As part of the 2010 Marine Waters Planning and Management Act, Washington State is currently developing a Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) for all coastal waters. The State Ocean Caucus spent the first two years of development compiling human use and environmental data into an interactive GIS map and gathering public comment on the process. Next up on the agenda is an Environmental … [Read more...]
Ecosystems and the Human Element
Creating policy is a long process, and much time can be spent debating various perspectives and strategies of management. Successfully enacting these strategies, and converting them into relevant useful policy, is an equally challenging task which must then be engaged. It appears as though many implementations of Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) fail to take this vital second … [Read more...]