Perspectives on what safeguarding the Bolinas coastline should look like remain at odds as an Oct. 16 vote by the California Fish and Game Commission on expanded protections at Duxbury Reef fast approaches.
Since the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin first proposed prohibiting all fishing at the reef in 2023, it has modified its request. It is now asking for northern and southern boundary expansions and the prohibition of all take—from seaweed to shellfish…