Environment

Final Meeting For Marine Reserve Plan In San Diego

By Ed Joyce / Reporter

Published October 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 14 years ago.

After nearly two years, the process to create a marine reserve off San Diego's coast is coming to an end. A Fish and Game Commission meeting Wednesday in San Diego is the final chance for the public to comment on the plan before the state agency makes a final decision on the proposed plan.

The Marine Life Protection Act requires the state to restrict fishing and other activities in underwater areas off the California coastline.

The goal is to allow dwindling fish species and other marine life to return in larger numbers.

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The area being considered for Southern California includes sections off San Diego County's coastline from La Jolla to Encinitas.

"We've seen a decline of many fish species and we're looking to correct that through this process," said Kate Hanley with San Diego Coastkeeper.

Hanley said some studies show that creating marine reserves not only help fish thrive in those areas, but the growing population spills over outside the reserves, providing more stock for fishermen.

The California Fish and Game Commission is expected to make a final decision on which areas will be set aside in Southern California in December.

The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Four Points by Sheraton at 8110 Aero Drive.

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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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