Thank you!

[so cal shaggy]

Thank you to everyone that showed up to the meeting today. Once again everyone did a great job with speaking and representing the kayak fishing community with dignity and professionalism. When all of this is said and done whether it be a win, loose or draw our RSG reps appreciate our presence at these meetings, it makes the sacrifices they have made worthwhile to look out into the audience and see us standing as a united front helping them with the fight.

[tylerdurden]

Right on Jeff.

Huge thanks for everyone that turned out. Also a huge thanks to the guys that ceded some time to me so I could get our message through. I am pretty sure it worked this time. We cannot let up. As soon as we do we will lose everything we gained tonight. That means we need even more kayak anglers, all with a unique input at the next meeting. We need some new faces to speak.

Until the next one


edit, because I know some guys asked about it at the meeting tonight:

Please note that internet connectivity is, unfortunately, intermittent in the building where the SCRSG meeting is being held. AGP is working to rectify this challenge, but we are pushing forward with the meeting since we have a packed agenda. We will continue videotaping the meeting and will be sure to upload the video as an archive late this evening.


Thank you for your patience and understanding,


The MLPA Initiative

This email was from Kelly, the public outreach coordinator, or as we know the one with endless patience collecting the public comment cards and making sure everyone, on both sides of the issue, is prepared for public comment.

[zenspearo]

Thank you everyone and you kayakfishermen rock!

Tyler: Amazing presentation. Everyone was paying attention. You scored my friend.

[nunyabizness1]

Very nice presentation Tyler. You definitely had the attention of the crowd!

[CurtyL]

Tyler crushed it and Josh did a nice job too. But I agree with the comments on another post. This is all just theater. Elaborate theater masking as science, but theater nonetheless. The decsions are being made with or without pubic coment and possibly even true Stakeholder buy-in (I guess the workgroups will soon show their true colors) This one will get away from us for sure, the question is just how far. My guess is that between the three surviving maps, Ext A and Lapis 1 will cancel eachother out and Topaz 1 - or some version of it - will be the "meet in the middle" that was discussed so often yesterday. Great showing by the fishing contingent though. I'm exploring new launch sites this weekend.

[tylerdurden]

Originally Posted by CurtyL

...This is all just theater. Elaborate theater masking as science, but theater nonetheless... My guess is that between the three surviving maps, Ext A and Lapis 1 will cancel eachother out and Topaz 1 - or some version of it - will be the "meet in the middle" that was discussed so often yesterday...

I really hope you are wrong...but like you I have serious doubts. My greatest hope is based on the precedent set in the region already finished. The only thing that made any difference was massive angler turnout at the end. We got involved a little earlier, so maybe we will get better results. The proof will be in the maps presented. After talking to some of the more pro closure orgs reps in the lobby, I feel better even about Lapis 1 and kayakers. Whether it was all just lip service will be sorted out when we see the maps.

No matter how its sorted out Lapis 1 will be the worst for fishermen in general, as they will try and get it to the preferred SAT guidelines. The guidelines, and other constrainents such as Navy usage and outfall pipes really limit where MPA's can and can't go, leaving them few options to meet the guidelines. I too think what comes out of Topaz may be the BRTF preferred map. I was hoping my presentation would really get the middle ground or even proclosure people to take it easy on kayak spots.