Media Coverage

The Oregonian: Energy, environmental, recreational and tribal interests voice opinions on National Ocean Policy With increasing toxins in fish, depletion of resources, polluted waters and coastal development, the state of the ocean demands attention. That was central to a listening session put on by the National Ocean Council at Portland State University last Friday…

NOAA: NOAA, BOEMRE and Fish and Wildlife Service Advance Nation’s Largest Survey of Marine Protected Species The nation’s largest survey of protected marine species is now underway for its second year along the East Coast, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation

Hampton Union (NH): Fishing Industry Blasts Exclusion From National Ocean Council EXETER — In July 2010, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that established the first comprehensive national policy for the stewardship of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes. Last week members of the National Ocean Council, which was established under this order, held

Asbury Park Press (NJ): Ocean policy panel urged to take quick action WEST LONG BRANCH — A panel of federal ocean science advisers heard calls Thursday for more immediate action under the new federal ocean plan, as some people told how they’ve already seen the impact of climate change and development along the coast…

Greenwire: Interior Offshore Wind Leasing Program Seen as ‘Test Case’ for Marine Spatial Planning As the 27-agency National Ocean Council begins the formidable task of mapping out the myriad resources of the nation’s oceans, lakes and coasts, some are looking to the Interior Department’s offshore wind program for hints of how early planning can improve

DOI:  USGS Arctic Study Evaluates Science and Knowledge Gaps for OCS Energy Development WASHINGTON – In response to a request from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the U.S. Geological Survey today released the ‘science gap and sufficiency’ report evaluating science needed to better inform decisions regarding oil and natural gas exploration and development in

Greenwire: Listening tour for policy council begins — not fittingly, advocates hope — at Arlington Cemetery In what one ocean activist said he hoped wasn’t a harbinger of the future of the initiative, the first listening session on action plans to implement the National Ocean Policy took place last night at Arlington National Cemetery.  The

NOAA:  BOEMRE, NOAA and USGS Launch Maritime Science Expedition Off Mid-Atlantic Coast Aboard the Research Ship Nancy Foster The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) today announced that a multi-agency team of ocean scientists has launched an expedition using sonar

Greenwire: Ruckelshaus, Marine Experts Lend Support to Fledgling White House Ocean Initiative The White House’s proposed National Ocean Policy earned a vote of confidence from former U.S. EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus and a blue-ribbon panel of marine experts yesterday, just days before administration officials embark on a nationwide tour to discuss a series of draft

The Bay Citizen (CA): Environmentalists Seek Speed Limits For Ships to Protect Whales Environmentalists launched a legal effort Monday to limit shipping speeds in national marine sanctuaries off California’s coastline to protect whales from noise and deadly collisions…