California Commission Delays Vote on Marine Protected Areas Management Plan

The California Fish and Game Commission voted to delay adoption of a management plan for the state’s system of Marine Protection Areas for a second time. The delay did not stop sport anglers from raising concerns on proposed changes to the plan, which they claim will betray assurances made by the commission that it would reconsider opening the protected waters to fishing every five years.

Click here for a Eureka Times-Standard article on this vote.