Laguna Beach MLPA Workshop Report - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Billy V · 07-01-2009, 09:22 PM

At last nights meeting in SD a fellow fisherman ask specifically what could be taken from the Blue Colored Reserves.

The answer he received was Spiny Lobster, and Sea Urchin.
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I was trying to get the answer to the same question from RSG members there as well, their answer to me was.

"I don't know"
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Yes, there is a problem with the Lapis 1 SMR 2 LJ Reserve.
It goes like this:

The reserve only extends 2 miles from shore, this is because the Navy has electronic gear buried in the area 2-3 miles from shore to monitor LJ Canyon, and they don't want to relocate it.

The MPA guidelines state that the reserve needs to extend 3 miles from shore, and be a minimum of 9 square miles. So they were trying to move it south, but that would require a 4 1/2 mile stretch north to south to total 9 miles. Not easy to do.

In addition to that I suspect there is yet another obstacle in their way.
The water quality was a reoccurring issue during the last SAT meeting in L.A. Scientists strongly suggested that the RSG do not locate an MPA in an area that has poor water quality.
-The Children's Pool has Terrible Water Quality, and the bacteria levels have been well documented over the years.
The dirty little secret.

07-01-2009, 09:22 PM	#4
Billy V Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Ho Posts: 1,382	At last nights meeting in SD a fellow fisherman ask specifically what could be taken from the Blue Colored Reserves. The answer he received was Spiny Lobster, and Sea Urchin. ----------------- I was trying to get the answer to the same question from RSG members there as well, their answer to me was. "I don't know" --------------------- Yes, there is a problem with the Lapis 1 SMR 2 LJ Reserve. It goes like this: The reserve only extends 2 miles from shore, this is because the Navy has electronic gear buried in the area 2-3 miles from shore to monitor LJ Canyon, and they don't want to relocate it. The MPA guidelines state that the reserve needs to extend 3 miles from shore, and be a minimum of 9 square miles. So they were trying to move it south, but that would require a 4 1/2 mile stretch north to south to total 9 miles. Not easy to do. In addition to that I suspect there is yet another obstacle in their way. The water quality was a reoccurring issue during the last SAT meeting in L.A. Scientists strongly suggested that the RSG do not locate an MPA in an area that has poor water quality. -The Children's Pool has Terrible Water Quality, and the bacteria levels have been well documented over the years. The dirty little secret. Last edited by Billy V; 07-01-2009 at 11:38 PM.