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NEW YORK OCEAN ACTION PLAN

NEW YORK OCEAN ACTION PLAN. Matt Gove, NYSDEC Marine Science Consortium 9/22/2012. SHORT BACKGROUND. 2006 - Passed: New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act (Act) Act Created: New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council (Council)

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NEW YORK OCEAN ACTION PLAN

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  1. NEW YORK OCEAN ACTION PLAN Matt Gove, NYSDEC Marine Science Consortium 9/22/2012

  2. SHORT BACKGROUND • 2006 - Passed: New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act (Act) • Act Created: New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council (Council) • 2009 – Council Finished: Our Waters, Our Communities, Our Future –Called for Ocean Action Plan

  3. WHAT IS IT? • Will be a guide for New York State’s management and funding for ocean ecosystems

  4. WHAT IS IT? • Five year plan with discrete Action Steps to improve the health of New York’s ocean ecosystem

  5. WHO IS INVOLVED? • DEC and DOS co-authoring • Feedback from relevant NY State agencies • Ocean resource user groups • You - Marine Science Consortium providing Priority Research Needs

  6. TIMELINE • September/October– • Federal Agency Feedback • Stakeholder/User Group Feedback • MSC Priority Research Needs • November - Official Public Comment Period • December- Final

  7. mtgove@gw.dec.state.ny.us THANK YOU!

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