California Fish and Game Code

§ 2853

FGC § 2853 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 3 · Ch. 10.5

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to reexamine and redesign California’s MPA system to increase its coherence and its effectiveness at protecting the state’s marine life, habitat, and ecosystems.

(b)To improve the design and management of that system, the commission, pursuant to Section 2859, shall adopt a Marine Life Protection Program, which shall have all of the following goals:

(1)To protect the natural diversity and abundance of marine life, and the structure, function, and integrity of marine ecosystems.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.