A state recommendation released last Friday could derail a push to tighten fishing restrictions at Duxbury Reef, handing a tentative victory to Bolinas residents who have spent months fighting the proposal.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommended denying all 10 controversial petitions to expand marine protected areas off the state’s coast, from Laguna Beach to Stewarts Point, including one that would have made Duxbury Reef a no-take reserve where all fishing would have…