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from the folks in Mendocino County


Sustainable Fisheries Reality Tour!

 

Saturday, June 13, Point Arena City Hall, 11 A.M. on...

 

Hosts: Recreational Fishing Alliance, Mendocino County Fish & Game Advisory Committee, Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance, local fishermen and seaweed harvesters--the people who bring you ocean food and protect the wild, clean ocean!

 

Eleven A.M., City Hall--Reception!  Music by Sharon Garner & Billy Schieve Trio, Seafood, DVD Shows and Exhibits, Information! 

 

Noon-3 p.m., City Hall:Town Testimony, Public Officials Speak, Press Conference!

            Community and Public Officials Speak About Impacts of State Marine Life Protection Act “Marine Protected Areas” scheduled to be adopted in August by the California State Fish & Game Commission.

            LEAD SPEAKERS: 

            Craig Bell, Mendocino County Fish & Game Advisory Commissioner

            Jim Martin, Recreational Fishing Alliance and Fish & Game Advisory Commissioner

            Allan Jacobs, community activist

            John & Barbara Stephens-Lewallen and Larry Knowles, Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance

            Other community members impacted by new proposed MLPA “Marine Protected Areas”

 

PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO DATE: Speak at 1 p.m.

David Colfax, Fifth District Supervisor, Mendocino County

Fred Euphrat, Principal Consultant, CA Legislative Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture

 

Press Conference is at Two p.m.

 

Early Riser Special--9-10:30 A.M., Lighthouse Point Road, Stornetta Public Lands:  Abalone Diving and Seaweed Harvest at Minus Tide!

            --Jim Martin speaks on sustainable abalone & the MLPA

            --John Lewallen talks about thirty years of sea palm trimming at the proposed new “Sea Lion Rock Marine Reserve,” a no-take zone!

 

Free Admission to All Events!

Contributions for Expenses Accepted

 

contact: John & Barbara Stephens-Lewallen, (707)895-2996, <babs&mcn.org>

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