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The Sun Herald (MS): DMR Director Named To Ocean Group  Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Executive Director Bill Walker has been appointed to the Obama administration’s National Ocean Council’s Governance Coordinating Committee — a group of state, local and tribal officials across the country who will work on ocean-policy issues…

The Huffington Post: A Republican Leader Takes Aim at Ocean Protection Upton Sinclair once said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”…

National Ocean Council: National Ocean Policy Strategic Action Plan Development Open For Public Comment As part of President Obama’s commitment to move toward the first comprehensive national policy for our oceans, the National Ocean Council (NOC) is responsible for developing strategic action plans to achieve nine priority objectives that address some of the most pressing challenges

Gloucester (MA) Daily Times:  Feds Court Wind Companies’ ‘Interest’ In Fishing Grounds The Obama administration has asked wind energy companies for notices of interest in leasing blocks in a 2,200-nautical-square-mile sector of rich fishing waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, a move that further threatens New England’s fishing fleet…

National Ocean Council: Deputies Building on Great Momentum for Our Oceans   This week, the National Ocean Council deputies met to move forward the implementation of the National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, our Coasts, and Great Lakes.  Building on the energy and enthusiasm from our initial meeting in September, and the Principals meeting in

The Corning Leader (NY): Reed: EPA Regs Unfair To Upstate Area Washington — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is calling for the Environmental Protection Agency  to review its proposed new Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load requirements…

Alaska Journal of Commerce: Confusion Lingers For Council About New Ocean Policy Questions about a new national ocean policy remain, even after a visit to Alaska from the assistant administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

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)