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The Sanctuary Advisory Council provides the Sanctuary Manager with advice on the management of the Sanctuary. Members provide advice to the Sanctuary Manager on issues affecting resource protection, the Sanctuary’s primary purpose. The Council, through its members, serves as a liaison to the community regarding Sanctuary issues and acts as a conduit, relaying the community’s interests, concerns, and management needs to the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary Advisory Council members represent public interest groups, local industry, commercial and recreational user groups, academia, conservation groups, government agencies, and the general public. Members serve either two-or three-year terms in order to stagger Council membership and allow continuity.

Gulf of the Farallones NMS is currently accepting applications for the advisory council seats of Conservation Primary/Alternate and Community-at-Large Alternate. Applications are due by October 27, 2008. Click here to download the Application Kit.
Please contact kelley.higgason@noaa.gov with any questions.

Federal Registrar Notice for vacant advisory council seats.


Gulf of the Farallones NMS Annual Council Reports (link)

Gulf of the Farallones NMS Council Charter (9.2MB PDF)


2009 Meetings

Dates Location Documents
February 12, 2009
Joint meeting with MBNMS
Half Moon Bay, CA

Final Agenda (132KB PDF)
Joint Council Letter - Introduced Species (96KB PDF)
Joint Council Resolution - Ocean Acidification (236KB PDF)
Joint Council Resolution - Wave Energy (240KB PDF)

SC Visitor Center Presentation (6.2MB PDF)
Ocean Acidification Presentation (11.4MB PDF)
Ocean Energy Presentation (2.1MB PDF)
Seabird Program Presentation (1.8MB PDF)

April 16, 2009 Pacifica, CA

Ocean Climate Limit Presentation (208KB PDF)
SF Pacifica Exclusion Zone Presentation (1.4MB PDF)
NOAA Twin Otter Presentation (3.7MB PDF)
GFNMS SAC Agenda (120KB PDF)

August 13, 2009 Point Reyes, CA  
October 29, 2009
Council Retreat
location TBD  
December 10, 2009 San Francisco, CA  


Past Meeting Notes

Dates Location Documents
December 11, 2008 Sausalito, CA

Agenda (120KB PDF)
NOAA OLE Presentation (764KB PDF)
Eelgrass Presentation (7.4MB PDF)
Tomales Bay Presentation (3.1MB PDF)
Council Resolution - OCS Moratorium (688KB PDF)
GFNMS SAC Notes (716KB PDF)

October 9, 2008
SAC Retreat
Marshall, CA. N/A
July 25, 2008 Point Reyes, CA

Notes (836KB PDF)
Agenda
(128KB PDF)
Bolinas Lagoon Presentation (11,890KB PDF)

MLPA Presentation (6,868KB PDF)
Permitting Presentation (3,127KB PDF)
SEAS Presentation (6,878KB PDF)
Tomales Bay Presentation (2,939KB PDF)
SAC Resolution MLPA Special Closures (208KB PDF)
SAC Resolution MLPA Process (200KB PDF)
Letter Tomales Bay 1 (180KB PDF)
Letter Tomales Bay 2 (192KB PDF)
2nd Quarter Superintendents Report (444KB PDF)

April 18, 2008 Pacifica, CA Agenda (28KB PDF)
Notes (748KB PDF)
Condition Report Presentation (6,234KB PDF)

Tomales Bay Presentation (359KB PDF)
February 15, 2008
Joint GFNMS/ MBNMS Meeting
Half Moon Bay, CA

Agenda (136KB PDF)

December 13, 2007 Bodega Bay, CA

Agenda (120KB PDF)
Notes (528KB PDF)

Wave Energy Presentation (11.4Mb PDF)
Tomales Bay Presentation (4Mb PDF)
MLPA Debrief (76Kb PDF)

October 11, 2007
SAC Retreat
Stinson Beach, CA

Agenda (132KB PDF)
Notes (248KB PDF)

July 12, 2007 Point Reyes, CA

Agenda (116KB PDF)
Notes (404KB PDF)
Stellwagen Bank NMS Condition Report (11Mb PDF)
GFNMS Condition Report Development Presentation (760Kb PDF)
MLPA North-Central Coast Study Region Map (132Kb PDF)
Tomales Bay Protection Plan Presentation (784Kb PDF)
Bolinas Lagoon Restoration Feasibility Project Presentation (856Kb PDF)

April 19, 2007 San Francisco, CA

Agenda (104KB PDF)
Notes (464Kb PDF)
Billy Causey Presentation (6.5MB PDF)
MLPA North-Central Coast Implementation (300KB PDF)

Joint GFNMS/MBNMS Council Meeting
February, 15, 2007
Half Moon Bay, CA

Agenda (108KB PDF)
Notes (412KB PDF)
mavericks_contest.pdf (2.2MB PDF)seabirdprotection_program.pdf (3.1MB PDF)



For Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting archives, click here.

TBD - To be determined and will be posted on this page when information becomes available.

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