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Old 04-03-2012, 07:32 AM   #1
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Lobster FMP

I know it's not a kayak fish report....but this information is important and I wanted to make sure as many people are aware of this meeting as possible...I hate the crying later..."no body told me or emailed me about this!!!"

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2012

Contact:
Carrie Wilson, DFGCommunications, (831) 649-7191
Mary Patyten, Marine Region, (707) 964-5026

DFG to Hold Public Meetings on Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan Process

The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will be holding two public meetings to share information about the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP) process. The meetings, which will be held in Oxnard and Carlsbad, will provide the public and interested organizations with an opportunity to learn more about DFG's plans to develop a comprehensive Spiny Lobster FMP.

The public feedback from these meetings will help inform the Spiny Lobster FMP process and aid in the plans development.

"The spiny lobster is a prime candidate for an FMP," said Senior Biologist Kristine Barsky, who will coordinate the FMP process. Barsky has worked predominantly with invertebrate species such as lobster during her 37 years with DFG's Marine Region.

The Spiny Lobster FMP is being developed in accordance with the Marine Life Management Act of 1998, as the spiny lobster supports important commercial and recreational fisheries and plays a key role in the Southern California kelp forest ecosystem.

"DFG is committed to making this process transparent, objective and accessible to all, with the goal of completing an adaptable FMP that will ensure a sustainable lobster resource and healthy fisheries," said Barsky.

The agenda is identical for both public meetings so interested parties need only attend one meeting. Members of the public can provide comments in person at either of the following locations and times:

Oxnard: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Open house begins at 6 p.m.
Public meeting will be held from 6:30-9 p.m.
Oxnard Performing Arts and Convention Center
Ventura Room
800 Hobson Way
Oxnard, CA 93030
www.oxnardpacc.com/directions.html

Carlsbad: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Open house begins at 6 p.m.
Public meeting will be held from6:30-9 p.m.
Grand Pacific Palisades Hotel
Grand Ballroom
5805 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.grandpacificpalisades.com/map-directions

Written comments may also be submitted after the meetings, either by e-mail through the Lobster FMP website (www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/lobsterfmp/) or by regular mail to:

Department of Fish and Game
Attn: Lobster FMP
1933 Cliff Drive, Suite 9
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

For more information about these meetings, the Spiny Lobster FMP process or to be added to the list server, please visit www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/lobsterfmp/.

Individuals who cannot receive e-mail may sign up to receive the Lobster FMP news notices via mail. Please contact Rosalyn McFarland at (805) 568-1231 to provide your mailing address.

If you are interested in the resource, please plan on attending one of the meetings and speak up about your concerns or plans for the future of our Lobster resource.
I'll be at the Oxnard meeting and Joe Exline will be at the Carlsbad meeting. The DFG plans on having "stations" (tables manned by various individuals)
at the meeting to represent the various stakeholders. I'll be there to look out for and represent our recreational Hoop Netters. Any creative input or concerns would be help
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:40 AM   #2
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"making this process transparent, objective and accessible to all"

That is the exact terminology they used for the MLPA's...
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:49 AM   #3
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WELL?

WEll?
Do you work with them or do we sit on our hands and wait for the axe to fall?
I'm going to use the same approach we used with the MPA in the Palos Verdes/Redondo area...Be Proactive...We worked together and kept the Redondo Canyon and the West side of PV open, thru our hard work and diligence...I'm not going to crawl under a rock and let them make all the decisions.
You can "bitch and moan" like a little Pussy or you can be a part of the process...it's up to you!
Man-up and speak your mind!
Very creative and constructive comment Baja Traveler! Thanks for the input!
See you at the meeting?
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:14 AM   #4
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WEll?
You can "bitch and moan" like a little Pussy or you can be a part of the process...it's up to you!
Man-up and speak your mind!
Very creative and constructive comment Baja Traveler! Thanks for the input!
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Classic! JIM

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Old 04-03-2012, 11:16 AM   #5
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Geez! A little wound up aern't we Jim? Better switch to decaf...

