Malibu MLPA meeting update

Sat through the DFG attempt to explain their marine reserve/conservation program and for Christ' sake, the whole MLPA process is a perfect example of government in action. So incredibly convoluted and exasperating; a real tangled web of mumbo jumbo.
The proposals appear yet determined as to what will be completely closed, what will be partial, what wil be blah,blah,blah.
I need an Advil just thinking about it. Which is probably what they hoped for.
A number of questions crossed my mind while listening to the rep from the DFG attempting to explain the process.
Can I launch in the no-take reserve zone and paddle to fish in the open zone, can I land back in the reserve zone with fish that I didn't catch in the reserve? What if I hook a big fish in the open zone and it pulls me into the protected zone, can I keep it, release it, or go straight to jail?
Will they have bouys delineating the boundrys. Maybe floating lines? With shrinking agency budget and personel, who pays for enforcement? With continued commercial global over-harvesting and increasing environmental pollution and habitat destruction, what's the point with MPA's anyway? (You want more fish, get an aquarium and some guppys.)
The truly sad thing is that we're incapable of policeing ourselves. (Not me personally of course, just everybody else) There wouldn't be a need for reserves if we could understand what is happening, educate ourselves and act accordingly. But we've put a dollar sign on fish and measure our sucess in tons. Our ego driven, trophy hunger demands taking the largest fish, usually the biggest breeding females. Convincing people to rethink these peramiters is the tough sell. Will posting "no fishing" signs in the best fishing spots accomplish this? Doubtful. Will we, once again, make a law abiding public into criminals, crowding the overtaxed courts? Probably.
Many people don't even believe there is global warming, diminished fisheries, ocean pollution, and that the Holocaust occured. Stronger education is the key, but we live in a punitive country that love to pass laws and punish those that don't obey.
What will I do to discourage the MLPA from taking my own backyard from me? I'll write e-mails to every person with any responsibility, the California Natural Resources Agency, the MLPA Planning Group, everyone on the MLPA Initiatve Staff, and the DFG Staff, not to include the Pt. Dume Area as a reserve (no take) but a conservation area (limited take). Let them have the Mugu area or Topanga as a reserve if they must. The Escondido/ Paradise Cove/ Pt Dume area is too important a launch and fish site to lose. It's still undecided, so raise your voice (if you still believe in the process) Go to the DFG web site and get all the names involved.
Kayak fishermen and spear fishemen could be strong allies and teachers of Catch and Release principals if we weren' t lumped with the commercials and chased off the water.
Hope I didn't bore you with my ranting...
TL
-Scott