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Developing a National Ocean Policy:
Mid-term Report of the
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Thumbnail midterm report coverThis report includes a brief history of national ocean policy, an overview of the Commission mandate and organization, highlights of invited testimony and public comment through June 2002, and a list of commission products and future commission activities.

Developing a National Ocean Policy (pdf, 480k)

The report also includes three appendices which are available for download. Appendices I and II can either be downloaded in their entirety or by section.

Appendix I: A Synthesis of Testimony Organized by Policy Topic, September 2001-November 2002. (This link leads to an updated electronic version of this document which was released by the Commission in June 2003. The updated version includes highlights of the presentations made to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy at its public meetings from September 2001 through November 2002.)

Appendix II: A Summary of Testimony Indexed by Presenters, September 2001-April 2003. (This link leads to an updated electronic version of this document which was released by the Commission in June 2003. The updated version includes overviews of invited testimony and public comment before the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy at its public meetings from September 2001 through April 2003.)

Appendix III: Toward a National Ocean Policy: Topics and Related Issues (pdf, 540k)

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