draft tomales bay vessel management plan - Gulf of the Farallones ...

This activity would involve GFNMS and CSLC applying a set of mooring zones and
integrating these zones into the TBMP upon which consideration of individual mooring
leases will be based.
All Tomales Bay vessel moorings will be required to be located within the Vessel
Mooring Zones with the following four exceptions:
1) State permitted aquaculture moorings used for aquaculture operations within state
water bottom lease areas;
2) Permitted moorings located on sovereign lands adjacent to developed littoral
properties in compliance with CSLC requirements*, owned by the owner of the
adjacent littoral property and meeting all siting criteria from Activity VM 1.1;
3) Permitted moorings in locations meeting all siting criteria from Activity VM 1.1
whereby the owner has provided sufficient evidence their mooring has existed in
the same location since February 2006, and sufficient evidence of permission by
all littoral property owners adjacent to that mooring has been provided to CSLC
(permission of adjacent littoral property owners is a requirement for all CSLC
mooring leases) and permission from all littoral property owners is maintained
throughout the life of the lease; and
4) Up to thirty-five (35) moorings at Lawson’s Landing, subject to the terms and
conditions of the 25-year commercial lease issued by CSLC in 1998.
* Additional moorings may be allowed on sovereign lands under CSLC jurisdiction,
offshore of developed littoral properties, solely for the use of the owner or the lessee
of that property. The CSLC may, in its sole discretion, issue leases for more than one
mooring, if the property owner can demonstrate that commercial needs or legitimate
private needs justify a greater number.
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