See below for updates and information as it becomes available
MPA Petition Evaluation Framework
Click on the PDF below to read about the MPA PEtition Evaluation PRocess​
February 14, 2024 F&G Commission Meeting recording
Here's a link to the recent Fish & Game Commission recording pertaining to MPAs. We HIGHLY recommend listening to what Commissioner Zavaleta has to say starting at 5:12:35.
Educational Resources:
To better understand the proposed regulations and their potential implications, we encourage you to explore the following resources:
(these links will take a while to load as the document is very large)
Petitions for Regulation Change (The entire document, 1179 pages)
Jump right to a summary of the petitions with their associated codes
Petitions of special interest to spearfishing, fishing, and ocean harvest in our area:
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2023-15MPA: Footprint, Gull Island, and Santa Barbara Island state marine reserves
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2023-19MPA: Chitqawi State Marine Conservation Area (Seeks to create a new MPA (Morro Bay to Cambria) that is only accessible to people of Chumash descent)
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2023-29MPA: Mishopshno State Marine Conservation Area (Seeks to restrict access for everyone except Chumash from Summerland to Carpinteria)
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2023-33MPA: Marine protected areas for kelp forests (Seeks to significantly expand MPAs in CA) If you can only send comments about one petition, it should be this one.
