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| Released by the Washington State Ocean Policy Work Group in 2006, this report focuses on "Enhancing Management of Washington State's Ocean and Outer Coasts." It describes the state's ocean resources and coastal communities and provides key recommendations, including marine spatial planning for the state. |
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| Provided by the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association with funding from OWET, this document answers frequently asked questions about ocean planning in Oregon. It will be updated periodically as needed. |
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| The official Citizen's Guide to the Oregon TSP Amendment Process. Provided by the Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development's Coastal Management Program. |
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| This summary describes OREC’s role in the Task Force proceedings and provides a brief overview of the salient features of the Executive Order to establish a National Ocean Policy and the Final Recommendations of the Task Force. |
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| On July 19, 2010, the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force released its Final Recommendations, which call for a new National Ocean Policy and the establishment of a National Ocean Council to address conservation, economic activity, user conflict, and sustainable use of the ocean, our coasts and the Great Lakes. |
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| A series of Op-Eds from the special Marine Renewable Energy issue of Oceanography published in June 2010. Three of the Op-Eds discuss stakeholder engagement in ocean renewable energy development, and another focuses on public participation in ocean policy decision-making. |
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| An article from a special issue of Oceanography published in the June 2010, which featured Marine Renewable Energy. Titled "Ocean Space, Ocean Place," this article focuses on human perceptions of and public engagement in ocean renewable energy development. |
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| This work plan addresses Priority Area 4 of the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health Action Plan, which is to "Reduce adverse impacts of offshore energy development." It also addresses Action 4.2 of the Action Plan, which is to "Explore the feasibility for offshore alternative ocean energy development and evaluate the potential environmental impacts of these technologies." |
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| Stoel Rives article that focuses on the Ocean Policy Task Forces's Interim Framework for CMSP as it concerns offshore renewable energy development. |
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| A report from a project executed in 2009 to assist NOAA’s Coastal Services Center in gaining a better understanding of current stakeholder use of MSP tools and the level of stakeholder collaboration (on specific MSP projects as well as possible regional applications), as well as potential future use of MSP tools. |
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| Advice from a workshop organized by The Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Team in 2009 |
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