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Hi Everybody,

I recently joined your group.  Since this group is about the
environment issues and concerns in California, I thought I could share
some information with you about new regulations on ocean-related issues
taken in California.

Last September, Governor Schwarzenegger signed three major bills to
protect the oceans' health.

He has taken action on cruise ship pollution, signing into law Assembly
Bill 2093, which bans cruise ships from dumping wastes from kitchens,
sinks, and showers in state waters.  In addition, he also signed into
law AB 2672 (Simitian), making California the first state to ban
discharges from sewage from toilets into state waters.  This gives
California some of the strictest cruise ship pollution laws in the
country.

Also earlier this year the California Senate passed Senate Bill 1459 to
protect ocean habitats from bottom trawling. The vote was a victory for
California's ocean.

You can find more info on www.oceana.org. Oceana is an international
non-profit organization that works to protect the world's oceans, if
you're into that sort of thing.  Oceana lobbied to get these
legislations and was successful because of grassroots efforts from
citizens who became WaveMakers.

***Gwen Coat, alias phycodris
***Become a WaveMaker and save the world's oceans!
***http://takeaction.oceana.org/wavemaker/home.html