One Coast, One Future | Joint Ocean Commission
From the Jan 2009 report by the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (pdf).
In 2007 the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative received a letter from nineteen local and state elected officials from California, Oregon, and Washington requesting guidance on high priority actions that they, in their capacity as local and state officials, can take to improve the health of coastal and ocean ecosystems and incorporate sound science into decision making.
A few of the recoommendations that caught my eye.
1. Identify a coordination area and engage stakeholders in setting goals. Coordinate people within geographic areas that are based on ecological and socioeconomic characteristics and at the appropriate scale to address critical issues. ...
5. Collect and integrate locally-relevant information. Facilitate the collection and integration of high quality coastal and ocean information that is critical for informed decision making.
6. Support integrated, ecosystem-based approaches, particularly at the local level. Pass legislation that supports integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to management, in particular providing incentives and support for local communities to coordinate at ecosystem scales and address coastal and ocean issues proactively.
7. Consider marine spatial planning. Consider comprehensive spatial planning for marine areas whose management is complicated by several conflicting uses.
