PISCO Comments to Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force (Feb)

On June 12, 2009, President Obama sent a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies establishing an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force (IOPTF), led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force is charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that ensures protection, maintenance, and restoration of oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. It will also recommend a framework for improved stewardship, and effective coastal and marine spatial planning.” (from  http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans.

Accurate scientific information is one important element of the emerging recommendations, and PISCO has submitted comments to the Task Force, in writing and testimony.  

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INTERAGENCY OCEAN POLICY TASK FORCE (IOPTF)

For more information about the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, see the Council for Environmental Quality’s webpage. Inter Agency Ocean Policy Task Force Website 

September 2009 - PISCO PI Mark Carr Testifies to IOPTF 

October 2009 - Submitted PISCO comments for the Interim report of the IOPTF download here

February 2010 - Submitted PISCO comments for the report entitled "Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning" download here.