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MAXXAM & Fish Unlimited: How the MLPA Will Likely Bankrupt Our (EEZ) Oceans & Coastal Waters
The picturesque era of fishing communities will soon be relegated to canvas images and postcards. Established in September 2000, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for future generations.
CA Fish and Game Commission Meeting: Decision Day on MLPA regulations for the north-central region!
(Pigeon Point to Point Arena) August 5th, 10 a.m. Live Webcast "View and listen to CA Fish and Game Commission meetings:" http://www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/FGCmeetingsvideolinks.asp
The picturesque era of fishing communities will soon be relegated to canvas images and postcards. Established in September 2000, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for future generations.
CA Fish and Game Commission Meeting: Decision Day on MLPA regulations for the north-central region!
(Pigeon Point to Point Arena) August 5th, 10 a.m. Live Webcast "View and listen to CA Fish and Game Commission meetings:" http://www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/FGCmeetingsvideolinks.asp
From a Seaweed Rebel: Fishy Facsism
080409
The MLPA is the back door to Offshore Oil. Conceived as law in 1999 in response to mismanaged fisheries/politics, the science was there all along, the MLPA was hijacked by the Betty Moore Foundation.
The President of MAXXAM Inc, ENRON, KAISERTECH, and many other oil related firms, Dr. John M. "Mick" Seidl, by June 5th, 2001 was the Environmental Grant Program Director for the Foundation's first 4 years. Almost every company Dr. John was president of since the 70's has gone bankrupt.
The MLPA Initiative could bankrupt our Ocean (EEZ) and our Coastal Communities.
The "Backdoor to Oil".
http://www.astral-arts.com/dsl/maxxam_mlpa_fishunlimited.pdf
There is no codification in California law for subsistence food gathering. An Ecosystem Based Assessment (EBA) of subsistence food gathering in rural wild places of Coastal Northern California would include the human elements of interaction with resources and might discuss local economy, indigenous health care, local food security, access and distribution, profit margins, greed, politics, even a carbon offset.
Just as 10 years ago the Sustained Yield Process (SYP) brought to forestry broad algorythmic averages to minimize impacts to the forest and stream canopy closure (on paper), the extension of that logic to ocean spatial planning is wrought with miscalculations. Ecotrust's role seems to be one of packaging compromise.
Visit the Ecotrust Watershed Locator site:
http://www.inforain.org/watershed/index.php
InfoRain is a project of Ecotrust using ESRI GIS (ArcGIS) software. This is Ocean Spatial Planning at it's hi-tech finest using modeling algorythms to extrapolate Essential Fish Habitat (the whole coastal waters of the State initially) later redefined as particular EFH. Look up a watershed you know to get an idea of what we are being sold as best available science. Very few in Mendocino claim any RECOGNIZABLE FARMLAND. And never any Native Land - only federally recognized Tribes count.
"It's been said from the beginning that the MLPA will be based on the 'best available science.' If there's no better science, then we can only use what we have", Samantha Murray of Ocean Conservancy stated in defense of the integrity of the process.
The BRTF - that's Blue Ribbon Task Force (of fisheries experts) is made up of the president of the world's largest Marina privatization and development company, the ex mayor of San Diego who ran against Boxer, so we may even get a stadium out of the deal and free tickets, or maybe just a Golding Fleece of irradiated beef technology. With expensive full service marinas (restaurants, boat sales and repairs, laundry, fueling) moving into harbor districts - replacing working class berths and all public docks, piers, marinas, and dry berths through expansion planned waterfront real estate hidden behind improvements to public access (by way of their picnic tables and paths etc.) privatization of shore facilities stands to profit on the MPA's through paid access to those who can afford the quota tags and megayacht berth prices, outboard and houseboat rentals, boat charters, sailing schools, RV parks, campgrounds, resorts, swimming pools, hotels, scuba diving instructions, and office space rentals.
The CEO & chief of Staff of the Western States Petroleum Association, Catherine Reheis-Boyd is present to oversee the ruse.
