Anchorage Daily News Op-Ed by Mayor of Unalaska, AK: Feds’ Fish Panel Puts Communities At Risk As mayor of a community that relies upon healthy fisheries to sustain our economy and city services, I find the prospect of a centralized ocean policy that restricts the autonomy of our Regional Fishery Management Councils to be troubling…
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Gloucester Daily Times (MA): Fishermen, Farming, Mining Groups Decry Ocean Zoning – November 24, 2011
Gloucester Daily Times (MA): Fishermen, Farming, Mining Groups Decry Ocean Zoning A national alliance of fishing groups, including the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, and advocates for the nation’s farmers, ranchers, builders and miners have urged Congress to negate President Obama’s National Ocean Policy, rolled out in 2010 via executive order…
Juneau Empire: Murkowski Claims Credit for Blocking Ocean Funding – November 2, 2011
Juneau Empire: Murkowski Claims Credit for Blocking Ocean Funding A Senate appropriations bill that passed contained funding for several federal agencies, but also specifically “defunded” a marine planning program that some development advocates worried could hurt the state…
Panama City (FL) News Herald: Southerland Spars with National Ocean Policy Teams Members – October 29, 2011
Panama City (FL) News Herald: Southerland Spars with National Ocean Policy Teams Members PANAMA CITY — Verbal sparing on Capital Hill between U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland and two members of the National Ocean Policy team highlighted a disagreement over the Obama Administration’s coastal policies. Southerland, R-Panama City, took the Obama Administration to task for “misleading [...]
Environment & Energy Daily: Admin Officials Fail To Allay GOP Fears On Marine Planning – October 27, 2011
Environment & Energy Daily: Admin Officials Fail To Allay GOP Fears On Marine Planning House Republicans and top Obama administration officials are butting heads over how far the administration’s new National Ocean Policy will reach. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley attempted to [...]
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland: Obama Administration Caught in Oceans Policy Bait-and-Switch – October 27, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland: Obama Administration Caught in Oceans Policy Bait-and-Switch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Southerland, II took the Obama Administration to task this week for misleading the American people in an attempt to increase its regulatory control over our oceans and coastal industries…
U.S. House Committee: Administration Dodges Questions on Obama’s Zoning Plan, Witnesses Begrudge Lack of Public Participation, Potential Implications – October 26, 2011
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee: Administration Dodges Questions on Obama’s Zoning Plan, Witnesses Begrudge Lack of Public Participation, Potential Implications WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2011 – Today, the Natural Resources Committee held the second oversight hearing in a series on, “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal [...]
U.S. House Committee Announces Second Oversight Hearing on the National Ocean Policy – October 19, 2011
U.S. House Committee Announces Second Oversight Hearing on the National Ocean Policy The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources announced today that it will hold a second oversight hearing on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 to address “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” According [...]
Environment & Energy Daily: Obama’s New Planning Policy Comes Under Fire At House Hearing – October 5, 2011
Environment & Energy Daily: Obama’s New Planning Policy Comes Under Fire At House Hearing The Obama administration’s effort to create a new national ocean policy came under fire yesterday, as Republicans and business interests characterized the policy as an overreaching new bureaucracy that could create new restrictions at sea and on land. Some members of [...]
U.S. House Committee: Witnesses: President Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan Will Stifle Economic Growth, Create Regulatory Uncertainty, Threaten Jobs – October 4, 2011
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee: Witnesses: President Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan Will Stifle Economic Growth, Create Regulatory Uncertainty, Threaten Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2011 – Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” At [...]
