Anchorage Daily News Op-Ed by Mayor of Unalaska, AK: Feds’ Fish Panel Puts Communities At Risk As mayor of a community that relies upon healthy fisheries to sustain our economy and city services, I find the prospect of a centralized ocean policy that restricts the autonomy of our Regional Fishery Management Councils to be troubling…
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Gloucester Daily Times (MA): Fishermen, Farming, Mining Groups Decry Ocean Zoning – November 24, 2011
Gloucester Daily Times (MA): Fishermen, Farming, Mining Groups Decry Ocean Zoning A national alliance of fishing groups, including the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, and advocates for the nation’s farmers, ranchers, builders and miners have urged Congress to negate President Obama’s National Ocean Policy, rolled out in 2010 via executive order…
Groups Representing Inland Interests Outline Concerns With National Ocean Policy, Seek Congressional Oversight
Agricultural Retailers Association, CropLife America, National Association of Home Builders, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Mining Association, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, Public Lands Council, The Fertilizer Institute: Letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of U.S. House Natural Resources Committee In an October 26, 2011 letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the [...]
Obama Administration’s Nine Priority Objectives for the National Ocean Policy
The National Ocean Council (NOC), which came into existence on July 19 when President Obama signed an Executive Order for the Stewardship of Our Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes, has set forth nine priority objectives for a national ocean policy. The objectives, as described on the NOC’s website, are listed below: 1. Ecosystem-Based Management: Adopt [...]
UNESCO Marine Spatial Planning Publications
2009 EHLER C., DOUVERE F. 2009. Marine spatial planning: A step-by-step approach toward ecosystem-based management. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Man and the Biosphere Programme. IOC Manual and Guides (pdf, 9.14 MB), No. 53, IOCAM Dosier No. 6, Paris, UNESCO. DOUVERE F., EHLER C. 2009. Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Management: An Evolving Paradigm for the Management [...]
Marine Spatial Planning: A Step-by-Step Approach Toward Ecosystem-based Management
A report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. PDF Version.
ESPN Outdoors: What the NOC means for anglers – August 7, 2010
August 7, 2010 ESPN Outdoors: What the NOC means for anglers The deal is done and a structure is in place that could lead to the closure of at least some recreational fisheries …
Sportfishing Industry Members Recognized for Efforts to KeepAmericaFishing™
Sportfishing industry commends members for leadership in helping to address challenges to recreational fishing access Alexandria, VA – July 29, 2010 – During its annual State of the Industry breakfast, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) launched a renewed effort to unite the sportfishing industry and the country’s 60 million anglers with one united voice to [...]
Sportfishing and Boating Communities Continue to Call for Public Access in New National Ocean Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 21, 2010 – On July 19, 2010, the White House’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force released its final report on a new national policy with the stated goals of ensuring protection, maintenance and restoration of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas and the Great Lakes. Over the past year, the recreational fishing [...]
Seafood Coalition Highlights Concerns With National Ocean Policy, Requests Congressional Action
November 7, 2011 • Categories: Comments, News • by oceanpolicy
Seafood Coalition: Letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee In a November 7, 2011 letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, the Seafood Coalition expressed its appreciation for recent congressional oversight hearings, adding that testimony at the hearings demonstrates “the need for Congressional action barring the Administration from continuing to [...]
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