Document Archives (Central Coast Study Region)

• Master Plan For Marine Protected Areas
• Regional Profile and Appendices
• Lessons Learned Project
• MPA Packages
• Central Coast Regulatory and Environmental Review Process Documents
• Central Coast Study Region: Marine Protected Area Monitoring Plan - Draft Final
  (December 6, 2006)
  The final version of this document will be incorporated into the MLPA Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas.
• Transmittal Memo: MLPA Initiative deliverables on federal-state relationships and coordination among state agencies
  (November 28, 2006)
• Final Report on Improving Coordination among State and Federal Agencies with MPA Responsibilities
  (November 8, 2006)
• Final Recommended Executive Order for the Governor of the State of California
  (November 20, 2006)
• A Policy Framework for Baseline Data Collection and Baseline Data Collection Programs Tables
  (December 1, 2006)
• Using Socioeconomic Information in the Design of Marine Protected Areas Under the Marine Life Protection Act: Critiques, Decisions and Options - A Report to the California Fish and Game Commission (December 7, 2006)
• Memo from MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force Chair Phil Isenberg regarding lessons learned through the MLPA Initiative (October 17, 2006)
  View the four lessons learned reports on the MLPA Initiative, MLPA Central Coast Project, central coast facilitation, and administration.
• Draft Report on Improving Coordination among State and Federal Agencies with MPA Responsibilities
  (August 28, 2006 Draft)
  
• Draft Recommended Executive Order for the Governor of the State of California
  (August 28, 2006 Draft)
  
• California Fish and Game Commission preferred alternative for MPAs in the Central California Coast
  (Pigeon Point to Point Conception - August 15, 2006)
• Department of Fish and Game's preferred alternative for MPAs in the Central California Coast
  (Pigeon Point to Point Conception - June 22, 2006)
• MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force Transmittal of Central Coast Project Recommendations to the California Department of Fish and Game (April 28, 2006)
• Draft Estimated Long-Term Costs to Implement the California Marine Life Protection Act
  (April 20, 2006 Draft)
• Central Coast MPA Packages, Maps and Rationales
  • Information about the central coast MPA packages being recommended by the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, per its March 2006 decision
  • Information based on February 2006 submissions
  • Information based on December 15, 2005 submissions
• The MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force accepted comments through April 14, 2006 on two documents being considered for approval at its meeting on May 25, 2006:
  • Final Draft Guide to Developing a Management Plan under the California Marine Life Protection Act
  • Final Draft Adaptive Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• MLPA funding memorandum sent to Secretary Mike Chrisman on February 15, 2006
• MLPA funding report sent to Secretary Mike Chrisman on December 21, 2005
• August 2005 Master Plan Framework adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission
  • Master Plan Framework
  • Appendices to the Master Plan Framework
• Regional Profile of the Central Coast Study Region and Appendices
  (September 19, 2005)
• Adopted Regional Goals and Objectives Package as Approved by the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force (September 28, 2005)
• Central Coast Maps for Review

  Note: Two versions of each map are available. The PDF versions are high resolution maps with large file sizes (0.4 to 2.4 MB each). The JPG images are lower resolution maps with smaller file sizes (0.2 to 0.4 MB each).

  • Map 1: Central Coast Study Region and Existing State Marine Protected Areas: PDF | JPG
  • Map 2a: Intertidal and Nearshore Habitats - North: PDF | JPG
  • Map 2b: Intertidal and Nearshore Habitats - South: PDF | JPG
  • Map 3a: Coarse-Scale Soft and Hard Bottom Habitats - North: PDF | JPG
  • Map 3b: Coarse-Scale Soft and Hard Bottom Habitats - South: PDF | JPG
  • Map 3c: Fine-Scale Soft and Hard Bottom Habitats - North: PDF | JPG
  • Map 3d: Fine-Scale Soft and Hard Bottom Habitats - South: PDF | JPG
  • Map 4: Quarterly Summaries of Oceanic Influences in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: PDF | JPG
  • Map 5a: Distribution, Density, and Diversity for Selected Species Groups - North: PDF | JPG
  • Map 5b: Distribution, Density, and Diversity for Selected Species Groups - South: PDF | JPG
  • Map 6: Coastal Watershed Impacts: PDF | JPG
  • Map 7: Areas of Water Quality Concern: PDF | JPG
  • Map 8: California Recreational Fisheries Survey: PDF | JPG
  • Map 9: Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Survey: PDF | JPG
  • Map 10a: Coastal Access and Diving Use Areas - North: PDF | JPG
  • Map 10b: Coastal Access and Diving Use Areas - South: PDF | JPG
  • Map 11: Coastal Access and Recreational Use Areas: PDF | JPG
  • Map 12: Research, Educational Institutions, and Monitoring Sites: PDF | JPG
  • Map 13: Existing Coastal and Marine Managed Areas: PDF | JPG
  • Map 14: Rock Fish Conservation Areas (2005): PDF | JPG
• Proposed Reimbursement Rate Guidelines
• Year 1 Funding Description from Resources Legacy Fund Foundation
• Proposed Interim Spending Authority
• Final report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (executive summary)
• Governor Schwarzenegger's comments on the draft report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
• Summary Report of the Pew Oceans Commission
• Final Governor's Ocean Action Strategy
• Deborah McArdle's California Marine Protected Areas Past and Present booklet with update
• National Research Council's Marine Protected Areas: Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystems (cover, foreword, preface and executive summary)
• Brock Bernstein's Lessons Learned from Recent Marine Protected Area Designations in the United States (cover, table of contents and executive summary)
• Search the CDFW Document Library for MLPA Central Coast Study Region Documents