San Diego Union-Tribune: Agencies Prepare To Carve Up Coastal Waters State officials decided last week that a hotly contested set of marine protected areas will take effect in the nearshore waters of Southern California on Jan. 1. That planning process split the region into pro-fishing and no-fishing camps since it started in 2008, but it […]
The Oregonian: Energy, environmental, recreational and tribal interests voice opinions on National Ocean Policy With increasing toxins in fish, depletion of resources, polluted waters and coastal development, the state of the ocean demands attention. That was central to a listening session put on by the National Ocean Council at Portland State University last Friday…
NOAA: NOAA, BOEMRE and Fish and Wildlife Service Advance Nation’s Largest Survey of Marine Protected Species The nation’s largest survey of protected marine species is now underway for its second year along the East Coast, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
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Hampton Union (NH): Fishing Industry Blasts Exclusion From National Ocean Council EXETER — In July 2010, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that established the first comprehensive national policy for the stewardship of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes. Last week members of the National Ocean Council, which was established under this order, held
Asbury Park Press (NJ): Ocean policy panel urged to take quick action WEST LONG BRANCH — A panel of federal ocean science advisers heard calls Thursday for more immediate action under the new federal ocean plan, as some people told how they’ve already seen the impact of climate change and development along the coast…
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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…
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Regional Fishery Management Councils: Comments on Draft Strategic Action Plan for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Dear Ms. Sutley: Please consider the following comments to reflect the position of the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils (RFMCs) on the issue of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP)…
Greenwire: Interior Offshore Wind Leasing Program Seen as ‘Test Case’ for Marine Spatial Planning As the 27-agency National Ocean Council begins the formidable task of mapping out the myriad resources of the nation’s oceans, lakes and coasts, some are looking to the Interior Department’s offshore wind program for hints of how early planning can improve
DOI: USGS Arctic Study Evaluates Science and Knowledge Gaps for OCS Energy Development WASHINGTON – In response to a request from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the U.S. Geological Survey today released the ‘science gap and sufficiency’ report evaluating science needed to better inform decisions regarding oil and natural gas exploration and development in
Greenwire: Listening tour for policy council begins — not fittingly, advocates hope — at Arlington Cemetery In what one ocean activist said he hoped wasn’t a harbinger of the future of the initiative, the first listening session on action plans to implement the National Ocean Policy took place last night at Arlington National Cemetery. The