Contact: Karin Strasser Kauffman
(831) 659-2733
	OR
Scott Kathey							IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(831) 647-4251						April 16, 1996


SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL 
DISCUSSES KELP HARVESTING IMPACTS 
AND CONCERNS


The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council will meet in the Half 
Moon Bay area on Friday, April 26, 1996 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the 
Point Montara Lighthouse located on 16th and Highway One in Montara, 
California.  "The meeting in San Mateo County is a direct response to the needs 
expressed by citizens for the Sanctuary Advisory Council to meet throughout the 360-mile 
coastal area bordering the Sanctuary." stated Karin Strasser Kauffman, Sanctuary 
Advisory Council Chair.  She continued, "The Advisory Council has approved a calendar 
of meeting dates and locations for the remainder of 1996 and will focus agenda discussions 
on topics of regional importance whenever possible."  The Sanctuary Advisory Council 
has planned a field trip for the afternoon and plans to visit some popular natural history 
sites around Half Moon Bay.

A major topic of discussion for the April 26 meeting will be the subject of kelp harvesting 
in the Sanctuary and its impacts on the marine environment and marine user groups.  The 
purpose of the discussion is to provide Council members with information on kelp 
harvesting and kelp forest ecology to better assess the potential impacts of kelp harvesting 
upon Sanctuary resources and qualities.  Representatives from small-scale kelp harvesting 
businesses have been invited to speak, as well as representatives from the KELCO 
Company, the California Department of Fish and Game, and a kelp biologist. "We are 
concerned about recent allegations that the kelp has been seriously compromised by the 
present kelp harvesting activities," explained Terry Jackson, MBNMS Manager, "however, 
there is a multiple use conflict among several users of this resource, and the Sanctuary is 
encouraging a cooperative management solution."



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The Sanctuary Advisory Council will be celebrating its second productive year of existence 
and holding elections for the positions of Chair and Secretary at the upcoming meeting.

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 twenty voting members represent a variety of local user groups, as well as the general 
public, plus eight State and Federal governmental jurisdictions.  In addition, the respective 
managers for the four California National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel Islands NMS, 
Cordell Bank/Gulf of the Farallones NMS, and the Monterey Bay NMS) and the Elkhorn 
Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve sit as non-voting members.  The Advisory 
Council meets monthly and is based at the Sanctuary office at 299 Foam Street in 
Monterey.

The meeting is open to the public.





MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING

Friday, April 26, 1996
Point Montara Lighthouse
16th Street/Highway One
Montara, CA


PROVISIONAL AGENDA


10:00 a.m.
Coffee and Sign In






10:15 a.m.
Call to Order, Roll Call, Approval of January 26 and March 1, 
1996 Meeting Minutes
KSK





10:30 a.m.
Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda






10:45 a.m.
Election of New Officers: Chair and Secretary
TJ





11:00 a.m.
Discussion: Kelp Harvesting in the MBNMS: Practices and 
Impacts -- 
 - Dale Glantz, KELCO
 - Michelle Knight, Adventures-by-the-Sea
 - Deborah Johnston, CDFG
 - Local Harvesters



11:45 a.m.
Update: Research in the Fort Ord Former Restricted Zone 
SE





12:00 p.m.
MBNMS: Management of the Northern Region
KSK





12:30 p.m. 
Lunch






  1:30 p.m.
Sanctuary Manger's Report:
  - Issues: Jade Cove, Shark Chumming, Enforcement
  - Update: SMWP, License Plate Program
TJ/EU





  2:00 p.m.
Working Group Reports: - Conservation
                                         - Education
                                         - Research 
RS
DW
GC





  2:30 p.m.
Adjourn to Field Trip