U.S. Ocean Report - correction

[Roger B Griffis]

Correction - web site for U.S. ocean report was incorrected listed in
previous email.  Correct address is:

www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov
_____________________
Roger B Griffis wrote:

> - Apologies for cross-postings -
>
> U.S. Ocean Report Released
>
> Last week U.S. federal agencies submitted the first National Ocean
> Report to the President entitled "Turning to the Sea: American's Ocean
> Future".  The report from the Cabinet responds to President Clinton's
> request at the National Ocean Conference (June 1998) for recommendations
> on a coordinated, focused, long-term federal ocean policy.
>
> The Report contains nearly 150 recommended actions to protect, restore,
> and explore America's ocean resources (including coral reefs). The Vice
> President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task force to
> oversee implementation of key recommendations.
>
> The report is available on-line at
>
> www.publicaffairs.noaa.com
>
> or by sending an email with your name and address to
>
> Robert.C.Hansen at hdq.noaa.gov
>
> Thank you.
> __________________________
> From: "The White House" <Publications-Admin at Pub.Pub.WhiteHouse.Gov>,
> on
> 09/03/1999 5:20 PM:
> To: internet[<Public-Distribution at pub.pub.whitehouse.gov>]
>
>                             THE WHITE HOUSE
>
>                      Office of the Press Secretary
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> For Immediate Release                                  September 2,
> 1999
>
>                         REPORT FROM THE CABINET:
>                   AN OCEAN POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
>                            September 2, 1999
>
> At the National Ocean Conference last year in Monterey, President
> Clinton directed the Cabinet to report back with recommendations for
> a
> comprehensive ocean policy to guide federal efforts in the 21st
> century.
> In a report presented today to Vice President Al Gore, entitled
> "Turning
> to the Sea: American's Ocean Future," the Cabinet recommends nearly
> 150
> actions to protect, restore, and explore America's ocean resources.
> The
> Vice President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task
> force to oversee implementation of key recommendations.
>
> Recommendations from the Cabinet include:
>
> Sustaining Economic Benefits
> -    Create new incentives to reduce overfishing, allowing fish
> stocks
> to recover and become more commercially viable.
> -    Develop guidelines for environmentally sound and sustainable
> aquaculture and promote domestic and international compliance with
> them.
> -    Increase support for sustainable harvesting and testing of
> marine
> resources with potential pharmaceutical benefits.
> -    Help state, local and tribal governments adopt and implement
> sustainable development plans for coastal zones.
>
> Maintaining Global Security
> -    Work with the Senate to ensure that the United States joins the
> Law
> of the Sea Convention as soon as possible.
> -    Improve U.S. capability to conduct surveillance, detection,
> identification, classification, and interdiction of maritime threats
> before they reach U.S. shores.
> -    Coordinate initiatives to maintain and exercise freedom of
> navigation.
>
> Protecting Marine Resources
> -    Coordinate federal programs with "smart growth" initiatives at
> the
> local level.
> -    Coordinate efforts among federal agencies to effectively address
> polluted runoff and other sources of coastal pollution.
> -    Strengthen efforts to protect and restore essential fish habitat
> as
> required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
> Act.
> -    Examine the concept of marine wilderness areas and its
> application
> to U.S. marine protected areas.
>
> Discovering the Oceans
> -    Improve coordination of data collection among coastal,
> open-ocean
> and seafloor observation stations and expand their data gathering
> capabilities.
> -    Integrate relevant ocean science disciplines to advance basic
> and
> applied research in ocean and coastal issues.
> -    Support expansion of underwater exploration by federal agencies
> and
> through private exploration initiatives.
> -    Establish a nationally coordinated effort to improve and promote
> ocean science education.
>
> To oversee implementation of the Cabinet recommendations, the Vice
> President announced a new high-level Oceans Report Task Force.  The
> Task
> Force will prioritize the recommendations, appoint lead agencies for
> implementation of key recommendations, and meet quarterly to review
> progress.  The Task Force will be co-chaired by the Chair of the
> Council
> on Environmental Quality and the Deputy National Security Advisor and
> will include high-level representatives of agencies with
> responsibility
> for ocean affairs.
>
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