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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…

Ithaca (NY) Journal: DEC Challenging EPA’s Authority Over Chesapeake Cleanup Plan The Department of Environmental Conservation is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to force New York and other headwater states to participate in its plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed…

Crestview (FL) News Bulletin: Local Officials, EPA at Odds Over Water Standards On Sunday, hotly contested Environmental Protection Agency standards for treatment of wastewater discharge and storm water runoff in Florida were finalized…

National Ocean Council: National Ocean Council Principals Hold Inaugural Meeting Tuesday marked an historic occasion for our stewardship of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources as 25 Cabinet Secretaries and senior officials from across the Federal Government gathered in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for the inaugural meeting of the National Ocean Council’s (NOC)

Gloucester (MA) Times: Leading fishery scientist sees ‘crisis’ in catch shares Academic scientist Brian Rothschild has issued a harsh critique of fishery management policies, asserting that the rush to create a catch share commodities market in New England’s groundfishery has meant a transfer of “public resources to private individuals” yielding an unnecessary government-made “economic crisis.”…

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Gulf Restoration Task Force to Address Issues Beyond Oil Spill, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Says The newly minted Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force has a larger task than simply attempting to heal the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from the damage it suffered in the BP oil spill, said Environmental Protection Agency

Washington Post: Saving the Bay From Your Own Backyard The EPA’s push to save the Chesapeake Bay might need homeowners to make changes…