CHAPTER 10.5. Marine Life Protection Act
Chapter 10.5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1.
§§ 2850–2863 · 15 sections
- § 2850 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Marine Life Protection Act.
- § 2850.5 Notwithstanding any other law and consistent with the authority granted under Section 2860, commencing on July 1, 2013, the Ocean Protection Council shall…
- § 2851 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s marine protected areas (MPAs) were established on a piecemeal basis rather than…
- § 2852 The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management,” with regard to marine protected areas, means a management policy…
- § 2853 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to reexamine and redesign California’s MPA system to increase its coherence and its effectiveness…
- § 2854 The State Interagency Marine Managed Areas Workgroup shall, after appropriate consultation with members of the public, determine future actions for…
- § 2855 (a) The commission shall adopt a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the Marine Life Protection Program adopted pursuant to Section 2853…
- § 2856 (a) (1) The department and team shall use the best readily available scientific information in preparing the master plan adopted pursuant to Section 2855, and…
- § 2857 (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the department shall convene, in each biogeographical region and to the extent practicable near major working harbors, siting…
- § 2858 The department shall establish a process for external peer review of the scientific basis for the master plan prepared pursuant to Section 2855. The peer…
- § 2859 (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit to the commission a draft of the master plan prepared pursuant to this chapter. (b) On or before…
- § 2860 (a) The commission may regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine species in MPAs. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of…
- § 2861 (a) The commission shall, annually until the master plan is adopted and thereafter at least every three years, receive, consider, and promptly act upon…
- § 2862 The department, in evaluating proposed projects with potential adverse impacts on marine life and habitat in MPAs, shall highlight those impacts in its…
- § 2863 The department shall confer as necessary with the United States Navy regarding issues related to its activities.