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Guys, this is about the MLPA, a state law that requires establishment of a network of marine reserves. It isn't about fisheries regulations. If you go down that road, you won't be effective except for adding to our overall numbers (itself important).
There are a few options to engage this thing, which I'm going to lay out very briefly and in no particular order.
1. The court ruling is clear. The Blue Ribbon Task Force and Science Advisory Team are state agencies. They didn't follow state rules. South Coast MLPA work must be suspended until these serious issues are resolved.
2. We support RSG Proposal 2, the true cross-interest plan created by anglers, harbor communities, yada, yada, yada.
3. Limit comments to the IPA (Integrated Preferred Alternative), which the Commission is considering. There are significant issues in play, including whether to expand the proposed South La Jolla reserve and reconfigure the second one that would cap us off at Scripps Pier. We have to watch these closely.
All of these speak to the issues. I don't want to go into too much more detail in the open, but I'm happy to explain how we got here and what's at stake.
This is complicated stuff. That's a deliberate strategy of the other side, to discourage public participation. Like our staunch allies the free divers, kayak anglers don't discourage easily. Please come on out to the meeting even if the issues aren't quite clear. You'll find a lot of help from fellow watermen.
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