State Coastal Reserve Plan Moves to San Diego

By Ed Joyce / Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published December 7, 2007 at 8:55 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

State officials are expanding the marine conservation program to Southern California. But there's disagreement over how large those reserves should be. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce has details.

State officials are expanding the marine conservation program to Southern California. But there's disagreement over how large those reserves should be. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce has details.

The reserves are an effort to build up declining numbers of dwindling fish species by restricting fishing and other activities. Some people are concerned the reserves will be too large and too many restrictions will hurt recreational and commercial fishing businesses.

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Kate Hanley with San Diego Coastkeeper says it's a challenge finding a balance that everyone can agree on.

Hanley : Even if you're at opposite ends of the table, we're all working towards the same common goal Which is we would like a sustainable ocean heritage for future Californians. We all want there to be a thriving, healthy ocean ecosystem out there and that's both from the environmentalist side of things as well as from other users of the resource.

Scientists say the reserves have helped increase marine populations. California Resources Secretary Mike Chrisman says officials plan to start reviewing the coast from San Diego to Santa Barbara county.

Ed Joyce, KPBS News.

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Ed Joyce was the environment reporter and afternoon news anchor for KPBS-FM. Before joining KPBS, he worked as an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. Ed has an extensive background in newspaper, radio, web and TV journalism. After graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington in Seattle, Ed began a career in broadcast journalism. His work has included stints in public broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and education -- working as an affiliate professor of communication and reporter at the University of Idaho and Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. During the past 20 years he has worked in radio, TV and print as a news reporter, anchor, writer, editor and producer. Along the way he has won numerous awards for general news reporting, newswriting, feature and issue reporting and breaking news reporting from The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations. During the mid-1990s, while working for Oregon Public Broadcasting, he was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, including a feature report on the memorial service for 14 U.S. Forest Service "hotshots" who died fighting a wildfire in Colorado (the crew was based in a central Oregon town). He’s also filed reports with Marketplace, KQED’s California Report and Climate Watch and with national and regional networks throughout the United States. At KPBS, Ed continues his contributions to National Public Radio and other national and regional news organizations. He has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for his environmental reporting at KPBS-FM-TV and for producing and anchoring radio newscasts. In 2007 he was selected a National Press Foundation fellow for Understanding Violent Weather II program. The seminars were held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. In 2008 he spoke at a UC San Diego conference on U.S. National Security as part of the school’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Ed led a discussion with the 18 foreign government officials and academics about the political debate over climate change. In 2010, Ed was elected to a three-year term on the board of the San Diego Press Club.

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