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Californias Marine Protected Areas
The Marine Life Protection Act(MLPA) was passed in 1999 and is part of the California Fish and Game Code. The MLPA requires California to reevaluate all existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and potentially design new MPAs that together form a statewide network. The MLPA has clear guidance associated with the development of this MPA network. MPAs are developed on a regional basis with MLPA and MPA-specific goals in mind and are evaluated over time to assess their effectiveness in meeting these goals. The five main goals of the Marine Life Protection Act are to maintain the diversity of marine ecosystems, conserve its populations, better educate people on human-marine life interactions, protect habitats, and effectively enforce MPAs.[1] The establishment of this policy is an important step in expanding science-based management and decision making regarding policies.[2]
^Carr, Mark H.; Saarman, Emily; Caldwell, Margaret R. (2010). "The role of 'rules of thumb' in science-based environmental policy: California's Marine Life Protection Act as a case study" (PDF). Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy. 2: 1–17.
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