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A Sea Change in the Mid-Atlantic – Many Hands Make Light Work

June 4, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans

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atlanticocean, delaware, fishing, governorcorzine, governorkaine, governormarkell, governoro'malley, governorpaterson, marco, maryland, mid-atlantic, mid-atlanticregionalcouncilonoceans, newjersey, newyork, oceans, offshorerenewables, offshorewind, secretaryofinterior, secretarysalazar, shipping, virginia, windpower

Today at noon I will witness the dawning of an important new council dedicated to protecting our precious and threatened Atlantic Ocean: the Governors' Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on Oceans (MARCO). Five Mid-Atlantic governors (from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and...continued

Mid-Atlantic Governors to Sign Landmark Agreement to Protect Ocean

June 3, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans

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atlanticocean, delaware, fishing, governorcorzine, governorkaine, governormarkell, governoro'malley, governorpaterson, marco, maryland, mid-atlantic, mid-atlanticregionalcouncilonoceans, newjersey, newyork, oceans, offshorerenewables, offshorewind, secretaryofinterior, secretarysalazar, shipping, virginia, windpower

On Thursday, five Mid-Atlantic Governors will enter a landmark agreement committing to improving the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The agreement will establish the Governors' Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on Oceans (MARCO) for New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. You will...continued

Bush's New Marine Monuments: The Good, the Bad and Next Steps

January 6, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bottomtrawling, bush, coral, deadzones, fishing, janelubchenco, marianas, marinatrench, marinenationalmonument, marineprotectedareas, marinereserves, marinesanctuaries, NOAA, obama, oceanmanagement, oceanpolicy, oceans, overfishing, pacificremoteislands, roseatoll, sonar, whales

Today President Bush is announcing his creation of 3 new national marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean totaling 195,000 square miles - the Marianas, Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll National Marine Monuments. In doing this the President took an...continued

Sarah Chasis
Sarah Chasis
Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative
New York
Sarah Chasis is a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC). She...
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