Environment

No Firm Proposals for Marine Reserves Off San Diego Coastline

By Ed Joyce / Reporter

Published August 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM PDT

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

A long process to determine which areas off the coast of San Diego County should be set aside for marine reserves is nearing an end. A group trying to come up with three proposals has been meeting this week in Carlsbad.

The Marine Life Protection Act requires the state to examine and redesign California's system of marine protected areas.

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The reserves are intended to restore fish species and improve the ocean ecosystem. Several areas have been recommended for protection off the coast of San Diego County.

But after months of meetings there are still no firm proposals.

Kate Hanley, who is with San Diego Coastkeeper, said, "We are looking at particular areas to identify as marine protected areas in order to meet the goals of the Marine Life Protection Act and to make sure that we are meeting the science when designing and implementing these new marine protected areas."

She said creating reserves in ocean waters off Del Mar, La Jolla and Encinitas were discussed this week.

The state Fish and Game Commission will consider the final recommendations later this year.

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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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