California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement

Who: MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group

What: Fourth meeting (see below for draft agenda)

When: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. and Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.

Where:

New location!
Hilton Long Beach Executive Conference Center
701 West Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, California
and via simultaneous webcast on the day of the meeting at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings_sc.asp

California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
Draft Meeting Agenda
(revised February 23, 2009)

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 8:00 am

Hilton Long Beach Executive Conference Center *
701 West Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, California

Please note location change!

Public participation: Members of the public are invited to view or listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet, and may view an archived version approximately two days after the meeting.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 http://www.dfg...ca.gov/mlpa/meetings_sc.asp for more information. Meeting materials will not be provided at the meeting but will be posted to the MLPA website as soon as they become available.

Public participation: The public will be invited to offer comments on the work of the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (SCRSG) at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 and at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Speaker cards are requested and may be found at the entrance to the room. Note that the public comment period is for comments specific to the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group; comments related to other MLPA Initiative activities or groups should be directed to those bodies or MLPA staff.

Meeting Objectives

?? Receive presentation from each work group regarding progress-to-date on developing draft marine protected area (MPA) arrays
?? Receive an update on MPA evaluation methods for the MLPA South Coast Study Region
?? Receive presentations on draft external MPA proposals
?? Receive presentation and updates on additional data available for MPA planning
?? Recess into work group sessions to finalize draft arrays (round 1) for evaluation purposes
?? Receive presentation from each work group of draft MPA arrays

Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Note: The stakeholder group will break for lunch at approximately 12:00 noon and public comment will be taken at approximately 2:45 p.m. Welcome, Agenda Review and Brief Introductions

I. Updates.
II. Marine Protected Area Planning and Evaluations
III. Draft Marine Protected Area Arrays
IV. External MPA Proposals
V. Communication Between SCRSG Members and the Public

Recess

[Work Group Breakout Sessions] Discussion of Draft MPA Arrays

Meeting Agenda - Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Note: The stakeholder group will reconvene at 8:00 a.m. for public comment and then recess to breakout sessions. The breakout groups will take lunch at approximately 12:00 noon and the SCRSG will reconvene at 3:30 p.m.

Reconvene for Public Comment

Recess
[Work Group Breakout Sessions] Discussion of Draft MPA Arrays

VI. Work Group Draft MPA Arrays
VII. Next Steps and Preparations for Next SCRSG Meeting

Adjourn