WHO: Master Plan Science Advisory Team

WHAT: Tenth Meeting (see draft agenda below)

WHEN: Friday, May 30, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Best Western Lighthouse Hotel
105 Rockaway Beach Avenue
Pacifica, CA 94044

and via simultaneous webcast on the day of the meeting at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp

California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative

Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT)

Draft Meeting Agenda

(revised May 16, 2008)

Friday, May 30, 2008

9:30 a.m.


Best Western Lighthouse Hotel * 105 Rockaway Beach Avenue Pacifica, CA 94044

Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting in person or view and listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet, and may view an archived version approximately two days after the meeting. Please visit the MLPA website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings.asp for more information.

Public participation: The public will be invited by the co-chairs to offer comments on agenda action items. General comments on the work of the MLPA SAT, not directed to specific agenda items, will be taken after lunch at approximately 12:30 p.m. Note that the general comment period is for public comment specific to the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team; comments related to the regional stakeholder group, task force, or other MLPA Initiative activities should be directed to those bodies or MLPA staff.

Meeting Objectives

o Review, discuss and potentially approve revisions to the evaluation methods for
north central coast marine protected area (MPA) proposals
o Review and discuss evaluations of the Integrated Preferred Alternative
o Receive report from modeling work group and discuss ideas for future study regions
o Discuss recommendations for considering water quality for MPA planning purposes
o Review and discuss south coast science questions and potentially create related
work groups

Meeting Agenda

(note that the SAT will break for lunch at approximately 11:50 a.m.)

1. Welcome, introductions and review of agenda

2. Updates

3. Evaluation methods for north central coast MPA proposals

4. Evaluation of the Integrated Preferred Alternative

5. Model results for the Integrated Preferred Alternative

6. Water quality work group report

7. South coast science questions work group report

8. Adjourn