California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative

Information about this MPA workshop is being forwarded as a courtesy.

Who: MPA Monitoring Enterprise and California Department of Fish and Game

What: Invited Participants' North Central Coast MPA Monitoring Planning Workshop 2 (open to public observation and comment; see below)

When: The workshop will be held March 11-12, 2009 (the workshop agenda and list of invited participants will be available at http://www.calost.org/monitoring_ent.html by March 4, 2009)

Where: Best Western Lighthouse Hotel, 105 Rockaway Beach Ave., Pacifica, CA 04044

As part of the ongoing development of a draft North Central Coast MPA Monitoring Plan, the Marine Protected Areas Monitoring Enterprise and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) are convening a workshop on March 11-12, 2009 in Pacifica. This is a follow-up to an initial workshop held in Pacifica on October 22-23, 2008.

At the workshop, invited scientists, stakeholders, and resource managers will discuss a suite of recommended attributes and indicators for monitoring MPAs in the north central coast region. This will inform development of a draft plan for baseline and long-term monitoring for the north central coast region MPA network component. This draft plan is expected to be released for scientific and public review in late spring of 2009.

The focus of the workshop is on invited scientists, stakeholders, and resource managers. Members of the public are also welcome to observe the workshop. Public comment periods will be provided (see agenda, available at http://www.calost.org/monitoring_ent.html by March 4, 2009).

The workshop will be held at the following place and times:

March 11: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
March 12: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location: Best Western Lighthouse Hotel

105 Rockaway Beach Ave Pacifica, CA 04044