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Ithaca (NY) Journal: DEC Challenging EPA’s Authority Over Chesapeake Cleanup Plan The Department of Environmental Conservation is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to force New York and other headwater states to participate in its plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed…

Crestview (FL) News Bulletin: Local Officials, EPA at Odds Over Water Standards On Sunday, hotly contested Environmental Protection Agency standards for treatment of wastewater discharge and storm water runoff in Florida were finalized…

National Ocean Council: National Ocean Council Principals Hold Inaugural Meeting Tuesday marked an historic occasion for our stewardship of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources as 25 Cabinet Secretaries and senior officials from across the Federal Government gathered in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for the inaugural meeting of the National Ocean Council’s (NOC) [...]

Gloucester (MA) Times: Leading fishery scientist sees ‘crisis’ in catch shares Academic scientist Brian Rothschild has issued a harsh critique of fishery management policies, asserting that the rush to create a catch share commodities market in New England’s groundfishery has meant a transfer of “public resources to private individuals” yielding an unnecessary government-made “economic crisis.”…

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Gulf Restoration Task Force to Address Issues Beyond Oil Spill, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Says The newly minted Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force has a larger task than simply attempting to heal the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from the damage it suffered in the BP oil spill, said Environmental Protection Agency [...]

Washington Post: Saving the Bay From Your Own Backyard The EPA’s push to save the Chesapeake Bay might need homeowners to make changes…

Washington Post:  To Save Chesapeake, Turf May Face Tough Love The Chesapeake Bay does not like your lawn…

The White House: President Obama Appoints Three Individuals to Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of the following individuals to key administration posts…

NOAA: NOAA Policy Encourages Catch Shares to End Overfishing and Rebuild Fisheries NOAA today released a national policy encouraging the consideration and use of catch shares, a fishery management tool that has shown it can help rebuild fisheries and sustain fishermen, communities, vibrant working waterfronts and culturally important fishing traditions…