EUREKA – Friday morning’s hearing by the Joint Legislative Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture on the Marine Life Protection Act, chaired by Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-North Coast), will be televised by Access Humboldt and streamed live on the Web.

“I want to thank Access Humboldt for making this hearing available to everyone who has an interest in the Marine Life Protection Act but can’t travel to Eureka Friday,” Chesbro said. “We want to make this process as open and accessible as possible. Access Humboldt has stepped up to help us achieve this goal.”

The hearing, which starts 10 a.m. Friday in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers in Eureka, will focus on the North Coast Study Area of the MLPA Initiative and include testimony from MLPA Initiative staff, regional stakeholder groups, tribal representatives, environmentalists and local resource users.

The hearing can be viewed as it happens at www.accesshumboldt.net and The California Channel http://www.calchannel.com/)

There will be links to the live stream on the homepage of these two Web sites Friday morning. The hearing is expected to last several hours.

Access Humboldt also will archive the broadcast on its Web site, said Executive Director Sean McLaughlin.

To find the archived broadcast, click the “Watch” button on the homepage and choose the first selection from the drop-down menu, “Archive.”

The archived broadcast should be posted about 24 hours after the meeting is over, McLaughlin said.

The cost of televising the hearing is underwritten, in part, by the McLean Foundation in Fortuna.