Under questioning, oil traders said that Enron executives had asked them to manipulate earnings by moving revenue from one year to another. Enron investigators had also learned that bank statements were doctored and that the account was opened with forged documents. Enron executives expressed faith in the head of the trading unit, Louis Borget. "I have complete confidence in your business judgment . . . and personal integrity," Enron's then President John "Mick" Seidl wrote to Borget. "Please keep making us millions."
http://www.answers.com/topic/maxus-energy-corporation
It is a sign of progress that debate over the merits of ecosystem-based management (EBM) has been supplanted by articles, workshops, and hearings about overcoming obstacles to implementation. March 2007
regionaloceans.org/documents/Wkshp%20Paper%20formatted%20FINAL.pdf
CCMI Strategy Document
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Feb 2007
Reform of California’s ocean and coastal governance structures and financing, based on recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, chiefly through the Ocean Protection Council. In developing its strategy for conservation of California’s coastal and marine heritage, the California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI) surveyed the impact and dynamics of pressures on the California coast. The objective of this survey was to identify ... that would be susceptible to change through strategic investment of CCMI’s finite resources. One such opportunity is the body of state law that has emerged in the last decade. In 1998, the state adopted the Marine Life Management Act (MLMA)".
The Farallones Islands NWS and MPA designation along with the Cordell Bank Expansion (Summer 2008) was important because it tested the waters literally. It is a Federal National Wildlife Sanctuary under State law. International, Federal - and State laws overlap and must coincide to meet Fisheries Management Council and Pacific FMC guidelines under EBM and the Federal so-called federal consistency provision (Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management).
These are tied to the Public commons through Public Law 94-265, the Magnuson Stevens Act.
Using the Public Commons as the basis for the implementation of the MLPA - all needs of society are served by compatible multiple-use in the commons. Thus Marine Protected Area's, along with oil extraction, LNG, wave energy farms, aquaculture, sub seabed disposal (SSD) of nuclear waste, carbon sequestration by seabed injection, offshore real estate, deep water auquaculture, and deep water mineral/oil extraction at depths >1000 feet (even 7,000 – 10,000 feet), military training exercises, WEC's, and tourism are all compatible uses as set forth in the National Ocean Policy, NOAA, the MPA, MLPA, MLPA Initiative, and the California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI) "Through the establishment of a Science Advisory Council and other measures, the Ocean Protection Council is establishing itself as a vehicle for governance reform."
Golding, has also been appointed to the Ocean Protection Council. BRTF member Susan Golding is on the Board of Directors of so many private corporations: the Titan Corporation, the Surebeam Corporation (both now owned by Lockheed), and Avanir Pharmaceuticals are 3 corporations headquartered in San Diego, The Titan Corporation is a leading provider of comprehensive information and communications systems solutions and services to the Department of Defense, intelligence agencies, and other federal government customers. As a provider of national security solutions, the company has current annualized sales of approximately $1.9 billion. Surebeam went bankrupt - they irradiated beef sold in 160 Weis Markets throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia.
The back door for offshore oil. Onshore facilities are built in to the redevelopment plan for the coast through privatization of the public commons, access and area closures, megayacht fishing excursions, harbor marina upgrades and Homeland Security specifications, monstermoney vs bankrupt democracy, billion dollar aquaculture, etc.
“No one got everything they wanted, but everyone got something!” said Samantha Murray of the Ocean Conservancy, who was a key architect of the “middle-ground” Proposal 1-3. “ An independent economic evaluation estimated that the worst-case potential impacts of all three plans would affect only 5-8% of the existing economic value of area fisheries.
http://news.caloceans.org/2008/04/compromise-proposal-for-ocean.html
To hear what “No one got everything they wanted, but everyone got something!” actually sounds like at the Wednesday's MLPA webcast of the South Coast BRTF meeting (072809), view archived video footage here:
mms://http://www.cal-span.org/calspan/Video_Files/MLPA-BRTF/MLPA-BRTF_09-07-29/MLPA-BRTF_09-07-29.wmv
or if that link doesn't work you can access it here:
http://www.cal-span.org/cgi-bin/media.pl?folder=MLPA-BRTF
"The California Fish and Game Commission will continue along the path of sound and enlightened resource management."
