Establishment of an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force

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On June 12, 2009, President Obama sent a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies establishing an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force is charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that ensures protection, maintenance, and restoration of oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. It will also recommend a framework for improved stewardship, and effective coastal and marine spatial planning. Officials from the Obama Administration held their first Ocean Policy Task Force public meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on August 21, 2009. An upcoming public listening session on the new Ocean Policy is scheduled for September 24th, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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