Press Release

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Meets in Capitola on October 5th, 2001

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) will meet on Friday, October 5th, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Jade Street Community Center (4400 Jade Street), in Capitola, CA. The SAC is scheduled to discuss the Sanctuary’s upcoming management plan review, and hear presentations from the four Working Groups of the Advisory Council. They will comment on NOAA’s draft report “Fair Market Value Analysis for a Fiber Optic Cable Permit in National Marine Sanctuaries”.

"The Advisory Council, and its working groups, are important tools in getting citizens involved in the management of this Sanctuary,” said William J. Douros, Superintendent of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. “At the upcoming meeting, the Advisory Council will hear from our research, education, conservation and business/tourism working groups regarding their issues of concern. In response to a SAC priority, the Manager for Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary will present information relative to their management plan review.”

Advisory Council members will discuss and help define their role in the upcoming management plan review, and get an update on the reserves working group, a subcommittee of the Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries. Other topics to be discussed include affirming SAC priorities for 2002, and a SAC subcommittee’s recommendations concerning the National Academy of Public Administration report on the National Marine Sanctuary System.

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council was established by Federal law to assure continued public participation in the management of the Sanctuary. Its nineteen voting members represent a variety of local user groups, as well as the general public, plus seven local, state and federal governmental jurisdictions. The meeting is open to the public.

More information about the October 5, 2001 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting can be found at:

http://montereybay.nos.noaa.gov/intro/advisory/
sac_agendas/2001SACagendas/100501SACagenda.html

DRAFT AGENDA	MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING Capitola Community Center 4400 Jade Street, Capitola
8:00 AM	Coffe and Sign-in
8:30 AM	Call to Order Roll Call Approval of 8/3/01 DRAFT Meeting Minutes
8:45 AM	Council Member & Staff Announcements
9:00 AM	Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
9:15 AM	Update: Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries
9:45 AM	Discussion: Affirm SAC Priority(s) from August Retreat
10:15 AM	Discussion: Establish ListServe Protocols
10:45 AM	Discussion: Fiber Optic Cable Permits in Marine Sanctuaries
11:15 AM	Update: NAPA Report Recommendations
11:45 AM	Presentation & Discussion: Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary Management Program Review Process
12:15 PM	LUNCH
1:15 PM	Presxentation by SAC Working Groups Relative to the MBNMS Management Plan Review: Research Activity Panel Conservation Working Group Sanctuary Education Panel Business & Tourism Activity Pan
3:00 PM	Update & Discussion: Management Plan Review SAC Roles; Decision Making Identify Criteria for Selecting MPR Priorities in February
4:15 PM	Actions: Set December 7th SAC Meeting Agenda
4:30 PM	ADJOURN
5:00 PM	Dinner (Optional) hosted by Chair, in Capitola

* TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE - AN ITEM MAY BE PRESENTED OR DISCUSSED SOONER OR LATER THAN SHOWN ON THE AGENDA.

Directions to Capitola Community Center:
Take 41st Avenue towards the ocean, past the intersection with Capitola Road; the next left (at the stoplight) is Jade Street. The Center is at the end of Jade Street on the right-hand side. Parking is available in the parking lot or on the street.