Research & Resources Last updated: 10/22/2008

NOAA ANNOUNCES 2008 BUDGET REQUEST

Feb. 5, 2007 — Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, today announced highlights of President Bush's proposed 2008 budget for the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lautenbacher said NOAA's request totals $3.8 billion or an increase of 3.4 percent over the administration's 2007 request.

"The President's budget makes a substantial investment in our oceans that will pay dividends for years to come," said Lautenbacher. "We will be able to make great progress in the goals laid out in the President's Ocean Action Plan of ensuring sustainable use of ocean resources, protecting and restoring marine and coastal areas and enhancing ocean science and research."

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Solving the Crisis in Ocean Governance
By Oran R. Young, Gail Osherenko, Julia Ekstrom, Larry B. Crowder, John Ogden, James A. Wilson, Jon C. Day, Fanny Douvere, Charles N. Ehler, Karen L. McLeod, Benjamin S. Halpern, and Robbin Peach
Environment Magazine (May 2007)

Florida Oceans and Coastal Research Council's 2006 Research Plan

Florida's Coastal and Ocean Future
A new report by several leading environmental groups says Florida's coastline and oceans are in trouble.  Among the problems - short-sighted coastal development, pollution, and a fragmented system of state and local protection agencies that don't communicate with each other.

Read the full report at: http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/florida/flfuture.pdf

The World Ocean Observatory Newsletter is now online!
Check it out at http://www.thew2o.net/newsletter.html

Oceans Council presentation to the Florida Senate Environmental Preservations and Conservation Committee

Altered Oceans: A five-part series on the crisis in the seas.
by Kenneth R. Weiss and Usha Lee Mc Farling, photography and video by Rick Loomis

Key Findings of NOEP report on Florida’s Ocean and Coastal Economies (pdf)
If you wish to review the full report, here is the link: http://noep.csumb.edu/Download/Fl_study.pdf

State of the Oceans 2006
U. S. Senate hearing on the National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee Hearing (8/3/06)

Download the Executive Order on Presidential Oceans Policy Committee (pdf)

The Florida Hurricane Alliance April quarterly reports and workshop presentations have all been uploaded onto the website

Testimony of Dr. Shirley A. Pomponi (pdf)
Acting Managing Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution before the Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives on U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: Recommendations for an Updated National Ocean Policy

Final Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
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. The other materials listed below are supporting documents, including the Special Addendum to the Final Report, appendices printed in the main report, and appendices printed as separate documents. The final report can be viewed or downloaded as a full report or by sections, including the executive summary, specific chapters and appendices.

2002 State of Florida's Ocean, Executive Summary
(Acrobat format, 140 kb; posted 2/7/02)

Oceans: The Source for All (size: approx. 1 mb)

Final Report of the Governor's Ocean Committee