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National Oceans Council Quote
NOC Blog 
- February 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM EST
Another Step Toward Ocean Stewardship
The NOC announces it will formally include Regional Fishery Management Councils in regionally based coastal and marine spatial planning.
- January 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM EST
Praise for the National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan
See what others are saying about the National Ocean Council's release of the draft Implementation Plan, now open to public comments.
- December 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM EST
A New Tool for Ocean Planners
See what members of the ocean and coastal community have to say about the new tool.
- December 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM EST
Opening Our Oceans With Data.Gov
Two important initiatives of the Obama Administration--the first-ever National Ocean Policy and the creation of Data.gov--come together to make Federal ocean and coastal planning data more accessible to the American people.
DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
As part of President Obama's National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, the National Ocean Council has released a draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes. The draft Implementation Plan describes more than 50 actions the Federal Government will take to improve the health of the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes, which support tens of millions of jobs, contribute trillions of dollars a year to the national economy, and are essential to public health and national security. The Council invites your input to inform development of the final Implementation Plan.
OCEAN.DATA.GOV
The National Ocean Policy’s Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning calls for the development of a robust information management system to allow easy access to and transparency of data and information necessary for coastal and marine spatial planning. Successful planning requires the synthesis of a broad range of data and information about ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes environments and the way people use these environments.
To fit these needs, the National Ocean Council teamed with the Data.gov initiative to create ocean.data.gov, an open and accessible website that houses and references a wealth of information and tools available to support ocean planning efforts.
CMSP WORKSHOP
The National Ocean Council has published the National CMSP Workshop Report Summary.
