This past June, President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. The Task Force, led by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), was charged with developing a national policy and implementation strategy for conserving and managing the United States ocean territory and the Great Lakes. The policy will govern ocean and Great Lakes resource management and coordinate efforts among countless federal, state and local agencies.Without recreational angler input, decisions made under this national oceans policy could be used to unnecessarily close saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing areas.
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http://www.capwiz.com/keepamericafishing/issues/alert/?alertid=14119696&type=ML
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Thanks for raising your voice in this area. At the Consumer Energy Alliance we also believe that while we need to protect our oceans, we also need to protect their recreational and economic uses. There has to be a more balanced way to make policies to govern our oceans. We shouldn’t discriminate against the development of our offshore energy resources or those of use who use the oceans for commercial or recreational uses. After all, the oceans belong to all of us. Help us tell President Obama our ideas on a more balanced approach to this issue. http://www.consumerenergyalliance.org
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