Here is the beginning of an outline for a letter that could be sent to a congressman:
ADDRESS LINE
As someone greatly concerned about the health of the world's oceans, I urge you
to move forward with developing marine protected areas, including no-take
reserves, in the federal waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Marine protected areas are a scientifically proven tool for protecting ocean
habitats and ecosystems and should play a central role in sanctuary management.
The less than one percent of the sanctuary that is currently fully protected is
woefully insufficient to fulfill the sanctuary's mandate of maintaining its
natural biological communities and protecting, restoring, and enhancing its
natural habitats, populations, and ecological processes.
As you know, the state of California recently created a network of marine
protected areas in state waters off the central coast. However, none of the
sanctuary's federal waters have these essential protections. I urge you to take
immediate action to extend marine protected areas into federal waters to protect
the unique offshore habitats and deepwater species of the sanctuary. The
reserves should be large enough to help the many species in trouble recover and
also to provide insurance against disasters and management mistakes.
I also encourage you to partner with the state to ensure adequate management,
monitoring and enforcement of all marine protected areas within sanctuary
boundaries.
Please make marine protected areas a top priority for the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary, and move forward on this critical issue now.
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