California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement

WHO: Master Plan Science Advisory Team

WHAT: Ninth Meeting (see draft agenda below)

WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 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 March 21, 2008)

Thursday, April 3, 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the meeting in person or view and listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet, and may view an archived version approximately two days after the meeting.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 and potentially approve revised evaluation methods for north central coast MPA proposals.
Review, discuss and potentially approve evaluations of MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCCRSG) marine protected area (MPA) proposals
Review and discuss results of modeling NCCRSG MPA proposals
Discuss and potentially make recommendations regarding use of models for planning and evaluation purposes
Review, discuss and potentially approve responses to north central coast science questions
Identify potential science questions related to the MLPA South Coast Study Region and create work groups to begin researching such questions
Discuss and potentially add to the list of species likely to benefit from MPAs

Meeting Agenda
(note that the SAT will break for lunch at approximately 1:00 p.m.)

1. Welcome, introductions, and review of agenda
2. Updates
3. Species likely to benefit from MPAs
?? Discuss and potentially add to the list of species likely to benefit from MPAs
4. Evaluation methods for north central coast MPA proposals
?? Review and potentially approve revised evaluation methods for north central coast MPA proposals
5. Evaluations of NCCRSG MPA proposals
?? Review, discuss and potentially approve evaluations of NCCRSG MPA proposals
6. Modeling work group
?? Review and discuss results of modeling NCCRSG MPA proposals
?? Discuss and potentially make recommendations regarding use of the models for planning and evaluation purposes
7. Science questions
?? Review, discuss and potentially approve responses to north central coast science questions
?? Identify potential science questions related to the MLPA South Coast Study Region and create work groups to begin researching such questions
8. 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..