"View and listen to CA Fish and Game Commission meetings:"
http://www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/FGCmeetingsvideolinks.asp
Click on Video Archives
Archives
http://www.cal-span.org/cgi-bin/media.pl?folder=CFG
Tomas DiFiore
ORCA
Ocean Resources Care and Awareness
Astral Arts Mendocino
astral-arts.com
080409
The MLPA is the back door to Offshore Oil. Conceived as law in 1999 in response to mismanaged fisheries/politics, the science was there all along, the MLPA was hijacked by the Betty Moore Foundation.
The President of MAXXAM Inc, ENRON, KAISERTECH, and many other oil related firms, Dr. John M. "Mick" Seidl, by June 5th, 2001 was the Environmental Grant Program Director for the Foundation's first 4 years. Almost every company Dr. John was president of since the 70's has gone bankrupt.
The MLPA Initiative could bankrupt our Ocean (EEZ) and our Coastal Communities.
The "Backdoor to Oil".
http://www.astral-arts.com/dsl/maxxam_mlpa_fishunlimited.pdf
There is no codification in California law for subsistence food gathering. An Ecosystem Based Assessment (EBA) of subsistence food gathering in rural wild places of Coastal Northern California would include the human elements of interaction with resources and might discuss local economy, indigenous health care, local food security, access and distribution, profit margins, greed, politics, even a carbon offset.
Just as 10 years ago the Sustained Yield Process (SYP) brought to forestry broad algorythmic averages to minimize impacts to the forest and stream canopy closure (on paper), the extension of that logic to ocean spatial planning is wrought with miscalculations. Ecotrust's role seems to be one of packaging compromise.
Visit the Ecotrust Watershed Locator site:
http://www.inforain.org/watershed/index.php
InfoRain is a project of Ecotrust using ESRI GIS (ArcGIS) software. This is Ocean Spatial Planning at it's hi-tech finest using modeling algorythms to extrapolate Essential Fish Habitat (the whole coastal waters of the State initially) later redefined as particular EFH. Look up a watershed you know to get an idea of what we are being sold as best available science. Very few in Mendocino claim any RECOGNIZABLE FARMLAND. And never any Native Land - only federally recognized Tribes count.
"It's been said from the beginning that the MLPA will be based on the 'best available science.' If there's no better science, then we can only use what we have", Samantha Murray of Ocean Conservancy stated in defense of the integrity of the process.
The BRTF - that's Blue Ribbon Task Force (of fisheries experts) is made up of the president of the world's largest Marina privatization and development company, the ex mayor of San Diego who ran against Boxer, so we may even get a stadium out of the deal and free tickets, or maybe just a Golding Fleece of irradiated beef technology. With expensive full service marinas (restaurants, boat sales and repairs, laundry, fueling) moving into harbor districts - replacing working class berths and all public docks, piers, marinas, and dry berths through expansion planned waterfront real estate hidden behind improvements to public access (by way of their picnic tables and paths etc.) privatization of shore facilities stands to profit on the MPA's through paid access to those who can afford the quota tags and megayacht berth prices, outboard and houseboat rentals, boat charters, sailing schools, RV parks, campgrounds, resorts, swimming pools, hotels, scuba diving instructions, and office space rentals.
The CEO & chief of Staff of the Western States Petroleum Association, Catherine Reheis-Boyd is present to oversee the ruse.
Under questioning, oil traders said that Enron executives had asked them to manipulate earnings by moving revenue from one year to another. Enron investigators had also learned that bank statements were doctored and that the account was opened with forged documents. Enron executives expressed faith in the head of the trading unit, Louis Borget. "I have complete confidence in your business judgment . . . and personal integrity," Enron's then President John "Mick" Seidl wrote to Borget. "Please keep making us millions."
http://www.answers.com/topic/maxus-energy-corporation
It is a sign of progress that debate over the merits of ecosystem-based management (EBM) has been supplanted by articles, workshops, and hearings about overcoming obstacles to implementation. March 2007
regionaloceans.org/documents/Wkshp%20Paper%20formatted%20FINAL.pdf
CCMI Strategy Document
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Feb 2007
Reform of California’s ocean and coastal governance structures and financing, based on recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, chiefly through the Ocean Protection Council. In developing its strategy for conservation of California’s coastal and marine heritage, the California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI) surveyed the impact and dynamics of pressures on the California coast. The objective of this survey was to identify ... that would be susceptible to change through strategic investment of CCMI’s finite resources. One such opportunity is the body of state law that has emerged in the last decade. In 1998, the state adopted the Marine Life Management Act (MLMA)".
