UPDATE:

Just found some better descriptions of what's going to happen in the different areas.

For some reason I seemed to have skipped over the little SMP at Refugio. That area will be no commercial fishing. So that's sweet. We don't have to worry about that too much.

The SMCA at Naples (the one starting at Coal Oil Point and extending west) will be commercial lobster fishing, and recreational lobster and finfishing only. So, again, that's awesome. No worries on that one.

The SMR at Goleta Beach (Coal Oil Point, east) is no commercial or recreational fishing permitted. I have a problem with that one...

And the SMP at Rincon/Carp will be no commercial fishing and no recreational fishing besides shore fishing (or "shore based fishing") with hook and line. Shore fishing wasn't my concern for this area, but then again I'm not a huge surf fisherman. I was mainly concerned about the thresher and salmon fishing in the area, along with the bass.

So, with that said, we only need to worry about changing one and a half of these things... We need to do something about the Goleta Beach thing. I'm still waiting on a reply from somebody, but I'm assuming it won't be too big of a deal to move it over to Campus Point, especially if we add to something else. The Carp SMP might need some tweaking as well. Reduced slot limits, or increased size limits or something to that nature might be feasible to allow for recreational fishing. I'm not conerned with float tubing or kayaking in the area, because I don't normally float tube around there, so this is all private boater stuff.

Of course, all of these alternatives that we're coming up with are based on the assumption that they'll be heard. If a couple guys just mention this in a public comment period, it isn't going to change anything. It'll be recorded on a piece of paper and then brushed off. What we need is somebody on the committee or some way UA and/or RFA and/or SAC can give input to the DFG committee. If UA can have input that will actually effect what's happening, we may have a decent shot of getting that SMR away from Goleta Beach. I've corresponded with Tom Raftican quite a bit at the previous CI meetings, and I'm confident that he'll take our comments into consideration, whole heartedly. Again, I'm still waiting on info on whether we'll be represented at all in these meetings, and whether moving boundaries is feasible, among other things. I'll keep the board updated as I find out.
-Brian