Laguna Beach MLPA Workshop Report

[Holy Mackerel]

First, thanks to everyone who attended the Laguna meeting!

Originally Posted by LakersFan

I ended up driving home with the big question mark in my head as to how any of this can possibly be enforced.

I saw this quote on spearboard...

I attended the MLPA road show in SD last night and asked the logical question of who was going to pay for the policing of the new closures. Clearly fishers were not going to fund a system that treats them like second class citizens. I was told to solve this problem there are plans in the works for private security officers employed by environmental groups to monitor/patrol/enforce the closures. These private security officers will be deputised and have full authority to enforce the MLPA rules. I don't have an offical word on this but this is what I was told.

This is a scary thought!! For everyone reading this, please see this post by Tyler.

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