Media Coverage

National Review Online: Gone Fishing? Will Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force Remain in Lockstep with Radical Greens?

March 11, 2010 National Review Online: Gone Fishing? Will Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force Remain in Lockstep with Radical Greens? So Pres. Barack Obama’s “Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force” has decided that the opinions of America’s 60 million anglers aren’t worthy of its consideration …

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New York Times: House Aides Mull Plans to Overhaul, Codify NOAA

March 11, 2010 New York Times: House Aides Mull Plans to Overhaul, Codify NOAA Aides from the two House committees with jurisdiction over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working together to draft legislation to overhaul and authorize the agency for the first time, according to House Science Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) …

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HamptonRoads.com: Anglers are concerned. Are the feds trying to end recreational fishing?

March 11, 2010 HamptonRoads.com: Anglers are concerned. Are the feds trying to end recreational fishing? That’s what many recreational anglers, charter captains, marina staff and tackle shop owners think. And federal fisheries managers have done little to make any of us think differently …

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ESPN Outdoors: From the Editor of ESPNOutdoors.com

March 10, 2010 ESPN Outdoors: From the Editor of ESPNOutdoors.com Firestorms get started in a variety of ways, especially on politicized issues. ESPNOutdoors.com inadvertently contributed to a flare-up Tuesday when we posted the latest article in a series of stories on President Barack Obama’s newly created Ocean Policy Task Force, a column written by Robert

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ESPN Outdoors: Culled Out: Public Input Period for Federal Fishery Strategy Has Ended

March 10, 2010 ESPN Outdoors: Culled Out: Public Input Period for Federal Fishery Strategy Has Ended The Obama administration has ended public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters …

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Joint Ocean Commission Initiative: Joint Initiative Supports Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Framework for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (PDF)

December 15, 2009 Joint Ocean Commission Initiative: Joint Initiative Supports Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Framework for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (PDF) The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative supports the White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force’s Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, released Monday, December 14. In September, the Task Force

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Hawaii Ocean Law: White House Ocean Policy Task Force Releases Framework for Spatial Planning

December 14, 2009 Hawaii Ocean Law: White House Ocean Policy Task Force Releases Framework for Spatial Planning News Flash – the Executive Office of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality just published the Ocean Policy Task Force’s Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning …

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