>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:02:51 -0800 >From: Leah Akins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Ocean Protection Council Initiatives on Ecosystem-based Management >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MEMORANDUM TO: California Ocean and Coastal Community FROM: Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Resources Chair, California Ocean Protection Council DATE: January 27, 2006 SUBJECT: Ocean Protection Council Initiatives on Ecosystem-based Management The U.S. and Pew Ocean Commissions and Governor Schwarzenegger's Ocean Action Plan highlight the need for a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to ocean protection through ecosystem-based management. Today, California Sea Grant <http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/> and the University of Southern California Sea Grant <http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/> programs will release calls for proposals on their Web sites for research to implement ecosystem-based management. This special solicitation is funded by the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC). The OPC has committed $1 million for research that addresses priorities in the California Ocean and Coastal Information, Research, and Outreach Strategy <http://resources.ca.gov/copc/InfoResOut_Strategy_final.pdf> Ecosystem-based management is a key priority in the OPC's Information, Research and Outreach Strategy. In addition to this partnership with Sea Grant, the OPC is funding projects to help implement ecosystem-based management in California. At its Jan. 13 meeting, the OPC approved $11.9 million for ecosystem-based management programs. These programs include: · $10 million of State Water Resources Control Board funds for grants to improve coastal water quality · $1.2 million to map the sea floor off the northern Central California Coast · $500,000 to implement an ecosystem-based management program in Morro Bay · $125,000 to develop a long-term management plan to protect the subtidal habitats in San Francisco Bay · $110,000 to develop a statewide plan to manage aquatic invasive species The OPC will continue to support initiatives implementing ecosystem-based management to meet its mandate to improve the protection and management of California's ocean and coastal resources. For more information on the OPC, please see <http://resources.ca.gov/copc/> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Please help us disseminate this information by forwarding this message to your >distribution lists. >---------------------------------------------------------------- >You have received this message from the California Ocean Protection Council's >e-mail list server. >If this message was forwarded to you and you wish to be added to the list, you >can add yourself to our e-mail list server automatically by sending a plain >text message (not rich text or HTML) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following >command in the body of your e- mail message: "subscribe oceanpublic". > >If you have any problems, please email <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL >PROTECTED] to be added to the list server. >If you wish to be removed from the list, send a message to the same e-mail >address with "unsubscribe oceanpublic" in the body of your e-mail. > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Home Page: ><http://resources.ca.gov/copc/>http://resources.ca.gov/copc/<http://resources.ca.gov/ocean/copc/> >Other Questions? Write to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >*********************************************************** >Leah Akins >Ocean and Coastal Policy Analyst >California Resources Agency >1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1311 >Sacramento, California 95814 >Phone: (916) 653-9416 >Fax: (916) 653-8102 >Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >_________________________________________
