Read Dr. Jason John paper highlighting the errors and lack of adequate science the petitioners are using to justify their newly proposed MPA petitions. Read the paper below: Link to: A Petition To Expand CaliforniaMarine Protected Areas Contradicts Science And Itself By Dr. Jason Johns

Santa Cruz, CA - AWPAC On November 6-7, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Marine Resources Committee is scheduled to receive and discuss Department Bin 1 petitions evaluation and draft recommendations. The Department will give a presentation to serve as a roadmap for the meeting regarding the Bin 1 evaluation and draft recommendations, and the next phases of the evaluation framework. This ' roadmap ' follows a newly proposed review process and extends far out

Below is Professor Ray Hilborn's response to Carl Safina regarding Hilborn's Santa Barbara Independent MPA Article: Two weeks ago I  published an op-ed  in the Santa Barbara Independent critiquing the proposals for expansion of California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) that established 124 MPAs across California. Follow  this link  to read the full op-ed, but essentially, I argued that in the last decade since the MPA network was established, there have been no benefits