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Chairman Phil Isenberg
MLPA Task Force
c/o Melissa Miller-Henson
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Resources Agency
1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1311
Sacramento, CA 95814

MLPAcomments@resources.ca.gov

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Sacramento, CA 95814

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[PLEASE WRITE A LETTER IN YOUR OWN WORDS. HERE ARE A FEW IDEAS] Dear Chairman Isenberg: I support Package 2 as the most effective network proposal under your consideration. It is more balanced for conservation and for socio-economic impact than Pacakage S. Please do not adopt the staff "Package S" unless and until the following deficiences are fixed: It builds its network on reserves near the minimum size acceptable to the Science Advisory Team. This risks the effectiveness of the network. Package S does a poor job of obtaining socio-economic benefits we could derive from MLPA: it puts weak protections at areas popular for non-consumptive recreation like diving, and does little to enhance the "destination value" of the Monterey area for eco-tourism. Monterey and Pacific Grove must have more reserves and high-protection areas than Package S offers. The Carmel Pinnacles Reserve must be large enough to cover the spots of greatest value to Monterey's commercial dive boat fleet. Package S places weak protection in deeper offshore waters, risking food sources for sea birds, marine mammals and larger fish. Package S would actually create more negative impact on the squid and spot prawn fisheries than the more effective and better balanced Package 2.

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