[Coral-List] Trump's MPAs

[Ed Blume]

David, et. al.,

Any retreat on MPAs will rest on political expediency, not input from the
scientific community.

Ed Blume
​Madison, WI​


On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Paul Sammarco <psammarco at lumcon.edu> wrote:

> Dear David and Coral-List folks,
>
> If the political trend is to reduce MPA number and size within US
> jurisdiction, then it might be wise to prioritize what exists now and pass
> those priorities along to the new Executive Branch of the US Government.
> That is, if we have to lose something, which are those areas we really want
> to save - above all others, which are of medium rank, and which areas can
> we put up with losing, if we absolutely have to.  If we do this
> prioritization in advance, we will be the first cab off the rank with
> recommendations to government, saving them a lot of work, which they might
> be grateful for.  Plus, the relevant agencies will be reviewing this
> material and considering it for comment, and may not have to come up with
> their own rankings de novo.  Even if so, those rankings would hopefully be
> similar to our own.
>
> Food for thought.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
>
> Paul W. Sammarco, Ph.D.
> Professor
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces@
> coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of David Medio
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 11:10 AM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Trump's MPAs
>
> Dear All,
>
> I would tend to agree with Paul.
>
> This is no political forum, but MPAs are.
>
> Not only is it better to address the issue before things ‘heat up’, but
> when the president-elect moves in on January 20th, I suspect there will be
> some rather more pressing issues for him and his administration to deal
> with.
>
> David
>
>
> Dr David Medio
> Independent Marine Scientist
> Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York
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