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November
28, 2006
Mike
Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, Council Chair
Steve
Westly, State Controller, Chair of the State Lands Commission
Linda
Adams, Secretary for Environmental Protection
Sheila
Kuehl, State Senator, Ex Officio Member
Pedro
Nava, State Assemblymember, Ex Officio Member
1.
Welcome and council member announcements
Mike
Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, Council Chair
2.
ACTION: Consideration to
allow a voting representative for absent council members for this meeting
pursuant to Operating Procedures of the Council
3.
ACTION: Consideration and possible adoption of June
8, 2006 meeting minutes
Motion and Vote
4.
Public comment on non-agenda items* (All
public comment received prior to the meeting)
5.
Executive
Policy Officer Report
6.
Report from the council Secretary
A.
ACTION: Consideration and
possible approval of 2007
public meeting schedule
Motion and Vote
B.
Report to the council on the current status of OPC-funded projects and
level of funding
C.
ACTION: Consideration and
possible approval of revised funding
guidelines and criteria for project selection
Motion and Vote
D.
Presentation of the California
Ocean and Coastal Law Overview
E.
ACTION:
Consideration and possible adoption of the audio-video
recording of council meetings as the official minutes of the council
Motion and Vote
7.
Presentation and discussion of the themes
from the
8.
ACTION: Consideration and possible concurrence that the scientific
research projects selected by the California Sea Grant and University of
Southern California Sea Grant Programs
are consistent with council priorities contained in the Information, Research,
and Outreach Strategy and meet the grant conditions approved at the
council’s
Rebecca Pollock, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
9.
Presentation of the California
Fisheries Fund Business Plan
10.
PANEL:
Discussion of
A.
General overview of fisheries
management, including Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) and Marine Life
Management Act (MLMA)
B.
Innovative approaches to sustainable fisheries
Moderated by
i.
Innovative dedicated access approaches from abroad
ii.
The San Miguel cooperative abalone project
John
Ugoretz, Department of Fish and Game
iii.
Seafloor habitat protection and converting to sustainable fishing gears
Chuck
Cook, The Nature Conservancy
iv.
Cooperative research
opportunities
Zeke
Grader,
v.
Fisheries support infrastructure
vi.
New funding opportunities
11.
ACTION: Consideration and
possible adoption of a resolution
to support innovative fisheries management and dedicate up to $3,000,000 of
council funds for future projects
12.
ACTION: Consideration of
the San
Diego Sea Urchin Fishery project
and possible: 1) determination that it is a high priority project, and 2)
authorization for the council’s Secretary to take actions needed to provide
up to $114,120 for its implementation
Rebecca Pollock, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
13.
ACTION:
Consideration of the OPC/DFG
joint work plan outlining $8,000,000 in expenditures for implementing the
Marine Life Management Act and Marine Life Protection Act, and possible
authorization of its submittal to the Legislature as required in the Budget
Act of 2006
Sonke Mastrup, Deputy Director, Wildlife Division, Department of Fish and Game
14.
ACTION: Consideration of an
augmentation of the
California Coastal and Marine Mapping Initiative Project
to complete seafloor mapping in state waters between Bolinas and Point Arena,
through augmentation of an existing grant to the Monterey Bay Sanctuary
Foundation, and possible: 1) determination that it is a high priority project,
and 2) authorization for the Council’s Secretary to take actions needed to
provide up to $1,510,000 for its implementation
Marina Cazorla, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
15.
ACTION: Consideration of
the Central
Coast Marine Protected Areas Monitoring project
through a grant to California Sea Grant College Program and possible: 1)
determination that it is a high priority project, and 2) authorization for
Council’s Secretary to take actions needed to provide up to $2,275,000 for
its planning and implementation
Marina Cazorla, Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy
Motion and Vote
16.
ACTION: Consideration of the establishment of a Marine
Protected Area (MPA) monitoring institution
as a program within the Ocean Science Trust and possible: 1) determination
that it is a high priority, and 2) authorization for the council’s Secretary
to take actions needed to provide up to $2,000,000 for its planning and
implementation
Marina Cazorla, Project Manager,
State Coastal Conservancy
17.
Adjournment
Council members
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