Two fishing boats that grounded in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in recent years have inspired new recommendations aimed at holding boat owners accountable for damages.
A new report suggests ways to prevent or respond to such incidents by improving coordination among the patchwork of agencies responsible for managing, policing and protecting the sanctuary, whose 3,000-square-mile ecosystem is home to many threatened species.
The recommendations, from a subcommittee of the sanctuary’s advisory council,…