I'll be at the Carlsbad meeting, and I will speak my mind - just like I did at the MLPA open meetings. Then, later this year they will make it all closed doors just like last time and do whatever the hell they please...
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Old 04-03-2012, 11:55 AM   #7
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Sorry...I shouldn't have answered your negativity with some of my own.
Positive and constructive comments always make a better working relationship!
I must admit I get worn down by the lack of positive comments and the distrust and hate for the DFG!
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Old 04-03-2012, 12:02 PM   #8
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My great hope is that this will go a bit differently than the last process - though we dont even know what they are thinking about at this point, so it may not even apply to us (or it may) - we'll see.

I have a gut feeling it may not be a reduction in daily take for sport fishermen, but rather an upper size limit to let the big breeders keep on doing their thing. I could be wrong, but the science supports it...
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Old 04-03-2012, 12:35 PM   #9
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Future plans

Joe Exline will be at the Carlsbad meeting and he posted this on BD in response to my post...
Thanks Jim I will be at the Carlsbad meeting and just as you stated there are no immediate plans for regulation changes as the stock assessment on lobsters does look good. There will be the opportunity during the meeting to make comments and ask questions about the FMP. Now is the time to voice your concerns about the future of the fishery, ask questions about the process and expected goals/product, and get invoved. I have asked the Department to make these meetings more interactive than the MLPA and Commission meetings normally are and to try to answer questions posed by the public rather than just listening to comments with no reaction as is generally the case. If you cannot attend either of the meetings feel free to post your questions/comments here or send Jim or I a PM and we will try to get back with an answer after the meeting.
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Old 04-03-2012, 05:50 PM   #10
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Aw gee, another one of these...

Unfortunately it will never be over, just gotta do our best and hope we can at the very least get more unbiased and that, since their initial plan was somewhat foiled, we will truly have a "transparent, objective and accessible to all" process not swayed by political favors (and $)

Hopefully it will be about increasing the population in ways such as, oh, maybe earmarking funds from the newly created lobster cards (twice annually, instead of seasonal) designated for a hatchery program to increase their numbers (think WSB; it has been done, I have seen it), increasing underwater structures for ideal habitat, and of course, more DFG presence.

I'll be at the Cbad meeting, will try to wrangle up some stragglers...
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:50 PM   #11
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Just like Baja traveller said....I've seen it and heard it all before... Fuck the DFG! I remember the questionnaire they posed asking "where do you fish?" next thing I know southern Blacks Beach got shut down to "bait making only" (thank eb and certain others for at least fighting to let people make bait). I'm not saying I won't go to the Carlsbad meeting but it all feels very reminiscent of the original Mlpa meetings up in Oxnard....hopefully I'll be proven wrong in my distrust of the dfg although I'm skeptical at best......
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Old 04-04-2012, 01:52 PM   #12
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If I give those who brought this to the table the benefit of doubt and try to see from their perspective, here's my question ... what is the rationale for this?
We already have a system w/ a size limit that allows breeding. Too much pressure means less legals taken. They're not killed from bario-trauma or release. Compared to fishing - the limit is enforced like crazy. DFG agents have major hard on for checking your boat inside and out during lobster season. People are WAY more careful about not violating lobster laws. And anyone who has gone hooping in the last 5 years knows there are tons of shorts in the areas you would expect bugs. Factors like water temp on bottom of the column and dinophlagylites (sp??) that could be toxic to crustaceans don't need to be discussed at public forums. Uninformed idiots like myself would just be adding more noise to the equation and detracting from efforts to help out the little buggers. Without a logical and clear rationale for the process, I'm hugely skeptical. And I think we have good reason to be.
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and, oh yeah, last time I heard, the state of CA didn't have money to waste on things like this. If the fishery has good stock and the system is working...this is money that could be spent on hatchery or other more productive things. Unless, the real motive is to....
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Old 04-04-2012, 02:47 PM   #14
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The DFG has done a lot of good things for fishing.... so have fisheries managment plans.

I have never met a bad DFG agent. They are not the ones we should be skeptical about IMO.

