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Scoping Meeting Summary
Sacramento 10:00 AM
Please note that
these are the raw comments extracted from the scoping meeting held at
the location listed above. They were edited for the purpose of clarity
where necessary. Duplicate comments were not repeted. A synthesis of comments
will be available soon.
- Sustain opportunities
for public use but also protect resources
- Concerned about
water quality and sewage discharge
- Close the donut
hole off of San Francisco
- The Sanctuaries
should implement marine reserves
- Restrict bottom
trawling, concerned about damage to the seabed
- Implement consistent
rules on white shark attraction
- The SAC is a great
tool. It acts as the eyes and ears for the Resources Agency and is a
'two way street in terms of informing the public and informing agencies
- The SAC is experiencing
growing pains but just needs its role firmed up.
- The SAC should
not be a management council
- Water Quality
partnership is a model for how the Sanctuary should operate
- Resources Agency
hopes to play a role in GF/CB SACs
- Establish marine
reserves; this is an opportunity to test effectiveness of a few large
reserves vs. many small reserves
- Opposed to use
of 2 stroke MPWC (all craft types should be looked at).
- Look at both impacts
of MPWC in terms of both resource and aesthetic issues
- Coordinate master
planning efforts with USFWS refuge mgmt plans
- Encourage the
sharing of data with FWS refuge plans
- Encourage the
coordination between agencies in regulatory overlap
- Work with SWRCB
on coordination and encourage survey of resources through monitoring
&endash; S.W.A.M.P. Program
- Update MOA with
State incorporate NPS Plan, Oceans Plan, Storm Water, BTTP, Consolidated
THS, TMDL Programs
- Increase awareness
&endash; P.R. of Sanctuary Program through
- Visitor Center
- Media
- TV Spots
- The SAC should
remain advisory. If it becomes a management council then it needs to
be reformulated to reflect national program
- Look at no-take
marine reserves
- Lack of points
(land based) for resource interaction and viewing
- Develop interpretive
tools
- Emphasize wildlife
viewing but protect resources
- Concerned about
disturbance from viewing from both kayaks as well as motorized vessels
and there is a need to produce "best practices" / guidelines
- Emphasize interagency
coordination
- Great GIS/Ed materials
coming out of CINMS, duplicate for northern Sanctuaries
- Create more interagency
partnerships and cooperation
- Implement and
staff the WQPP
- Maintain that
human use is allowed when consistent with resource protection.
For more information
contact your local sanctuary office at:
Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary
Sean Morton, Management Plan Coordinator
299 Foam Street
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 647-4217 • Sean.Morton@noaa.gov
Gulf of the Farallones
and Cordell Bank
National Marine Sanctuaries
Anne Walton, Management Plan Coordinator
Fort Mason, Building 201
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-6622 • Anne.Walton@noaa.gov |