U.S. Ocean Commission's Regional Meeting

[ Calendar of deadlines for preparing the Ocean Commission's final report to Congress, and upcoming regional meetings]

Regional Meeting of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
February 22, 2002

Agenda and Presentations
Here you will find the agenda for the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy regional meeting in St. Petersburg, with links to written statements by speakers.

PowerPoint Presentations
This link takes you to a list of all of the available PowerPoint presentations made during the site visits by the U.S. Ocean Commission in South Florida.

Photos of the Fort Lauderdale Site Visit by the U.S. Commission

Advancing Ocean Policy in Florida: New Approaches for a New Century
A white Paper on the presentation by Mr. James Murley, Director, FAU Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, at the Florida and Caribbean regional meeting of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. (see photo below)

Commissioners hear testimony from Mr. James F. Murley

Original Announcement
The U. S. Commission on Ocean Policy will hold its Florida and Caribbean regional meeting on February 22. The meeting of the so-called "Watkins Commission (after its chairman, Admiral James D. Watkins, U.S. Navy, retired) is scheduled for the Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, First Floor Auditorium, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Florida and Caribbean regional meeting will provide regional, state, and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations an opportunity to discuss with the commission ocean and coastal issues of interest or concern to the State of Florida and the Caribbean area. In addition to the public meeting on February 22, the commissioners will spend February 21 gaining first-hand knowledge of important regional issues through site visits in and around Tampa Bay and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The meeting location is the Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, First Floor Auditorium, 100 Eighth Avenue, SE, in St. Petersburg, FL.