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 Orange County Coastkeepers. Click here Marine Life Protection Act.pdf to download it.


• The South Coast Region MLPA review is in process and CA Fish and Game final decisions will be made in 2026.  The original Marine Protected Areas were determined in 2011 after being reviewed by the Office of Administrative Law, with final adoption by the Fish and Game Commission in the Fall, 2011. Coverage of those event 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 in 2011 with a unanimous vote for the Laguna Beach Marine Reserve.  http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news10/2010121501-Commission-Approves-SCMPA.htmlt


• The final 2011 maps as decided by the Fish and Game Commissioners can be found here: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/pdfs/scmpas121510.pdf



Sylvia Earle




“Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.”



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