Marine protected areas (MPAs) : federal legal authority

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Label

Marine protected areas (MPAs) : federal legal authority

Title remainder

federal legal authority

Statement of responsibility

Adam Vann ; Congressional Research Service

Creator

• Vann, Adam

Contributor

• Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Subject

• Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation -- United States
• Economic zones (Law of the sea)
• Economic zones (Law of the sea) -- United States
• Fishes -- Conservation | Law and legislation
• Fishes -- Conservation | Law and legislation -- United States
• Legislative materials
• Legislative materials
• Marine parks and reserves -- Law and legislation
• Marine parks and reserves -- Law and legislation -- United States
• Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation
• Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation -- United States
• Ocean -- Government policy
• Ocean -- Government policy -- United States
• United States
• Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation

Genre

• Legislative materials

Language

eng

Summary

"Recent events, including the release of the President's U.S. Ocean Action Plan and reports issued by the United States Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission, have prompted a reexamination of U.S. ocean policy and debate over an "ecosystem approach" to ocean resource management. One proposed mechanism for conserving ocean resources is the Marine Protected Area (MPA), conceptualized as a zoning system for the portions of the ocean under U.S. jurisdiction. This has been highlighted by the issuance of the Revised Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas (Draft Framework), issued on March 17, 2008, by the National Marine Protected Areas Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The introduction of H.R. 21 in the 110th Congress has also focused attention on the health of ocean resources"--Summary

Member of

• CRS report for Congress, RL32486

Cataloging source

OLA

Government publication

federal national government publication

Index

no index present

LC call number

KZA1065

LC item number

.V35 2009 (Online)

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

CRS report for Congress

Series volume

RL32486

Target audience

specialized