the initiative in the current phase and for completing other MLPA study regions
• Identify and discuss ways in which the MLPA Initiative can assist the state with implementation of the central coast marine protected areas

Meeting Agenda: Monday, November 19

Note: the task force will break for lunch at approximately 12:00 noon

1. Welcome and Introductions: 9:30 a.m.
Susan Golding, Chair, MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force

2. Public Comment
Public comment will be taken on the task force meeting and initiative process. Public comments on specific agenda items should be made during that agenda item.

Informational Items

3. Master Plan Science Advisory Team [Handouts B, C]
Update on activities of the science advisory team
Susan Ashcraft, Marine Protected Areas Supervisor, California Department of Fish and Game

4. North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group [Handouts D, E]
Update on appointments to and activities of the regional stakeholder group
Melissa Miller-Henson, Program Manager, MLPA Initiative

5. Science Presentations [Handouts F, G]
Master Plan for MPAs Science Guidelines and Connectivity
Steve Gaines, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ocean Patterns in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region
John Largier, Bodega Marine Laboratory (University of California, Davis)

Action Items

6. MLPA North Central Coast Study Region [Handouts H-O]

1. Update on the regional profile for the north central coast study region
   Dr. Mary Gleason, Principal Planner, MLPA Initiative
2. Setting the decision-making context for the north central coast process
   Ken Wiseman, Executive Director, MLPA Initiative
3. Review and potentially adopt regional goals and objectives for the north central coast study region
4. Presentation of draft options for MPA arrays developed by work groups of the regional stakeholder group and draft MPA proposals developed external to the work group process
   Dr. Mary Gleason
5. Presentation of methods and analyses of draft options for MPA arrays developed by work groups of the regional stakeholder group and draft MPA proposals developed external to the work group process
   Dr. Mark Carr, Dr. Steve Gaines, and Dr. Astrid Scholz of the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
6. Stakeholder panel presentation and discussion of draft options for MPA arrays and draft MPA proposals

Meeting Agenda: Tuesday, November 20

Note: the task force will break for lunch at approximately 12:00 noon

6. MLPA North Central Coast Study Region (continued from Monday): 8:30 a.m.

g. California Department of Fish and Game feasibility analysis
    Susan Ashcraft
h. Discussion of ideas, suggestions and feedback on the draft options for MPA arrays
    and draft external MPA proposals

7. Planning and Resources [Handouts P-S]
Update on MLPA Initiative staffing and budget, and planning for future study regions
Ken Wiseman, Executive Director, MLPA Initiative

Informational Items

8. MLPA Statewide Interests Group [Handouts T-U]
Update on appointments to the MLPA Statewide Interests Group
Melissa Miller-Henson

9. MLPA Central Coast Study Region and Master Plan for MPAs

1. Update on implementing the central coast MPAs and ways in which the MLPA Initiative could be of further assistance
2. Update on revising the California MLPA Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas
   Susan Ashcraft

10. Adjourn

Handouts

1. Public comments received through November 15, 2007
2. Meeting summaries for the second (August 16, 2007), third (September 17, 2007), and fourth (October 1, 2007) meetings of the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
3. Membership list for the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT) and work groups of the SAT
4. Key outcomes memoranda from the third (August 22-23, 2007) and fourth (October 16-17, 2007) meetings of the MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
5. Revised membership list for the MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
6. Steve Gaines PowerPoint presentation: Master Plan for MPAs Science Guidelines and Connectivity
7. John Largier PowerPoint presentation: Ocean Patterns in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region
   Slides | Handouts
8. Ken Wiseman PowerPoint presentation: Setting the decision-making context for the north central coast process
   Slides | Handouts
9. Provisional regional goals and objectives as adopted by the MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group on October 22, 2007
10. Mary Gleason PowerPoint presentation regarding draft options for MPA arrays and draft external MPA proposals
    Slides | Handouts
11. Maps showing areas of overlap for draft options for MPA arrays and draft external MPA proposals
12. North central coast draft options for MPA arrays and draft external MPA proposals (October 2007 submissions): Each item below includes a description, summary of area and habitats, and map.
    1. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option EA (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    2. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option EB (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    3. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option JA (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    4. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option JB (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    5. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option TA (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    6. Draft Option for an MPA Array, Option TB (submitted October 17, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    7. Draft Proposal A (submitted October 3, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    8. Draft Proposal B (submitted October 3, 2007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    9. Draft Proposal C (submitted October 4, 1007)
       Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    10. Draft Proposal D (submitted October 4, 2007)
        Description | Summary of Area and Habitats | Map
    11. Proposal Zero (existing MPAs)
        Description
13. Initial Master Plan Science Advisory Team analyses
    1. Draft SAT report on the methodologies for evaluating draft options for MPA arrays and draft external proposals
    2. Mark Carr PowerPoint Presentation: Preliminary Proposal Evaluations Related to MLPA Goals 1 & 4 - North Central Coast Study Region
       Slides | Handouts
    3. Steve Gaines PowerPoint Presentation regarding the SAT evaluation related to MLPA goals 2 and 4
       Slides | Handouts
    4. Astrid Scholz PowerPoint Presentation: Preliminary Proposal Evaluations - Potential Fishery Impacts in the North Central Coast Study Region
    5. Summary of potential impacts of the October 2007 MPA proposals on commercial fisheries in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region (November 17, 2007)
    6. Parallel Approaches Work Group - Overview of Modeling Approaches (November 18, 2007)
14. California Department of Fish and Game feasibility analysis of the draft options for MPA arrays and draft external MPA proposals (executive summary, November 19, 2007)
15. California Department of Fish and Game memo regarding the use of special closures
16. MLPA Initiative November 8, 2007 memorandum of understanding report
17. Proposed 2008 MLPA Initiative calendar of meetings for the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, Master Plan Science Advisory Team, and North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
18. List of MLPA staff and roles in the MLPA Initiative
19. MLPA Initiative budget update
20. Membership list for the MLPA Statewide Interests Group
21. MLPA Initiative Strategy for Stakeholder and Interested Public Participation (August 29, 2007)
22. Meeting summaries from the first (07_03_29), second (07_06_19_PaloAlto), third (07_08_28_Sacto), fourth (07_09_12_ConfCall), and fifth (07_09_18 joint w FGC SFO) meetings of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force