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March 30, 2012

Dungeness Crab Task Force – Meeting Agenda – March 12, 2012

Meeting Agenda Monday, March 12, 2012 at 8:30 AM Ukiah Valley Conference Center Cabernet II Room 200 S School Street; 
Ukiah, CA 95482 Monday, March 12, 2012   1.  Welcome, introductions, agenda review   2.  Discussion of DCTF process and […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
March 22, 2012

Dungeness Crab Task Force – Meeting Agenda – April 2, 2012

Meeting Agenda Monday, April 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Cabernet II Room 200 S School Street; Ukiah, CA 95482   Monday, April 2, 2012   1.  Welcome, introductions, agenda review   2.  Discussion of proposed draft […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
October 26, 2010

San Luis Obispo Sustainable Fisheries Support

In 2006, the commercial fishing industry in San Luis Obispo County had been hard hit economically as a result of dramatic changes in government regulations and market forces. Increased competition from abroad and new regulations at home, including no-trawl fishing […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
August 23, 2010

San Diego Sea Urchin Fishery Project

In 2006, OPC awarded a grant to the San Diego Watermen’s Association (SDWA) to assist the sea urchin fishery in San Diego in its efforts to build long-term sustainability.  The SDWA effort focused on three activities which were considered critical […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
August 22, 2010

Collaborative Fisheries Research Organization

Collaborative Fisheries Research Collaborative fisheries research (CFR) involves creating partnerships among fisheries stakeholders (commercial and recreational fishermen, university scientists and fisheries scientists, coastal managers, NGOs, funders, and tribes) to encourage collaboration on fisheries research design, including defining goals and research […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
August 22, 2010

California Aquaculture Programmatic EIR

Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 30411(e) required the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to prepare programmatic environmental impact reports (PEIRs) for both coastal and inland commercial aquaculture projects. DFG contracted for the preparation of the draft environmental documents in […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
August 17, 2010

OPC-DFG Joint Work Plan

Background California’s 2006 Budget Act appropriated $8 million to the California Ocean Protection Council for the implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) and Marine Life Management Act (MLMA). The Budget Act called for these funds to be expended […]

Categories: Aquaculture, Marine Protected Areas, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems