General Comments on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Final Report

The following entries are General Public Comments which have been transmitted via e-mail, mail, or fax to the Interagency Ocean Policy Group.

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1. Rep. Daniel E. Bosley, Rep. John Binienda, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (pdf, 192 KB)

2. Governors Frank Murkowski and Dave Freudenthal, National Governors Association (pdf, 508 KB)

3. Tony MacDonald, Coastal States Organization (pdf, 664 KB)

4. Darrell Hillaire, Cheryl Crazy Bull, Richard Poole Lummi Nation, Northwest Indian College, and National Indian Center for Marine Environmental Research and Education (pdf, 2.2 MB)

5. Neal Costello, Competitive Power Coalition of New England (pdf, 292 KB)

6. The following letter was received from 3,804 citizens (pdf, 44 KB)

7. Professor Robert K. Vincent , Bowling Green State University, Department of Geology (pdf, 48 KB)

8. Monita W. Fontaine, National Marine Manufacturers Association (pdf, 48 KB)

9. The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski, Governor, State of Alaska (pdf, 400 KB)

10. Mark J. Spalding, Alaska Oceans Program; Tim Dillingham, American Littoral Society; Cynthia Sarthou, Gulf Restoration Network; Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense Council; Todd Miller, North Carolina Coastal Federation; Kathy Fletcher, People for Puget Sound; Daniel Lavery, Sierra Club; and David Hoskins, The Ocean Conservancy (pdf, 196 KB)

11. Mike Chrisman, California Secretary for Resources; Terry Tamminen, California Secretary for Environmental Protection (pdf, 156 KB)

12. David Dow, citizen (pdf, 64 KB)

13. Jimmie Powell, The Nature Conservancy (pdf, 116 KB)

14. David Festa, Environmental Defense; Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense Council; David Hoskins, The Ocean Conservancy (pdf, 104 KB)

15. Paul Bedie, Environmental Defense; Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense Council; David Hoskins, The Ocean Conservancy (pdf, 104 KB)

16. Dennis Duffy, Cape Wind (pdf, 334 KB)

17. Samantha Murray, Susan Ash, Audubon Society of Portland (pdf, 124 KB)

18. Lee R. Crockett, Marine Fish Conservation Network (pdf, 364 KB)

19. Priscilla M. Brooks, Ph.D., Conservation Law Foundation (pdf, 196 KB)

20. John R. MacMillan, Ph.D., National Aquaculture Association (pdf, 140 KB)

21. Tim Dillingham, Executive Director, American Littoral Society; Jay Charland, Assateague Coastkeeper, Assateague Coastal Trust, Inc.; Gary Appleson, Senior Policy Manager, Caribbean Conservation Corporation & Sea Turtle Survival League; Cindy Zipf, Executive Director, Clean Ocean Action; Dawn Hamilton, Executive Director, Coast Alliance; Bob Shavelson, Executive Director, Cook Inlet Keeper; Philippe Pierre Cousteau, President, EarthEcho International; Julie Evans Brumm, Director, Friends of Long Island Sound; Bob Stokes, President, Galveston Bay Foundation (pdf, 100 KB)

22. Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California Resources Agency (pdf, 3 MB)

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