State Perspectives State Perspectives on Coastal and Ocean on Coastal and Ocean

ManagementManagement

A Review of A Review of

Coastal States Organization’s Coastal States Organization’s Recommendations to Recommendations to

the US Commission on Ocean Policythe US Commission on Ocean Policy

What is CSO?What is CSO?

• Represents the 35 coastal Represents the 35 coastal States, Commonwealths and States, Commonwealths and TerritoriesTerritories

• Delegates appointed by the Delegates appointed by the Governors comprise the Board Governors comprise the Board of Directors of Directors

CSO RecommendationsCSO Recommendations

• Finalized on October 25, 2002Finalized on October 25, 2002

• 37 Recommendations37 Recommendations

• Four focus areas:Four focus areas:– GovernanceGovernance– StewardshipStewardship– Observing, Monitoring, Research Observing, Monitoring, Research

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EducationEducation– Value and Economic BenefitValue and Economic Benefit

Five Critical ActionsFive Critical Actions

1. Federal Leadership & 1. Federal Leadership & AccountabilityAccountability2. State Partnerships2. State Partnerships3. Economic Assessment & 3. Economic Assessment & InvestmentInvestment4. Science to Support Decisions4. Science to Support Decisions5. Coastal & Ocean Trust Fund5. Coastal & Ocean Trust Fund

Disarray, Overlap and Disarray, Overlap and GapsGaps

• Over Over 140140 Federal laws apply to US Federal laws apply to US coasts and oceanscoasts and oceans– 43 ‘principal statutes’43 ‘principal statutes’– 100 other statutes100 other statutes

Critical ActionCritical Action 11: : Establish federal Establish federal

leadership leadership and accountabilityand accountability

• Provide a clear statement of our Provide a clear statement of our National Ocean Policy National Ocean Policy

• Designate a lead federal agencyDesignate a lead federal agency

• Require interagency coordination via Require interagency coordination via a National Coastal and Ocean Councila National Coastal and Ocean Council

National Ocean PolicyNational Ocean PolicyGoverning PrinciplesGoverning Principles

• establish partnership among all levels establish partnership among all levels of governmentof government

• promote ecologically and economically promote ecologically and economically sustainable uses consistent with State sustainable uses consistent with State plansplans

• insure funding reflects the full value of insure funding reflects the full value of the resourcesthe resources

• require science-based managementrequire science-based management

Coastal & Ocean Coastal & Ocean Stewardship ChallengesStewardship Challenges

• Planning and management of growthPlanning and management of growth

• Shoreline hazardsShoreline hazards

• Habitat restoration and conservationHabitat restoration and conservation

• Marine and estuarine pollutionMarine and estuarine pollution

• Fisheries management and Fisheries management and community impactscommunity impacts

Critical ActionCritical Action 11: : Establish federal Establish federal

leadership leadership and accountabilityand accountability

• Provide a clear statement of our Provide a clear statement of our National Ocean Policy National Ocean Policy

• Designate a Designate a leadlead federal agency federal agency

• Require interagency coordination via Require interagency coordination via a a National Coastal and Ocean National Coastal and Ocean CouncilCouncil

Critical Action 2Critical Action 2::State PartnershipsState Partnerships

• Ensure federally funded projects Ensure federally funded projects support state comprehensive land support state comprehensive land use plansuse plans

• Maintain the Maintain the federal consistencyfederal consistency provisions of the CZMA to assure states’ provisions of the CZMA to assure states’ interests are fully addressedinterests are fully addressed

• Improve Improve state and local capacitystate and local capacity to to implement watershed and ecosystem implement watershed and ecosystem plansplans

Federal ConsistencyFederal Consistency

• Unique authority given to states with Unique authority given to states with approved coastal management approved coastal management programsprograms

• Federal actions must be consistent Federal actions must be consistent with the State’s coastal planwith the State’s coastal plan

• Reauthorize the Coastal Zone Reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management ActManagement Act

Critical Action 3Critical Action 3::Economic Assessment and Economic Assessment and

InvestmentInvestment

• Support a coastal and Support a coastal and ocean economic ocean economic assessmentassessment system that can provide data system that can provide data comparable to other economic sectorscomparable to other economic sectors

• Establish a Establish a national budget processnational budget process that that accounts for multi-agencyaccounts for multi-agency investments in investments in ocean and coastal resources ocean and coastal resources

Critical Action 4Critical Action 4::Science to Support Science to Support

DecisionsDecisions

• Sustained commitment to Sustained commitment to monitoring, assessment, and monitoring, assessment, and observationobservation

• Focus research priorities on needs Focus research priorities on needs identified by states & others usersidentified by states & others users

• Utilize a regional structure to gather, Utilize a regional structure to gather, translate and deliver informationtranslate and deliver information

Critical Action 5Critical Action 5::Coastal & Ocean Trust Coastal & Ocean Trust

FundFund

• Funding sources could include OCS Funding sources could include OCS revenues or other fees currently revenues or other fees currently generated from the use of coastal generated from the use of coastal resourcesresources

• Funding should be at least $900 Funding should be at least $900 million, the level provided under the million, the level provided under the Land & Water Conservation FundLand & Water Conservation Fund

Five Critical ActionsFive Critical Actions

1. Federal Leadership & 1. Federal Leadership & AccountabilityAccountability2. State Partnerships2. State Partnerships3. Economic Assessment & 3. Economic Assessment & InvestmentInvestment4. Science to Support Decisions4. Science to Support Decisions5. Coastal & Ocean Trust Fund5. Coastal & Ocean Trust Fund