North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group, Proposed Agenda:
February 21, 2008
(prepared February 11, 2008)
February 21, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Four Points by Sheraton*
1010 Northgate Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
* 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
916.654.1885.
Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting in person
or view and listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the
Internet; an archived version will be available approximately two days
after the meeting. Please visit the MLPA website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp
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Meeting Objectives
- Receive and discuss MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT)
evaluations, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
feasibility analysis, staff evaluations, and MLPA Blue Ribbon Task
Force (BRTF) guidance regarding draft marine protected area
proposals
- Receive presentation from special closures work group on
disturbance issues; discuss options and guidance for incorporation
- Receive presentation regarding key themes and ideas from public
workshops
- Discuss prospects for convergence across draft marine protected
area (MPA) proposals and options to develop final round of MPA
proposals
- Plan next steps to revise draft MPA proposals at March 4, 2008
North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCCRSG) work
session and March 18-19, 2008 NCCRSG meeting
Meeting Agenda
Note: The regional stakeholder group will break for lunch at
approximately 11:45 a.m. and public comment will be taken immediately
after lunch at approximately 12:30 p.m.
1. Provide status reports from recent MLPA Master
Plan Science Advisory Team and Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings
2. Present findings of MLPA Master Plan Science
Advisory Team, MLPA staff, and California Department of Fish and Game
evaluations of draft marine protected area proposals
3. Receive other informational presentations
4. Discuss prospects for convergence of marine
protected area proposals
5. Recap and plan next steps to prepare for the
March 4, 2008 work session and March 18-19, 2008 meeting of the MLPA
North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
Attachments
- MPA
Proposal 0 (existing MPAs): Staff summary of proposal
areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and proposal
description generated by staff
- Draft
MPA Proposal 1 (EC): Staff summary of draft proposal
areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and proposal
description generated by NCCRSG work groups
- Draft
MPA Proposal 2 (JD): Staff summary of draft proposal
areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and proposal
description generated by NCCRSG work groups
- Draft
MPA Proposal 3 (TC): Staff summary of a draft proposal
areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and proposal
description generated by NCCRSG work groups
- Draft
MPA Proposal 4 (JC): Staff summary of draft proposal
areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and proposal
description generated by NCCRSG work groups
- Draft
External MPA Proposal A (XA): Staff summary of a draft
proposal areas, habitats and MPAs, habitat calculations, and
proposal description generated by proponent
- Area
charts showing percentage of study region by proposed designation
and SAT-assigned levels of protection for Proposal 0 (existing
MPAs), draft proposals 1-4, and Draft External MPA Proposal A
- Map
showing areas of overlap among draft MPA proposals 1-4 and Draft
External MPA Proposal A
- Side-by-side
comparison of geographies and proposed regulations for Proposal 0
(existing MPAs), draft MPA proposals 1-4, and Draft External MPA
Proposal A.
- Subregion 1: Alder Creek to Horseshoe Point
- Subregion 2: Horseshoe Point to Bodega Head
- Subregion 3: Bodega Head to Double Point
- Subregion 4: Double Point to Point San Pedro
- Subregion 5: Point San Pedro to Pigeon Point
- Subregion 6: Farallon Islands
- Complete
responses to science questions from the November 28, 2007, and
December 11-12, 2007 MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder
Group meetings
- Methods
Used to Evaluate Draft MPA Proposals in the North Central Coast
Study Region (February 1, 2008 revised draft)
- MLPA
goals 1 & 4 analysis: Draft MPA Proposal Evaluations North
Central Coast Study Region (January 23, 2008)
- MLPA
goals 2 & 6 analysis: North Central Coast Size and Spacing
Evaluations (revised January 25, 2007)
- Draft
Evaluation of Potential Benefits to Seabirds from Proposed Marine
Protected Areas in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region
(Gerard J. McChesney, MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team,
January 2008)
- Draft
Evaluation of Potential Benefits to Marine Mammals from Proposed
Marine Protected Areas in the MLPA North Central Coast Study
Region (Sarah Allen, MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory
Team, January 2008)
- Summary
of potential impacts of the December 2007 MPA proposals on
commercial and recreational fisheries in the North Central Coast
Study Region (Ecotrust, January 22, 2008)
- Evaluation
of the Potential Impacts Draft Marine Protected Area Proposals May
Pose for Abalone Management and Abalone Recreational Fishery, MLPA
North Central Coast Study Region (Revised February 15,
2008)
- MLPA
Initiative Staff evaluation of MLPA Goal 3
- Spatially
Explicit Models to Support Evaluation and Revision of Draft Marine
Protected Area Proposals (Digestible Modeling Work
Group, MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team, February 13, 2008)
- California
Department of Fish and Game memo regarding an update of the
feasibility criteria for use in analyzing siting alternatives
- North Central Coast Study Region Feasibility Evaluation of Draft
MPA Proposals (California Department of Fish and Game, February
11, 2008)
- California
Department of Fish and Game memo regarding private land ownership
and marine protected areas
- California
Marine Life Protection Act Initiative North Central Coast Regional
Planning Timeline (revised February 6, 2008)
- PowerPoint presentation: Water Quality Along the North Central
Coast (Dominic Gregorio, California State Water Resources Control
Board, December 2007)
Slides | Handouts
- Areas
of Special Biological Significance (ASBSs) within the Marine Life
Protection Act North Central Coast Study Region, reasons for
designation and unique features (State Water Resources
Control Board, January 28, 2008)
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