California MLPA Initiative
North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group

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July 10-11, 2007
Best Western Lighthouse Hotel
Pacifica, CA

 

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Meeting Agenda

Meeting Objectives

  1. Introduce newly-appointed NCCRSG and SAT sub-team members
  2. Continue review of draft regional profile; initiate joint fact finding
  3. Using adopted central coast study region goals/objectives as a staring point, discuss, develop, and adopt north central coast regional goals and objectives
  4. Present informational briefings on topics of ecosystems, invertebrate harvest and mariculture, seabirds and marine mammals, and commercial fisheries in the study region
  5. Present guidelines for developing MPA proposals
  6. Present status of other information gathering efforts
  7. Outline preparations for third NCCRSG meeting

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

8:30 a.m.: Review agenda for Day 2 and questions from Day 1

8:45 a.m.: Complete review and adoption of north central coast regional goals and objectives

9:00 a.m.: Present guidelines for developing MPA proposals, and discuss (Attachments 5-6)

10:30 a.m.: Break

10:45 a.m.: Present and discuss preliminary evaluation of existing north central coast MPAs (Handout D)

11:15 a.m.: Present summary of adopted central coast MPAs (Attachment 7)

11:45 a.m.: Present policy guidance (Attachment 8)

12:15 p.m.: Lunch (provided on site for regional stakeholder group members)

1:00 p.m.: Public comment

1:15 p.m.: Presentation on specific features of north central coast study region, and discussion

1:45 p.m.: Provide regional overview of data layers (Attachment 9)

2:45 p.m.: Provide updates on other information gathering efforts: commercial fishing, recreational consumptive, recreational non-consumptive (Handout E)

3:15 p.m.: Next steps and preparations for next NCCRSG meeting

3:30 p.m.: Adjourn

List of Attachments (links lead to Adobe PDF versions)

  1. Definition of “network”
  2. Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (MMAIA)
  3. How is your MPA doing?
  4. MLPA staff analysis of regional goals and objectives
  5. Guidelines for developing marine protected area proposals
  6. Marine Managed Areas: Best Practices for Boundary Making
  7. Summary of adopted central coast MPAs
  8. Memo regarding central coast process policy guidance
  9. Users guide to Internet map service (IMS)

List of Handouts (links lead to Adobe PDF versions)

  1. Updated NCCRSG contact information
  2. Roster of MLPA SAT members
  3. Summary of concurrent planning efforts
  4. Preliminary evaluation of existing state marine protected areas in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region
  5. Description of commercial fishing socioeconomic data collection