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Joint Meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission and the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, Meeting Agenda and Materials: May 25, 2006

May 25, 2006
1:00 p.m.
California Resources Agency
1416 Ninth Street, First Floor Auditorium
Sacramento, CA 95814

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Meeting Objectives

  • Receive update on the MLPA Central Coast Project and discuss joint meeting with California Fish and Game Commission to start at 1:00 p.m.
  • Receive public comment and act upon the Final Draft Guide to Developing a Management Plan under the California Marine Life Protection Act
  • Receive public comment and act upon the Final Draft Adaptive Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
  • Receive public comment and act upon suggested revisions to the MLPA Master Plan Framework adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission
  • Receive update on administrative items related to the MLPA Initiative
  • Receive public comment on items not on the agenda
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Agenda

1. Introductions and welcome: 1:00 p.m.
Michael Flores, President, California Fish and Game Commission
Phil Isenberg, Chair, MLPA Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force

2. Central coast MPA packages forwarded to the California Department of Fish and Game by the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF)

  1. Summary of the BRTF process [Briefing documents 1a through 1k]
    John J. Kirlin, Executive Director, MLPA Initiative
  2. Approach used by the Master Plan Science Advisory Team and BRTF in utilizing the best available science in the MLPA process [Briefing documents 2a through 2e]
    Dr. Richard M. Starr and Dr. Mark H. Carr, MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
    Paul Reilly, Central Coast MLPA Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game
  3. Description of the central coast MPA packages recommended by the BRTF [Briefing documents 3a through 3h]
    Dr. Mary Gleason, Principal Planner, MLPA Initiative
  4. Stakeholder panel to discuss recommended central coast MPA packages
  5. Public comment on the central coast MPA packages

3. California Department of Fish and Game process for bringing recommendations to the California Fish and Game Commission

  1. Presentation
  2. Public comments on the DFG process

Adjourn

 

Briefing Documents

  1. Summary of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force process
    1. John J. Kirlin presentation
    2. MLPA goals and full text of the California Marine Life Protection Act (as amended in July 2004)
    3. MLPA Initiative May 2006 abbreviated MOU report
    4. John J. Kirlin memo regarding MLPA process requirements (January 11, 2006)
    5. MLPA Initiative staff memo regarding the qualitative standards of the MLPA and qualitative guidelines of the MLPA Master Plan Framework (January 20, 2006)
    6. J. Clark Kelso memo regarding the relationship between the MLPA and fisheries management (January 30, 2006)
    7. DFG memo regarding existing fishing regulations and statutes related to developing packages of MPAs for the MLPA (January 24, 2006)
      Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
    8. DFG memo regarding MLPA provisions related to state marine reserves and commercial kelp harvesting (January 24, 2006)
    9. MLPA Initiative staff memo regarding socioeconomic considerations in developing alternative network components for a network of MPAs along the central coast (January 13, 2006)
    10. Letters regarding MPAs and Vandenberg Air Force Base (January 2006)
    11. MPA Package AC for the central coast, developed outside the CCRSG process
  2. Approach used by the Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT) and MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force in utilizing the best available science in the MLPA Initiative process
    1. Dr. Richard M. Starr and Dr. Mark H. Carr presentation
    2. Statutory language, SAT charter, SAT members' bios and list of SAT meetings
    3. List of science presentations to the Blue Ribbon Task Force and Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
    4. Methodology
      • Methods for evaluating goals 1 and 4 of the MLPA (related to habitat representation)
      • Methods for evaluating goals 2 and 6 of the MLPA (related to size and spacing of MPAs)
      • Methods for evaluating goal 3 of the MLPA (related to recreational, educational and study opportunities)
      • Methods for evaluating potential negative economic impacts to commercial and recreational fishing
    5. MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team analyses
      • Executive summary
      • SAT evaluation of MLPA goals 1 and 4 related to habitat representation in the BRTF recommended MPA packages for the central coast study region
      • SAT evaluation of MLPA goals 2 and 6 related to the size and spacing of MPAs in the BRTF recommended MPA packages for the central coast study region
      • MLPA Initiative staff and SAT evaluation of MLPA goal 3 related to recreational, educational and study opportunities (including a summary of replication analysis) in the BRTF recommended MPA packages for the central coast study region
      • SAT evaluation of commercial and recreational fisheries potentially affected by the BRTF recommended MPA packages for the central coast study region
    Note: A large quantity of additional information, studies and reports from the SAT are available on the MLPA Initiative website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa
  3. Central coast MPA packages recommended by the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force to the California Department of Fish and Game
    1. Dr. Mary Gleason presentation
    2. Package percentage of study region area graphs by proposed designation and assigned level of protection
    3. Analysis of habitat representation in MPA packages 0, 1, 2R and 3R
    4. Package 0 (existing MPAs)
      • North & south central coast study region maps
      • Staff summary of area and habitats
    5. Package 1 (February 9, 2006 version)
      • North & south central coast study region maps
      • Staff summary of area and habitats
      • Proponents' rationale
      • Proponents' summary matrix of individual MPAs in package
    6. Package 2R (March 15, 2006)
      • North & south central coast study region maps
      • Staff summary of area and habitats
      • Proponents' rationale
      • Summary matrix of individual MPAs in package
    7. Package 3R (March 15, 2006)
      • North & south central coast study region maps
      • Staff summary of area and habitats
      • Summary matrix of individual MPAs in package
    8. Side- by-side comparison of regional MPA packages 1, 2R and 3R with existing MPAs identified (single file for all subregion - includes subregion maps and comparison of proposed regulations)