There are plenty of lobster poachers despite the strict regulation of the fishery... open your eyes!
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never said DFG nor their officers were bad. i was giving them compliment that they enforce lobster limits vigorously. i think they are middlemen/pawn (at least was my take in mlpa). i don't think they drove mlpa or will be driving force in this process. if i'm wrong, i sincerely want to know - like i said, what is the rationale? i'm skeptical of the necessity of this process.

also never said that there wasn't poaching of lobsters or other species. but that seems like a totally different discussion that doesn't need to be done in public forums with input from all. it's pretty clear - don't do it. i don't think we need a public forum for that, do we? enforcement strategies already amped up this year with cards. i'm all for them doing what they need to do to enforce and i'm always glad to let them go thru my yak/boat/car gear etc.
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i don't mind larger size limits (to an extent) or smaller bag limits. but if this turns into closing more of our grounds, even though im not an avid lobster fisher/trapper), I'm all for a trip to Oxnard or wherever the meetings will be held when the time comes.
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WHAT?

Guys...Please Read this CAREFULLY...
There are a lot of you jumping to ridiculous conclusions about this FMP process and assuming that it is all doom and gloom.
This is from DFG...
Background: The Marine Life Management Act (MLMA) requires the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to develop comprehensive Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) that ensure effective management, sustainability and long-X‐term economic viability of the state’s fisheries resources. FMPs will be based on the best available scientific and relevant information and undergo peer review and public review before consideration by the Fish and Game Commission. Moreover, FMPs will integrate—through a participatory process—the interests of all affected stakeholders and strive to minimize negative impacts on the natural habitat of the species as well as resource dependent communities and interest groups. To accomplish this, DFG is working with the California Wildlife Foundation, with grant money provided by the Ocean Protection Council, to produce an efficient and cost effective process for development of a FMP for the California spiny lobster. Project success may create a replicable model for other state fisheries.

So all our fishery resources will go through this FMP process eventually...or at least till the state and its partners run out of money...they seem to be starting with lobsters since the recent stock assessment went so well.
IT IS SIMPLY A FUTURE PLAN FOR PROTECTING THE RESOURCE...not a plan to take away our rights to fish!!!
If you have some creative input please email me (jim@sabaslayer.com) or DFG or come to one of the meeting and make sure your opinions are heard!
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I must admit I get worn down by the lack of positive comments and the distrust and hate for the DFG!
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I'm with you here. I've met several DFG agents while fishing and always had positive experiences. I do believe while not "on our side" they are not at all on the blue shirt train. they were caught in the middle, knowing they could not and did not want to enforce the mlpa, and their union rep said as much. but also knowing they work for the state and must do as they're instructed.

as for saving PV, let's not fool ourselves. that was a deal done by the two business partners on the BRTF to save their interests at MDR. and that, and many other incidents and examples, are why you hear the vitriol towards these meetings. we know what happened during the mlpa, what a sham it was. our skepticism is justified. last time we were asked to be part of a process we were railroaded. we were used as cover for those fascists and none of us wants to go through that again.

and remember, the DFG is not the F&G commission. while we by and large hold the former in high regard, the latter, with one notable exception is a detestable group of sycopahnts, lackeys, and tools. not to mention morally corrupt political whores. but I'm probably being a little reserved in my judgement.

also be aware that a subtle and backhanded attempt is being made to co-opt the vision thing of the dfg. right now a bunch of econazis are busy making inroads into the shaping of future of resource management and use.
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"also be aware that a subtle and backhanded attempt is being made to co-opt the vision thing of the dfg. right now a bunch of econazis are busy making inroads into the shaping of future of resource management and use."......

Even more reason to be a part of any plans that the DFG is crafting for our future...I admit, the problem is that no matter what plans may be made by a bunch of stakeholders the final tweak is always made by the 'Commission'!
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Guys...Please Read this CAREFULLY...
There are a lot of you jumping to ridiculous conclusions about this FMP process and assuming that it is all doom and gloom...
IT IS SIMPLY A FUTURE PLAN FOR PROTECTING THE RESOURCE...not a plan to take away our rights to fish!!!
Until every vote is tallied (or as in the case of the MLPA, until they make their decision) and no rights are taken away, you can't fault anyone from being too skeptical at this point.

That was the premise of the MLPA and we all know too well how that turned out...you seriously can't expect people to trust the process after all the 'smoke and mirror' activity that occurred throughout the last process...
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