He has also voted to protect the National Ocean Policy, which
improves ocean governance by facilitating communication and coordination across the 20 federal agencies with jurisdiction for ocean issues.
The GOA - ON Requirements and
Governance Plan provides both broad concepts and key critical details on how to meet our high level goals of: 1) to
improve our understanding of global
ocean acidification conditions; 2) to
improve our understanding of ecosystem response to
ocean acidification; 3) and to acquire and exchange the data and knowledge necessary to optimize the modeling of
ocean acidification and its impacts.
Most importantly it aimed to increase awareness of how the
ocean requires broad interdisciplinary management where skills, stakeholders and legal frameworks lead to
improved governance.