Obama panel releases comprehensive ocean report
source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/17/MN8319OU2E.DTL
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An influential federal panel tasked this summer by President Obama with revitalizing the nation's coasts, oceans and the Great Lakes Thursday set out a wide-ranging plan they hope will boost the safety of seafood, preserve wildlife, improve water quality and protect the economies of coastal communities.
Members of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, which include representatives from 20 different administration agencies and departments, released the interim report on the same day the group heard from political leaders, environmentalists and businesses in San Francisco.
The multicity tour, which also includes Anchorage, Providence, R.I., Cleveland, New Orleans and Honolulu, is part of the panel's effort to gather public comment on a final plan they intend to send to the president in the next few months. The goal is to create a comprehensive national plan for managing, restoring and protecting the marine environment.
Among the varied stakeholders there is widespread agreement that the country's oceans and coasts are under assault from climate change and rising seas, pollution, overfishing, habitat loss and the development of traditional and alternative energy sources.
The draft report recommended several broad strategies, including improving coordination among local, state and federal agencies; boosting ocean water quality through more sustainable land practices; basing management of marine resources on the health of the environment and the use of marine spatial planning - that is, accurately mapping ocean space to create a more detailed picture of the resources and uses in a given area.
Environmental groups, many of which have long fought for a national ocean policy, were thrilled at the administration's quick progress.
Members of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, which include representatives from 20 different administration agencies and departments, released the interim report on the same day the group heard from political leaders, environmentalists and businesses in San Francisco.
The multicity tour, which also includes Anchorage, Providence, R.I., Cleveland, New Orleans and Honolulu, is part of the panel's effort to gather public comment on a final plan they intend to send to the president in the next few months. The goal is to create a comprehensive national plan for managing, restoring and protecting the marine environment.
Among the varied stakeholders there is widespread agreement that the country's oceans and coasts are under assault from climate change and rising seas, pollution, overfishing, habitat loss and the development of traditional and alternative energy sources.
The draft report recommended several broad strategies, including improving coordination among local, state and federal agencies; boosting ocean water quality through more sustainable land practices; basing management of marine resources on the health of the environment and the use of marine spatial planning - that is, accurately mapping ocean space to create a more detailed picture of the resources and uses in a given area.
Environmental groups, many of which have long fought for a national ocean policy, were thrilled at the administration's quick progress.
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captainplanet71
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hmm, those orange roughy's in your photo look tasty, thats why traitor joes still sells its endangered "orange roughy fillets"
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