Links

Previous Ocean Governance Activities at UW

Project on Ocean Governance
In response to the passage of the Oceans Act of 2000, The University of Washington's School of Marine Affairs launched the Project on Ocean Governance (POG). This two-year effort monitored trends in national and regional ocean governance and provided a forum for interested parties to discuss topics pertaining to the nation's oceans and coasts.

Identifying Regional Marine Research Needs on the West Coast

The objective of this MS degree project is to identify regional marine research needs on the West Coast from existing planning and resource management literature dating after 2000. For more information, please see http://courses.washington.edu/regprior/.

National Reports

U.S. Ocean Action Plan
This link provides access to the President's U.S. Ocean Action Plany on the White House Council of Environmental Quality Interagency Council on Ocean Policy web site. The U.S. Ocean Action Plan, released December 17, 2004, is the President's response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Final Report (pdf 384 K).

An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century: Final Report, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, September 2004
An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century. Scroll through the web page to access specific sections or click one a link to one of the regional approach chapters below.

Chapter 4: Enhancing Ocean Leadership and Coordination (Download pdf, 560 k)
Chapter 5: Advancing a Regional Approach (Download pdf, 756 k)
Chapter 6: Coordinating Management in Federal Waters (Download pdf, 900 k)
Chapter 7: Strengthening the Federal Agency Structure  (Download pdf, 956 k)

America's Living Oceans, Charting a Course for Sea Change: A Report to the Nation, June 4, 2003 (Pew Report)
This link provides access to the complete report of the Pew Oceans Commission, America's Living Oceans, Charting a Course for Sea Change: A Report to the Nation, June 4, 2003. Scroll through the web page to access specific sections.

Oceans Act of 2000
This link is a summary of the Oceans Act of 2000 as passed by Congress on July 25, 2000, and signed into law by the President on August 7, 2000 and includes additional links to the final text of the law among others.