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The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Draft Climate Science Strategy.  The Coalition’s comments focused on concerns surrounding language in the draft strategy regarding the role of the National Ocean Policy and its ecosystem-based management component in NMFS activities, including references to the National Ocean Policy as a [...]

The National Ocean Policy Coalition today submitted comments on NOAA’s Draft Updated Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States.  The Coalition’s comments focused on concerns regarding language in the proposed Framework that suggests a potential role for Regional Planning Bodies created under the National Ocean Policy in the establishment [...]

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Planning Stakeholder Engagement Strategy Draft Outline The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted comments to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body on its draft regional ocean planning stakeholder engagement strategy outline. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April 2013 and is tasked under the National [...]

National Ocean Policy Coalition: NOPC Comments on Draft Revised Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Goals The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted comments to the Northeast Regional Planning Body on its draft revised regional ocean planning goals, objectives, and actions…

The National Ocean Policy Coalition today transmitted a letter to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) co-leads following the RPB’s inaugural in-person meeting in September. The correspondence addresses the RPB’s development of user group engagement mechanisms, goals and principles, data and information sources, timelines, and a charter. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April [...]