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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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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The National Ocean Policy Coalition submitted the following comments via http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/interim-framework/submit and hand delivered on February 12, 2010, to the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force c/o The Honorable Nancy Sutley, Council on Environmental Quality. Dear Chairwoman Sutley: On behalf of the National Ocean Policy Coalition (NOPC), I am pleased to submit comments on the Interim
February 11, 2010 Detroit News: Federal takeover of lakes looms Like Asian carp and other invasive species, the White House has recently laid the groundwork for a federal takeover of the Great Lakes and its tributaries …
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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
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 …
Ocean Policy Task Force Releases Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (December 14, 2009)
November 17, 2009 ESPN Outdoors: MLPA Could Hit Coast Fishing Hard During the past few months, the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force has earned most of the attention for the threat that it poses to angler access …
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September 21, 2009 Environment News Service: White House Proposes National Ocean Council to Chart Course for Ocean Health The White House is offering for public comment a new plan to better govern and protect the nation’s ocean waters, coasts and the Great Lakes. Under the plan, a new interagency National Ocean Council would be created
Obama Administration Officials Release Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report (September 17, 2009)