Ocean Reports
Below are PDFs of the most important regional and national reports on the ocean . To find a specific topic within the report, be sure to use the PDF search function.
Last updated November 29 2007
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PEW Oceans Commission Report
America's Living Oceans Charting a Course for a Sea Change: A Report to the Nation
Recommendations for a New Ocean Policy May 2003
The Pew Oceans Commission, a bipartisan, independent group of American leaders, was created to chart a new course for the nation’s ocean policy. The report of the Pew Oceans Commission, issued in May 2003, outlines a national agenda for protecting and restoring our oceans.
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Protecting Our Ocean: California’s Action Strategy
Final Report to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Both the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission have identified an emerging national crisis situation regarding this nation’s ocean and coastal resources.
On June 4, 2004 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger submitted his comments on the Preliminary Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, which documented California’s leadership in ocean and coastal management and provided the Governor’s call for strong actions at all levels of government to protect and manage these resources. In his comments the Governor stated, “Your report is a wake-up call that the oceans are in trouble and in need of help. In response to this need, actions must take place at the international, national, state, regional and local levels, as these issues are just as important globally as they are to the citizen trying to protect the waters off a local beach.”
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An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
Released by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy on September 20, 2004, An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century contains the Commission's findings and recommendations for a new, coordinated, and comprehensive national ocean policy.
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Priming the Pump
How Will Southern California Make Up For The Water It Will Lose From The Delta Because Of Pumping Restrictions To Protect Threatened Species?
On September 23, 2008, the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Long Beach Water Department convened and facilitated a forum to explore how southern California could make-up for these losses in water supply from the Delta.
The situation is compounded by losses from the Colorado River which supplies an additional 15-17% of the region’s total water use and which has experienced a severe drought for the past eight years. The forum brought together water experts, policy-makers, water managers, and environmentalists. The forum consisted of formal presentations to provide context and to explore options for diversifying southern California’s water supply portfolio, and interactive workshop sessions to review, revise, and refine each of the options. The forum concluded with an opportunity for the entire group to respond to the findings and recommendations for each option and to modify them.
This brief report is a summary of the findings and recommendations. All have the support of most, if not all, of the participants.
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