RESOURCES

• Sea Urchins and Marine Protected Areas - Gutiérrez, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
• Sea Grant Extension Program–San Diego County
• California Department of Food and Agriculture-Marketing Branch
• California Fish & Game Commission
• Fisheries and Sea Otter Conservation Coalition
• Current bills in the California Legislature (Capitol Tracks)
• Previous bills in the California Legislature (Capitol Tracks)
• California Ocean Protection Council
• Pacific Fishery Management Council
• California Department of Fish & Game
• NEW! California Dept. of Fish & Game Sea Urchin fishery page
• Sushi Chef Institute
• Blue Water Goldrush
• California Sea Grant—Sea Urchins, Abalone, and Kelp: Their Biology, Enhancement and Management by Dewees and Davies [PDF]

• SEA OTTERS

• Commentary on sea otters and dirty oceans
• What's Happening with Sea Otters?
• Recently, the Sea Otter Project/Environmental Defense Center sued the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) over the management of sea otters in Southern California. The California Sea Urchin Commission has formally asked for intervener status in this case. Please click on the links below to read the relevant legal documents in the case. The documents are listed in chronological order.
• Original complaint by the Sea Otter Project and the Environmental Defense Center
• Once the plaintiffs (the Sea Otter Project/Environmental Defense Center) sued, the California Sea Urchin Commission and a few allies asked for intervener status, with the following notices, answers, and declarations:
• Notice of the California Sea Urchin Commission and allies to intervene
• Proposed answers to the original complaint by the interveners
• Declaration of the California Sea Urchin Commission
• Declaration of the Sonoma County Abalone Network
• Declaration of Peter Halmay
• Declaration of the California Abalone Association
• Declaration of Harry Liquornik
• Shortly after the plaintiffs sued, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that the court dismiss the case. The plaintiffs then issued an amended complaint, as well as a partial opposition to the Commission's intervention.
• The DOJ responded, as did the Commission.


• UPDATE MAY 6
  The federal court granted the Commission's Motion to Intervene - the Commission is now officially in the lawsuit.
  Stay tuned while we continue to post on this important issue.