The National Ocean Council in January released a draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan, which aims to protect the environmental and economic integrity of the nation's oceans, coasts and Great Lakes.The plan's nine main objectives include addressing environmental changes in the Arctic and establishing nine regional coastal and marine spatial planning bodies by 2015. The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, the Offshore Wind Development Coalition and several representatives in Congress came out in support of the plan, with Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), among them.
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