Media Coverage

Marine News: U.S. Policies: Raising Red Flags Offshore National Ocean Policy, Coastal & Marine Spatial Planning: two of the biggest issues you never heard of.  It’s also far more complicated than you might think…

Charleston Post and Courier Op-Ed: Regulating Fishermen Out Of Business In recent years, high fuel prices and stringent federal regulations have combined to take an especially heavy toll on charter boat owners and operators across the United States…

Great Lakes Boating Magazine: NOPC Is The Voice Of Boaters In July 2010, President Obama issued an Executive Order calling for the federal implementation of the National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, otherwise known as the National Ocean Policy (NOP).  The NOP is now underway and lacks

Anchorage Daily News Op-Ed: New Federal Ocean Policy Bodes Ill For Alaska Alaskans today have tremendous potential opportunities that can provide lasting benefits for decades to come. Plentiful energy and mineral resources, new Arctic shipping lanes, vibrant fisheries, and a bustling tourism industry are but a few of the areas that could all combine to

Roll Call Op-Ed: Ocean Policy Respite Is Step In Right Direction Recent House passage of an amendment providing for a pause in implementation of the new National Ocean Policy is a welcome development for those seeking to maintain and enhance the productivity of our nation’s marine and inland areas…

CQ: Oceans Plan Meets Wave of GOP Resistance On its face, the Obama administration’s plan to begin implementing its National Ocean Policy looks like something even the president’s most ardent opponents might like. The objective sounds innocuous enough: safeguard the oceans and Great Lakes while encouraging sustainable development of offshore resources…

Gloucester Times (MA): Panel Chairman Moves To Block ‘Ocean Zoning’ Money The chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, backed by a national coalition that ranges from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, is urging a shutoff to all funding geared toward implementation of a National Ocean Policy created

E&E News: Industry Groups Press Lawmakers To Freeze Spending for New Obama Policy Industry groups are asking lawmakers to put the brakes on the Obama administration’s National Ocean Policy. More than 75 groups — representing agriculture, forestry, oil and gas, and some parts of the fishing industry — sent a letter today to House appropriators asking