New Ocean Policy Announced (Includes Coasts)

The final recommendations from the Ocean Policy Task Force are out and adopted through Executive Order.

From the press release (emphasis added):

Establishes a new regional approach to how we use and protect the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes to decrease user conflicts, improve planning and regulatory efficiencies and decrease costs and delays, and preserve critical ecosystem services.
Creates a comprehensive alternative to sector-by-sector and statute-by-statute decision-making.
Establishes regional planning bodies, bringing Federal, state, and tribal partners together in an unprecedented manner to jointly plan for the future of the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes.
Ensures science-based information is at the heart of decision-making.
Emphasizes stakeholder and public participation.

Find more information here:

http://nahbenews.com/nahbehs/issues/2010-08-06/2.html