The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Alaska to support coordination and collaboration regarding energy and marine mineral resource development in federal waters off Alaska. The MOU supports cooperation and coordination on the review and consultation of proposed projects including leasing, exploration, and development [...]
Archive | August, 2019
NROC Releases Summary of Ocean Planning Meeting
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council’s (NROC) Ocean Planning Committee today released a summary of its June meeting in which it addressed recent activities, received an update on federal progress in implementing the June 2018 ocean policy Executive Order and consideration of potential implications for the Northeast and the Committee’s work plan, and discussed specific topics related to offshore wind. [...]
NOAA Issues Final Rule on CZMA Program Change Procedures
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management last week announced the issuance of a final rule intended to provide states and NOAA with a more efficient process for making changes to state coastal management programs. Under the new rule, the 1996 Program Change Guidance and 2013 Addendum no longer apply. Changes between the 2016 proposed rule and the final rule include [...]
NOAA: Sustainable U.S. Fish Stocks Remains Near Record High
NOAA today announced the release of the 2018 State of U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress, which details the status of 479 federally-managed stocks or stock complexes to identify which stocks are subject to overfishing, are overfished, or are rebuilt to sustainable levels. The report finds that the number of known stocks on the overfishing list remain [...]
