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Remarks of Kathy Fosmark
Mayor Della
Sala and Councilmembers, my name is Kathy Fosmark.
I’m the Co-Chair of the Alliance of Communities for
Sustainable Fisheries.
We’re a 501C3 organization representing fishing families throughout
the Central Coast. We
have been very involved in the Sanctuary’s Management Plan Update.
There are
many good things in the Sanctuary’s Management Plan, particularly
regarding water quality which is so important to us, and in
research. We hope that
in the future we may be more involved with the Sanctuary Program in
collaborative research projects.
I would
like to support your City Staff’s recommendations for the Sanctuary
Plan. First, regarding
the comment about the Sanctuary Advisory Council found in the cover
letter, this comment is needed, and I’m living proof of that.
I applied to be the alternate commercial fishing
representative on the SAC, but heard that I was not actually a
fishing person, and I was not selected.
This is pretty amazing since, shortly thereafter, I was
nominated by Governor Schwarzenegger to represent California on the
Pacific Fishery Management Council that governs fishing in federal
waters for the entire West Coast.
I was appointed by the U.S. Commerce Secretary, and I
currently sit on the Pacific Council.
The Sanctuary would be well served by making sure that SAC
representatives actually represent the constituencies that they’re
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