A 20-page letter sent by Marine Mammal Commission head Tim Ragen blasting a report by Marshall scientist Corey Goodman was released in the lead-up to the National Research Council meeting on Drake’s Bay Oyster Company in Irvine.
Dr. Goodman’s report critiqued the 2011 Marine Mammal Commission (MMC) report evaluating the oyster company’s effects on the movements of harbor seals in Drake’s Estero, and data on those effects gathered by scientists at Point Reyes National Seashore.…