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Residents urge council to add marine mammal protections and a continuous beach‑cleanup program
Summary
Multiple residents and volunteer groups asked Carpinteria’s City Council to incorporate Marine Mammal Protection Act safeguards into the municipal code and to adopt a Shore Sabers continuous beach‑cleanup program and signage to protect the harbor seal colony and improve long‑term beach stewardship.
A coalition of residents and volunteers urged the Carpinteria City Council to add protections for the harbor seal colony and establish an ongoing community cleanup program.
Speakers—including Kate Stewart and volunteers associated with Sealwatch—reported steep declines in local seal counts and described repeated disturbances during summer and fall seasons. They…
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