Final technical report - California's central coast marine protected areas baseline data collection summary report

This report summarizes the 2007-08 Central Coast Marine Protected Areas Baseline Data Collection Projects, which were a collaborative effort between California's State Coastal Conservancy, Ocean Protection Council, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), and the California Sea Grant College Program. The central coast marine protected areas (MPAs) were designated April 13, 2007 by the California Fish and Game Commission under the state’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) of 1999 and took effect Sept. 21, 2007. This new network effectively launched California’s MLPA Program, which was designed to better conserve marine resources for their long-term sustainable use while enhancing outdoor recreation and ocean research opportunities along the coast. The Central Coast Study Region (CCSR) was the first of five statewide study regions to complete the MLPA planning and implementation process and extends from Pigeon Point in San Mateo County, southward to Point Conception in Santa Barbara County. As mandated by the MLPA, the CCSR process (2004-2007) examined all existing MPAs within the CCSR and created a suite of new MPAs along the central coast that will be part of a statewide network of MPAs once MLPA implementation is completed. The series of 29 marine protected areas represent approximately 204 square miles (or approximately 18%) of state waters in the study region.

本报告汇总了2007-2008年度中央海岸海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas, MPAs）基线数据收集项目的相关内容，该项目由加利福尼亚州海岸保护委员会、海洋保护委员会、加利福尼亚州鱼类与狩猎局（California Department of Fish and Game, CDFG）以及加利福尼亚海洋资助学院计划（California Sea Grant College Program）联合开展。该中央海岸海洋保护区（MPAs）于2007年4月13日由加利福尼亚州鱼类与狩猎委员会依据1999年《州海洋生物保护法》（Marine Life Protection Act, MLPA）划定，并于2007年9月21日正式生效。这一全新的保护区网络正式启动了加利福尼亚州MLPA计划，该计划旨在更好地保护海洋资源以实现其长期可持续利用，同时推动沿海地区户外休闲与海洋研究活动的发展。中央海岸研究区域（Central Coast Study Region, CCSR）是全州五个研究区域中首个完成MLPA规划与实施流程的区域，其范围从圣马特奥县的鸽子角向南延伸至圣巴巴拉县的康塞普西翁角。根据MLPA的强制要求，CCSR的规划流程（2004-2007年）对该区域内所有现有海洋保护区进行了梳理评估，并沿中央海岸新建了一批海洋保护区，待全州MLPA实施完成后，这些保护区将纳入州级海洋保护区网络。本次涵盖29个海洋保护区的系列项目，覆盖了研究区域内约204平方英里（约占该区域州管海域的18%）的水域。