MBNMS Sanctuary Advisory Council Recommendations to NOAA on the Proposed Action Plans 7/31-8/1 & 8/22/03

The following actions taken by the Sanctuary Advisory Council represent modifications to the Proposed Action Plans as forwarded to the Sanctuary Advisory Council on June 10, 2003. Unless noted in the PDF document, the SAC has recommended all other Strategies and Activities as proposed by the working group or internal team.

The Sanctuary Advisory Council recommended the following modifications or actions on a consensus basis unless otherwise noted.

Documents on this web site mirror a report to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) Advisory Council (SAC) which is comprised of draft action plans developed by working groups and internal teams. This report only includes Action Plans developed by MBNMS working groups and those developed by the Cross Cutting working groups (action plans applicable to two or more sanctuaries). It does not include action plans developed to address site-specific issues for the Cordell Bank or Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries. MBNMS and NMSP staff produced this report to provide the opportunity for the MBNMS SAC and members of the public to review and comment on the working group recommendations relevant to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary prior to preparation of the Draft Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

Please keep in mind that these proposed action plans might not look exactly like the final draft action plans developed by working groups and internal teams. The draft action plans were reformatted for consistency and readability across all the issues. In particular, individual strategies and activities may have been edited for purposes of clarity. Every attempt was made NOT to alter the original intent of strategies and activities. 

Note, if you are having trouble dowloading some of the larger documents: A CD-ROM version is also available. Please contact:

Rachel Saunders
Ph: (831) 647-4237
Fax: (831) 647-4250
Email: rachel.saunders@noaa.gov