I took the rest of the day off to do a little reading and research... Interesting reading material although I could use a shot or two off coffee now.

1) If you don't know by now, I spend a lot of time of the water in MA's 11 and 13- moreso 13. In the last 25-years I have yet to catch a single rockfish while fishing (downriggers or meatline) for salmon. True cod yes, but not one single rockfish in the proposed MPA areas i.e., Fox and Ketron Islands, Dalco, etc. So I am a little skeptical of the numbers when if comes to incidental catch by anglers.

2) Even the PSRCP mentions the impact of ghost nets to by 61,000 rockfish. Yet WDFW continues to allow the use of nets and then points the finger at us!

3) Pinniped (seal) population is out of control. Interesting facts and figures the plan presents. Here's one I am going to throw at them.
Gertrude Island is a matting ground for over 600 pennipeds located inside or just outside their estimated 10 square kilometer (2471 acres)prime rockfish habit (no secrets here-. Toliva Shoal, northern tip of Ketron Island, Point Gibson, Balch Passage). A little simple math and I came up with one seal for a smidgen over every 4-acres. MPA's will do nothing to keep pennipeds from fishing eh?

4) No one has asked the question of which user groups will be restricted from fishing if MPAs are in place.

Still researching...