U.S. House Committee: Obama Administration Moves Forward with Plan to Zone the Ocean
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2012 – Today President Obama’s National Ocean Council, created by an Executive Order in 2010, released a draft action plan to move forward with the Administration’s goal of imposing new mandatory “ocean zoning.” This initiative could place huge portions of the ocean off limits to all types of recreational, commercial and agricultural activities – destroying jobs and harming our economy.
