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NOPC Submits Comments on Northeast Ocean Plan Options

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Options for the Northeast Regional Ocean Plan The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted comments to the Northeast Regional Planning Body on options for the Northeast regional ocean plan…

NOPC Submits Comments on Draft Mid-Atlantic Stakeholder Strategy

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Planning Stakeholder Engagement Strategy Draft Outline The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted comments to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body on its draft regional ocean planning stakeholder engagement strategy outline. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April 2013 and is tasked under the National [...]

NOPC Submits Comments on Draft Revised Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Goals

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Draft Revised Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Goals The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted comments to the Northeast Regional Planning Body on its draft revised regional ocean planning goals, objectives, and actions…

NOPC Sends Correspondence To Mid-Atlantic RPB

The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted a letter to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) co-leads following the RPB’s inaugural in-person meeting in September. The correspondence addresses the RPB’s development of user group engagement mechanisms, goals and principles, data and information sources, timelines, and a charter. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April [...]

NOPC Submits Comments On Draft Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Goals

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Draft Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Goals On June 28, 2013, the National Ocean Policy Coalition electronically submitted comments to the Northeast Regional Planning Body on the draft Northeast regional ocean planning goals…

NOPC Submits Comments on the National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan

National Ocean Policy Coalition: Comments on the National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan On February 27, 2012, the National Ocean Policy Coalition electronically submitted comments to the National Ocean Council on the National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan…

Seafood Coalition Highlights Concerns With National Ocean Policy, Requests Congressional Action

Seafood Coalition:  Letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee In a November 7, 2011 letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, the Seafood Coalition expressed its appreciation for recent congressional oversight hearings, adding that testimony at the hearings demonstrates “the need for Congressional action barring the Administration from continuing to [...]

Groups Representing Inland Interests Outline Concerns With National Ocean Policy, Seek Congressional Oversight

Agricultural Retailers Association, CropLife America, National Association of Home Builders, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Mining Association, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, Public Lands Council, The Fertilizer Institute: Letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of U.S. House Natural Resources Committee In an October 26, 2011 letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the [...]

National Ocean Policy Coalition Testifies at U.S. House of Representatives Full Committee Oversight Hearing

National Ocean Policy Coalition: Testimony at U.S. House Full Committee Oversight Hearing On Tuesday, October 4, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.”  Jack Coleman, Co-Managing Director of the National Ocean Policy [...]

NOPC Comments on the National Ocean Council’s Strategic Action Plan Outlines

National Ocean Policy Coalition:  Comments on the National Ocean Council’s Strategic Action Plan Outlines On July 1, 2011, the National Ocean Policy Coalition electronically submitted comments to the National Ocean Council on the Strategic Action Plan Full Content Outlines for the National Ocean Policy’s nine priority objectives…