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| WA Finalizes CMSP Recommendations | The Washington State Ocean Caucus recently released its Final CMSP Report. The report, Marine Spatial Planning in Washington: Recommendations of the State Ocean Caucus to the Washington State Legislature, responds to requirements in a state law passed in March 2010, which tasked the Ocean Caucus with providing recommendations about marine spatial planning. | |
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| Oregon Updates Territorial Sea Plan: New Policies for Ocean Energy | The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) recently updated its Territorial Sea Plan with policies that apply to state and federal agency approvals for siting and opertaing ocean-based energy generation facilities in Oregon's state waters. | |
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| Rhode Island Develops Special Area Management Plan for Ocean | The Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP) will serve as a federally recognized coastal management and regulatory tool. Using the best available science, the Ocean SAMP will provide a balanced approach to the development and protection of Rhode Island's ocean-based resources. The Ocean SAMP is currently proceeding through an eight step public process review prior to adoption | |
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| Recreational Boating Study Conducted As Part of Ocean Management Plan in Massachusetts | In response to an identified priority of the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, boaters are being surveyed to determine important recreational routes and destinations in Massachusetts coastal waters so that these areas can be given appropriate attention in management decisions. The study began in late May and continues through October to capture information for the 2010 boating season. Please see the Massachusetts Recreational Boater Survey website for more information. | |
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| Masachussetts Implements Ocean Management Plan | In accordance with the state's Oceans Act, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has developed a comprehensive ocean management plan to protect critical marine resources and foster sustainable uses in the state's ocean waters. The ocean management plan, released in January 2010, sets standards for the development of community-scale and commercial-scale offshore wind energy, and it provides new protections for critical environmental resources in nearly two-thirds of the Commonwealth's coastal waters. | |
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| California Uses Ocean Mapping to Inform Wave Energy Siting | The NOAA Coastal Services Center worked with the California Coastal Conservancy and the California Ocean Protection Council on a series of "wave energy maps" that included data on boundaries for proposed wave energy projects, shipping lanes, weather observation buoys, marine protected areas, and jurisdictional boundaries. The maps will be used by resource managers and industry to inform appropriate siting for energy infrastructure. | |
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| Multipurpose Marine Cadastre Supports Ocean Energy Permitting in California | The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division, located in Santa Rosa, California, is using the Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (MMC) to evaluate ocean energy projects in California. The MMC is being used to evaluate whether these proposed projects would impact a number of ecological resources, which include designated essential fish habitat and threatened- and endangered-species habitat. | |
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| NOAA to Fund Regional Ocean Partnerships | NOAA is currently soliciting proposals for competitive funding for regional ocean partnerships that include CMSP efforts. This Funding Program will support 1) programs that help achieve priorities identified by regional partnerships, while also advancing CMSP and 2) operation of existing regional ocean partnerships or start-up costs in regions beginning new partnerships. Proposals must be received by December 10, 2010. See the Full Grant Announcement for details about funding priorities, eligibility, deadlines, review process, and application instructions. | |
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| Prority Objectives of National Ocean Policy | The implementation strategy for the newly adopted National Ocean Policy identifies priority objectives that the U.S. will pursue to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes. | |
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| National CMSP Framework & Regional Planning Bodies | The newly adopted National Ocean Policy includes a framework for CMSP in the United States. This framework provides a definition of CMSP, identifies the reasons for engaging in CMSP, and describes the geographic scope. It articulates national CMSP objectives and describes how CMSP and CMS Plans are regional in scope and developed cooperatively among Federal, State, tribal, local authorities, and regional governance structures, with substantial stakeholder and public input. | |
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| NOAA's Coastal & Marine Spatial Planning | The purpose of this website is to provide clear information to help managers, policy makers, and all those who use and appreciate the ocean, to understand the concept of coastal and marine spatial planning and advance its implementation in real-world settings. | |
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| WCGA- Renewable Ocean Energy Work Plan | The West Coast Governor's Agreement (WCGA) on Ocean Health released it's Renewable Ocean Energy Work Plan in May 2010. The work plan addresses two main priorities:
1. Reduce adverse impacts of offshore energy development.
2. Explore the feasibility for offshore alternative ocean energy development and evaluate the potential environmental impacts of these technologies.
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| Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium | The governors of ten East Coast states- inlcuding ME, NH, MA, RI, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, and NC- are collaborating with the U.S. Interior Department to advance offshore wind development in the Atlantic. Secretary Salazar and the group of Governors signed an MOU on June 8, 2010 to formally establish the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium (AOWEC). | |
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| North East Regional Ocean Council | A state and federal partnership with the goal of engaging in regional protection and balanced use of ocean and coastal resources. | |
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| West Coast Ecosystem Based Management Network | Partnership of six community-based initiatives focused on the successful implementation of ecosystem-based management (EBM) along the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California. | |
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