National Ocean Council Website Comments Received 6/18/2011-6
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National Ocean Council Website Comments Received 6/18/2011-6/29/2011 Table of Contents All 9 SAPs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ecosystem-Based Management .................................................................................................................................. 12 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning .......................................................................................................................... 24 Inform Decisions and Improve Understanding ........................................................................................................... 33 Coordinate and Support ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification ................................................................... 39 Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration ........................................................................................................ 43 Water Quality and Sustainable Practices on Land ...................................................................................................... 54 Changing Conditions in the Arctic .............................................................................................................................. 64 Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Observations, Mapping, and Infrastructure ........................................................... 66 Index: Attachments (or Letters Received) ................................................................................................................... 79 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of S. Lyn McNutt” (4 pages) ................................................................................................. 79 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of Mark Imperial, Associate Professor and Director, Master of Public Administration Program, University of North Carolina Wilmington” (40 pages) ................................................................................ 85 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of Merrick Burden, Executive Director, Marine Conservation Alliance”(12 pages) .......... 127 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee” (7 pages) .......................................................... 141 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of Miyoko Sakashita, Ocean Program Director, Center for Biologic Diversity” (12 pages) .................................................................................................................................................................. 150 All 9 SAPs: “Comment of Robert Hoekzema” (1 page) ............................................................................................ 163 Ecosystem-Based Management : “Comment of Anne Shaffer, Executive Director, Coastal Watershed Institute” (3 pages) .................................................................................................................................................................... 165 Ecosystem-Based Management : “Comment of John V. O’Shea, Executive Director, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission” (1 page) ................................................................................................................................ 170 Ecosystem-Based Management : “Comment of Berl Hartman, Director, E2 New England” (2 pages) .................... 172 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: “Comment of Thomas Ingram, Executive Director, Diving Equipment and Marketing Association” (8 pages) ............................................................................................................................. 175 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: “Comment of Great Lakes Conservation Initiative” (3 pages) ...................... 184 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: “Comment Letter of Eight Regional Fishery Management Councils” (4 pages) .................................................................................................................................................................... 188 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: “Comment of Society of Historical Archaeology” (3 pages) ........................ 192 Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification: “Comment of Jordan West, EPA Global Change Research Program” (2 pages) ....................................................................................................................... 196 Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration: “Comment of Fritzi Cohen” (4 pages) ......................................... 199 Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration: “Comment of James Oppenborn” (24 pages) .............................. 204 Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration: “Comment of Restore America’s Estuaries” (3 pages) ................ 230 National Ocean Council Page | 1 National Ocean Council Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration: “Comment of Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment” (1 page) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 235 Changing Conditions in the Arctic: “Comment of United States Arctic Research Commission” (1 page) ............... 237 Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Observations, Mapping, and Infrastructure: “Comment of Chris Ostrander, Director of Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System” (1 page) ................................................................................ 239 Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Observations, Mapping, and Infrastructure: “Comment of The National Association of Charter Boat Operators” (1 page) ...................................................................................................... 241 National Ocean Council Page | 2 National Ocean Council All 9 SAPs Name S. Lyn McNutt Organization Retired Marine Scientist/Policy Analyst Which Priority Objective would you like to provide comment on? All 9 SAPs Comment Please see attached file Comments_NOP_McNutt06292011. doc Attachment: Attachment included in index: Comment of S. Lyn McNutt (4 pages) National Ocean Council Page | 3 National Ocean Council Name Mark Imperial Organization Which Priority Objective would you like to provide comment on? All 9 SAPs Comment Attachment: Attached in index: Comment of Mark Imperial, Associate Professor and Director, Master of Public Administration Program, University of North Carolina Wilmington (40 pages) National Ocean Council Page | 4 National Ocean Council Name Jan Newton Organization NANOOS Which Priority Objective would you like to provide comment on? All 9 SAPs Comment NANOOS is the PNW Regional Association of the U. S. IOOS - Integrated Ocean Observing System. As such, it exists to leverage, link, and strategically build - and maintain - a coastal ocean observing system that delivers data and information products that benefit society and the ecosystem we are a part of. IOOS is recognized in the SAP priority #9. The benefit and payoff of IOOS is fundamental to all of the 8 other priorities and this role should be explicitly recognized and utilized. Because IOOS is driven by local input of the regional stakeholders and members via the 11 Regional Associations, such as NANOOS in the PNW, we have a unique opportunity to assure that ocean observing and data delivery infrastructure is relevant, coordinated, and consistently sustained. The efficiency of IOOS is cost-saving and its outreach allows for a better informed public. On behalf of the 42-institutional member NANOOS Governing Council (state, federal, and tribal governments, industries, NGOs, academia) we endorse the support and central role of IOOS and encourage you to underscore its service to achieving all of the priorities of the SAP. Attachment: National Ocean Council Page | 5 National Ocean Council Name Kyle, Steve and Cynthia Bova Organization sportfishermenofgraysharbor Which Priority Objective would you like to provide comment on? All 9 SAPs Comment (Spoken at the June 27th West Coast listening session by Steve) Our comments and letters to the Editor: SAVE THE FOOD CHAIN! NO MORE PERMITS! After researching gray whale migrations following the recent wave of apparent starvation deaths, it became clear to these novice whale watcher's/ fishermen what is probably happening. Since the beginning of time these massive creatures migrated along our coast feeding in and out of estuaries on mud and ghost shrimp. Today however, a powerful Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association somehow acquired a free pass since 1964 to chemically eradicate shrimp in Willapa Bay and Grays harbor. The shrimp populations have been decimated to near extinction!(by 90% according to Kim Patten of WSDA) Take two large estuaries out of the equation and, well, your getting the pictures!(5 DEAD WHALES IN A WEEK and who knows how many green sturgeon) Here's the kicker; The state Department of Ecology is still giving out permits to aerial spray carbaryl for more shrimp control! PLEASE RESEARCH! We are not making this up! Please call the Wa. state Governor 1-800-562-6000 Ask for an emergency moratorium on all biocides especially pesticides used in the water! Save a whale don't eat sprayed oysters! Save OUR food chain! PEOPLE PLEASE WAKE UP! On other chemicals being sprayed in our water (ROUND-UP,ect, ect): Excluding Native Indians, who are we, as one of the biggest