Partnership For Sustainable Oceans Supports Proposal To Protect California's Coastline

Conserving marine resources while minimizing unnecessary closures to recreational fishing – ensuring that sustainable recreational activities will be available to the public now and into the future – is the ultimate goal of California’s leading marine conservation partnership. The Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO) today announced its support for a North Central Coast marine protected area proposal that holds conservation as its highest priority while maintaining quality recreational opportunity and protecting the economic output of ocean related recreation within the area’s coastal communities.

The conservation-based Proposal 2-XA is the Partnership’s preferred Marine Life Protection Act alternative for the North Central Coast now before the Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF). The PSO hails the proposal as a model for the future success of the MLPA process and encourages all California anglers and boaters to support Proposal 2-XA.