The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Draft Climate Science Strategy. The Coalition’s comments focused on concerns surrounding language in the draft strategy regarding the role of the National Ocean Policy and its ecosystem-based management component in NMFS activities, including references to the National Ocean Policy as a mandate and NMFS’ reliance upon the National Ocean Policy as the basis for its EBM strategy.
NOPC Submits Comments on NMFS’ Draft Climate Science Strategy
March 31, 2015 Categories: Comments, NOPC in the News, News by Editor 0 Comments
The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Draft Climate Science Strategy. The Coalition’s comments focused on concerns surrounding language in the draft strategy regarding the role of the National Ocean Policy and its ecosystem-based management component in NMFS activities, including references to the National Ocean Policy as a mandate and NMFS’ reliance upon the National Ocean Policy as the basis for its EBM strategy.