Media Coverage

Fort Lauderdale Examiner: Commissioner Jacobs Appointed To President Obama’s National Ocean Council Broward County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs has been appointed to the Obama Administration’s National Ocean Council’s Governance Coordinating Committee. The administration says the group is the nation’s first “comprehensive, integrated” group to work on stewardship policies involving oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes…

Journal of the San Juans (WA): Ranker Appointed To U.S. Oceans’ Committee Washington state Senator Kevin Ranker, D-San Juan Island, has been appointed to the federal National Ocean Council Governance Coordinating Committee…

National Ocean Council: State, Local and Tribal Representatives Named To Governance Coordinating Committee WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recognizing that successful ocean stewardship requires inter-governmental collaboration, the Obama Administration’s National Ocean Council today announced the inaugural members of the Governance Coordinating Committee, a group of state, local and tribal representatives that will serve as a key coordinating

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…