The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body has posted materials including the slide presentation, summary, transcript, and recording from its December 8, 2015 webinar, which provided updates on activities since the RPB’s September meeting, particularly with regard to the development of draft ocean plan actions. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April 2013 and is tasked [...]
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NOPC Submits Comments on Draft Gulf of Mexico Restoration Plan
The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The Coalition’s comments focused on language in the Draft PDARP/PEIS that references spatial planning (without defining or addressing it with specificity) as well as the potential establishment or [...]
Northeast RPB Announces Jan. 2016 Meeting for EBM Working Group
The Northeast Regional Planning Body today announced that its Ecosystem-Based Management Working Group will hold its second meeting from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern on Wednesday, Jan. 6. The location is TBD, but will likely be in the Boston, MA-Providence, RI area. Following a decision at its June 2015 meeting, the RPB established a 12-member [...]
NOPC Submits Comments on NOAA’s Draft Ecosystem-Based Management Fisheries Policy
December 16, 2015 • Categories: Comments, NOPC in the News, News • by Editor
The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on the National Marine Fisheries Services’ Draft Ecosystem-Based Management Fisheries Policy. The comments focus on language associated with the draft policy connecting ecosystem-based fisheries management with ecosystem-based management and the National Ocean Policy Executive Order.
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