NOPC in the News

In order to “provide adequate opportunity for public meetings in impacted Arctic communities, given recent COVID–19 impacts to travel,” the Coast Guard today announced that it is reopening the comment period through Sept. 30, 2021 on its preparation of an Alaskan Arctic Coast Port Access Route Study to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing measures.  The comment […]

In collaboration with the National Science Foundation and 16 international partners and through the Belmont Forum, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the award of funding for two 3-year projects to study multiple uses of the oceans, with a focus on identifying pathways toward responsible development and minimizing conflicts. The projects – “An Assessment Framework for

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the completion of a 6-year study to help establish a methodology for better locating, identifying, and understanding ancient sites where indigenous people may have been present in federal waters. BOEM notes that the study results, which include best practices to improve the effectiveness of tribal engagement and

Marking the 1-year anniversary of the establishment of the nation’s new ocean policy to advance U.S. economic, security, and environmental interests, commercial and recreational groups from around the country today issued the following statements of continued support for this effort. NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY COALITION “Our new policy for the nation’s oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes is

In an op-ed published today in The Hill, NOPC Managing Director Jack Belcher talked about the nation’s new ocean policy that was established by Executive Order on June 19, 2018: With the signing of an executive order on ocean policy, President Trump last week took an important step forward in securing lasting benefits from the nation’s