Science Advisory Team (North Central Coast Study Region)

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The MLPA declares the need to reexamine and redesign California's MPAs to increase their coherence and effectiveness at protecting the state's marine life, habitat, and ecosystems. To help achieve this goal, the MLPA Initiative was created with an initial pilot project along the central coast of California. The second phase of the MLPA Initiative is focused on the north central coast, from Alder Creek in Mendocino County to Pigeon Point in San Mateo County.

A science advisory team has been appointed to help advise the MLPA Initiative process.

• Sarah Allen, Point Reyes National Seashore
• Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
• Mark Carr, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Chris Costello, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Steven Gaines, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dominic Gregorio, Ocean Standards Unit, State Water Resources Control Board
• Caroline Hermans, Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
• Ray Hilborn, University of Washington
• John Largier, Bodega Marine Lab, University of California, Davis
• Gerry McChesney, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Steve Morgan, Bodega Marine Lab, University of California, Davis
• Karina Nielsen, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University
• Pete Raimondi, Long Marine Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Astrid Scholz, Ecotrust
• John Ugoretz, Marine Region, California Department of Fish and Game
• Carl Walters, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia

Nominations received for the MLPA Science Advisory Team
(updated April 20, 2007)

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