Hefty new fines give California Fish and Wildlife wardens a powerful tool to enforce rules in marine protected areas
Cory Pukini wasn’t surprised when he spotted a pair of kayakers on a recent Friday morning illegally fishing inside a marine protected area off La Jolla Cove.
Trina Williams, left, and Russell Castiglione fish off La Jolla Cove in the Matlahuayl marine protected area in San Diego.“I knew that it was protected because my husband, who’s teaching me fishing, said there’s this invisible line,” she added, “but you have to kind of guess where it’s at.” “It’s pretty simple,” said Ken Franke, president of the Sportfishing Assn. of California, which represents charter boat operators. “The sportfishing community doesn’t go in there anymore, and that’s that.”
“Offshore enforcement of the MPAs is tough because it requires that you to be out there and you run a large patrol boat or a skiff fleet, which creates a lot of maintenance,” he said. “Can we be out there every day? No. Not right now.” At the same time, the lines of any given MPA can be tricky to determine when boaters are on the water, especially for those just getting into fishing. Commercial operators can track their location using an electronic tablet, but those in a kayak may not have that luxury.
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