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By Ben Bodart, Special to the Independent   The three-month birthing season for seal pups nears its end this month. By now some have weaned and...

Rotary Hooked by Ocean Expert   Dr. Chris Lowe of Cal State University Long Beach’s shark lab will speak at Rotary Club’s lunch meeting on Friday,...

Editor, Thank you Laguna Beach City Council for the vision to vote for strict marine protections for the coastline of Laguna Beach. Many people have voiced...

An unofficial poll among Thurston Middle School sixth graders, who spent their third week of school at an outdoor science camp on Catalina Island,...

Finding a Slice of Heaven Two weeks ago I shared my experience of being a Pageant mom. The one thing I didn’t mention is...

Editor,   The aquarium of the Pacific is closer than you think. Sea life flourishes just offshore here in Laguna, wild and beautiful.   I went snorkeling twice...

Local Filmmakers Screen Sawdust Documentary “James Koch: Sculptor of the Found Object,” a film by Laguna residents Carole Zavala and Maryanne Kuzara has been accepted...

They say big things come in small packages. A hungry and determined group of girls from Orange County’s smallest public high school defied the odds,...

How sad to see all the self-serving silly comments in the Independent article (“Marine Reserve Unsettles the Waters,” Dec. 24) regarding the closing of the Laguna Beach coast to fishing. Closing off this 21 square miles of prime fishing grounds really does nothing but put a lot of people out of work, damage our tourist industry, and ruin a great sport and cut off the source of healthy food for a lot of people. Comments from those supporting the ocean closures like, “I want to see kelp beds” is ridiculous. Fishing does not damage kelp beds. Kelp comes and goes with water temperature, sunlight, red tides, etc. Other comments like, “I want to see big giant fish,” are equally silly. Guess what? Big fish eat little fish. We already have big predator fish out there including giant black sea bass (fully protected), white sea bass (must be very large and limited to one fish), sharks, and occasionally transient barracuda and yellowtail. Yes, man is a transient predator too, but hook and line fisherman, following Fish & Game regulations, only have a minor impact.