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Discuss the First Ten Years of California’s Marine Protected Area Network
Today at the Management Review Forum held in Monterey, nearly 300 participants representing state agencies, California Tribes, researchers, environmental groups, commercial and recreational fisheries, and others joined together to discuss the first 10 years of California’s globally recognized Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network. Presented to the California Fish and Game Commission in February, the MPA Decadal Management Review (PDF) report is the first comprehensive statewide review of California’s MPA Network and Management Program.
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Texas man was sentenced to prison for trafficking protected species
On Sept. 22, 2016, Carrillo picked up several reptiles from a supplier in Juarez, including a Central American river turtle
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Navionics Detailed Charts Provide Marine Protected Areas
A perfect example of MPAs are the restricted areas around Florida protecting the manatee life. The manatee is a mammal that gets extremely stressed by the cold weather which is why they migrate to the warmer waters of Florida.