The Farallones Islands NWS and MPA designation along with the Cordell Bank Expansion (Summer 2008) was important because it tested the waters literally. It is a Federal National Wildlife Sanctuary under State law. International, Federal - and State laws overlap and must coincide to meet Fisheries Management Council and Pacific FMC guidelines under EBM and the Federal so-called federal consistency provision (Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management).
These are tied to the Public commons through Public Law 94-265, the Magnuson Stevens Act.
Using the Public Commons as the basis for the implementation of the MLPA - all needs of society are served by compatible multiple-use in the commons. Thus Marine Protected Area's, along with oil extraction, LNG, wave energy farms, aquaculture, sub seabed disposal (SSD) of nuclear waste, carbon sequestration by seabed injection, offshore real estate, deep water auquaculture, and deep water mineral/oil extraction at depths >1000 feet (even 7,000 – 10,000 feet), military training exercises, WEC's, and tourism are all compatible uses as set forth in the National Ocean Policy, NOAA, the MPA, MLPA, MLPA Initiative, and the California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI) "Through the establishment of a Science Advisory Council and other measures, the Ocean Protection Council is establishing itself as a vehicle for governance reform."
Golding, has also been appointed to the Ocean Protection Council. BRTF member Susan Golding is on the Board of Directors of so many private corporations: the Titan Corporation, the Surebeam Corporation (both now owned by Lockheed), and Avanir Pharmaceuticals are 3 corporations headquartered in San Diego, The Titan Corporation is a leading provider of comprehensive information and communications systems solutions and services to the Department of Defense, intelligence agencies, and other federal government customers. As a provider of national security solutions, the company has current annualized sales of approximately $1.9 billion. Surebeam went bankrupt - they irradiated beef sold in 160 Weis Markets throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia.
The back door for offshore oil. Onshore facilities are built in to the redevelopment plan for the coast through privatization of the public commons, access and area closures, megayacht fishing excursions, harbor marina upgrades and Homeland Security specifications, monstermoney vs bankrupt democracy, billion dollar aquaculture, etc.
“No one got everything they wanted, but everyone got something!” said Samantha Murray of the Ocean Conservancy, who was a key architect of the “middle-ground” Proposal 1-3. “ An independent economic evaluation estimated that the worst-case potential impacts of all three plans would affect only 5-8% of the existing economic value of area fisheries.
http://news.caloceans.org/2008/04/compromise-proposal-for-ocean.html
To hear what “No one got everything they wanted, but everyone got something!” actually sounds like at the Wednesday's MLPA webcast of the South Coast BRTF meeting (072809), view archived video footage here:
mms://http://www.cal-span.org/calspan/Video_Files/MLPA-BRTF/MLPA-BRTF_09-07-29/MLPA-BRTF_09-07-29.wmv
or if that link doesn't work you can access it here:
http://www.cal-span.org/cgi-bin/media.pl?folder=MLPA-BRTF
"The California Fish and Game Commission will continue along the path of sound and enlightened resource management."
"View and listen to CA Fish and Game Commission meetings:"
http://www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/FGCmeetingsvideolinks.asp
Click on Video Archives
Archives
http://www.cal-span.org/cgi-bin/media.pl?folder=CFG
Tomas DiFiore
ORCA
Ocean Resources Care and Awareness
Astral Arts Mendocino
astral-arts.com
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The MLPA has been hijacked. Look into Dr John Mick Seidl's involvement:
Maxxam, Pacific Lumber, KaiserTech, Enron, Kaiser Aluminum, the world's 4th and 2nd largest oil companies, the world's largest oil full-service provider company, ALL have ties to the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation and the MLPA - I.
Dr. John M. "Mick" Seidl was gone from the MAXXAM-Pacific Lumber-KaiserTech presidencies by 1992-1993. His work was done. But from 1987-1995 he was Vice President of the Nature Conservancy then the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation.