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Anchorage Daily News: Begich Balks At What He Calls ‘Ocean Zoning’ Alaska Senator Mark Begich is quick to name the issue that’s giving him the biggest earful so far in his new post as chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard: “marine spatial planning.”  The concept is listed as a top […]

Bangor Daily News: Fishermen Criticize Federal Plans For Coordinated Ocean Policy and Planning Efforts ROCKPORT, Maine — When it comes to establishing new federal policies and processes for reviewing and approving marine activities, fishermen say they should have a seat at the table. The new national ocean policy created last summer by President Barack Obama

The Times-Standard (CA): National Ocean Council Names Trinidad Rancheria CEO To Ocean Policy Panel The president’s National Ocean Council has chosen Trinidad Rancheria Chief Executive Officer Jacque Hostler as one of three tribal representative for a key coordinating body on ocean policy issues…

Alaska Journal of Commerce: Begich not bashful about securing fisheries chairmanship “Bashful” is likely the last word his U.S. Senate colleagues would use to describe Mark Begich.  So when an opportunity arose to become chairman of the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee, the junior senator from Alaska was not shy about talking his

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