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"They came to Half Moon Bay, California to talk about wild salmon and the reasons for their near extinction," said Tokars. "The overflow crowd heard from fishery scientists, fishermen, business owners, and people who just want salmon back in their diet. It was a remarkably powerful event and it gives hope that salmon can be saved, if we act now." Photo: Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, urges fishermen to support the Tribe's plan to reintroduce winter run chinook salm...

It was never the intent of many of the RSG to close whole sections of coastal waters and the onshore to recreational and commercial use or Tribal use in SMCAs. Tribal access is intended as allowable use for any MPA in the North Coast Study Region – SMR, SMCA, SMP, SMRMA. Statewide, the MLPAi process will have to back up once again, and “straighten things out on the south Coast” Roberta Cordero, BRTF member and traditionally oriented Chumash woman and an enrolled member of Coastal Band of the ...

"The MLPA is trying to ban any and all gathering along our coastline, meaning NO TRADITIONAL gathering whatsoever, in marine protected areas," said Georgiana Myers, organizer of the Klamath Justice Coalition and Yurok Tribal member. "I urge people to speak out against this insane idea of taking away what is not theirs to take!" Photo: Thomas O'Rourke, chair of the Yurok Tribal Council, speaks at a protest against the MLPA in Fort Bragg on July 21, 2010....

"The permits would allow the 'incidental take' (i.e., killing) of coho by agriculture, so long as these water users abide by a list of generic, unstudied, and inadequate mitigation measures," said Park. "Ultimately, the permits allow the continuation of the destructive activities that resulted in the collapse of the coho fishery in the first place." Scott River photo courtesy of the Klamath Riverkeeper (http://www.klamathriver.org)....

On July 21, over 300 members of 50 Indian Tribes, commercial fishermen, immigrant seafood industry workers, conservationists, recreational anglers, seaweed harvesters, environmental justice advocates and community members peacefully took over a MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force meeting in Fort Bragg to protest the violation of Tribal rights and corporate greenwashing that has occurred under the controversial initiative....

As FDA moves toward approval, Senate Environment Committee chair asked to pressure FDA to halt the approval of genetically engineered salmon...

Governor-elect Jerry Brown has not made any public comments to date about what direction his administration will take regarding the implementation and enforcement of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process. Photo: Thomas O'Rourke, chair of the Yurok Tribal Council, speaks at a protest against the MLPA in Fort Bragg on July 21, 2010....

I applaud all three groups for launching this lawsuit against the privatization of fishery resources under the Obama administration....

In just 2 months time, the paperweight bilemass of the North Coast MLPA Process has multiplied 6 times, exceeding all MLPA science models and political projections. Additional MPAs may be coming soon....

Bob Fletcher, past president of the Sportfishing Association of California, asked the Commission to delay the decision on the South Coast marine protected area proposal until he receives the documents that he requested in a landmark lawsuit by United Anglers of Southern California and the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans. Photo of MLPA protest courtesy of Wendy Tochihara....