Marine Life Protection Act

• MLPA is an abbreviation for “Marine Life Protection Act.” The best summary for it can be found on the California Fish and Game site :http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/background.asp

   

• To understand the MLPA process please see the excellent .pdf presentation by Ray Hiemstra of the Orange County Coastkeepers. Click here Marine Life Protection Act.pdf to download it.

 

• The South Coast Region MLPA process is near implementation. Marine Protected Areas have been determined and we expect, after review by the Office of Administrative Law, final adoption by the Fish and Game Commission in the Fall, 2011. The latest news can be found here:  http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/southcoast.asp.

 

• Download a study on recreational fishing and Marine life populations in CA here.

 

• Fish and Game Commissioners have voted 3-2 in favor of Marine Protected Areas for South Coast Region http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news10/2010121501-Commission-Approves-SCMPA.htmlt

 

• The final maps as decided by the Fish and Game Commissioners can be found here: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/pdfs/scmpas121510.pdf