California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement

WHO: Master Plan Science Advisory Team

WHAT: Eighth meeting (see draft agenda below)

WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Best Western Lighthouse Hotel
105 Rockaway Beach Avenue
Pacifica, CA 94044
and via simultaneous webcast on the day of the meeting at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp

California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative

Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT)

Draft Meeting Agenda
(revised January 11, 2008)
Wednesday January 23, 2008
9:30 a.m.

Best Western Lighthouse Hotel *
105 Rockaway Beach Avenue
Pacifica, CA 94044

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the meeting in person or view and listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet, and may view an archived version approximately two days after the meeting. Please visit the MLPA website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp for more information.

Public participation: The public will be invited by the co-chairs to offer comments on agenda action items. General comments on the work of the MLPA SAT, not directed to specific agenda items, will be taken after lunch at approximately 1:00 p.m. Note that the general comment period is for public comment specific to the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team; comments related to the regional stakeholder group, task force or other MLPA Initiative activities should be directed to those bodies or MLPA staff.

Meeting Objectives

Review revisions to and potentially approve evaluation methods for MPA proposals
Review, discuss, and potentially approve evaluations of draft MPA proposals
Receive report from modeling work group and potentially approve parallel approach(es) for use in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region and/or future study regions
Review, discuss, and potentially approve responses to science questions

Meeting Agenda
(note that the SAT will break for lunch at approximately 12:15 p.m.)

1. Welcome, introductions, and review of agenda
2. Updates
3. Evaluation methods for north central coast draft MPA proposals
4. Evaluations of draft MPA proposals
5. Modeling work group
6. Science questions
7. Adjourn

* 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 916.653.5656.