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Department of Educati<strong>on</strong>initiative, 135endangered species, 264habitat restorati<strong>on</strong>, 177mineral deposits, 368m<strong>on</strong>k seals, 264, 266offshore management, 160recreati<strong>on</strong> and tourism, 151water quality issues, 210hazard management (see alsoweather; individual types ofhazards)beach erosi<strong>on</strong> mapping andrating, 167in coastal areas, 150–151,157, 162–169costs, 162, 163, 164, 165data collecti<strong>on</strong> and analysis,163, 164–166disaster assistance, 168–169ecosystem–based approach,169educati<strong>on</strong> and outreach, 163,164–166federal programs, 163–169floodplain development, 165,166, 167, 168infrastructure policies andprograms, 163–164mapping and charting,165–166mitigati<strong>on</strong> planning, 163,168–169Nati<strong>on</strong>al Flood InsuranceProgram, 163, 166–168offshore, 99repetitive–loss properties,167–168health (see human health)heavy metals, 183, 210, 223, 229,340–341Hilltops to <strong>Ocean</strong>s (H2O) initiative,222–223, 455Hogarth, William T., 104horseshoe crab, 33, 342human health, 338–351animal models for humanresearch, 339aquaculture and, 346, 349bacteria and viruses and, 39,341, 346biodiversity and, 33, 35,339–340bioproducts related to, 33,339–343coordinati<strong>on</strong> of federal programs,339, 348, 350educati<strong>on</strong> and outreach, 350funding, 339, 341global climate change and, 43,338, 346–347harmful algal blooms and, 39,338–339, 344–345, 346, 349interdisciplinary biomedicalresearch, 341, 343links between oceans and,338–339microbiological testing andm<strong>on</strong>itoring, 229, 233, 344,347–348, 349–350pathogenic marine microorganismsand, 343–348,349–350<strong>Ocean</strong>s and Human Health<strong>Initiative</strong>, 339, 462Pfiesteria piscicida, 344protecti<strong>on</strong> of, 229, 348–351regi<strong>on</strong>al dimensi<strong>on</strong>s, 183,350–351research and developmentneeds, 344, 345, 346,347–348, 381seafood c<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong>,32–33, 210, 39, 222, 346,348–349, 350sediment c<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong> and,183, 348–349Vibrio cholerae, 346–347water polluti<strong>on</strong> and, 206, 210,213, 217, 340–341, 344, 346,349–350hurricanesAndrew, 42, 164Betsy, 165Hugo, 164Floyd, 164Isabel, 201losses, 42, 164hydrothermal vents, 33, 37, 341,387hypoxia, 39, 87, 204, 208IFQ (see individual fishing quota)IMO (see Internati<strong>on</strong>al MaritimeOrganizati<strong>on</strong>)incentive–based approachesagriculture, 219coastal planning and management,155, 158debris management, 270educati<strong>on</strong>, 270fishery management, 275,287, 303inappropriate, 157, 162,163–164, 167, 168, 186, 210,275, 287oil and gas producti<strong>on</strong>, 357vessel polluti<strong>on</strong>, 243, 245vessel safety and security, 237,240water polluti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol, 212,214, 217, 218, 219–220, 243,245individual fishing quotas, 288,289individual transferable quotas,288, 289informal educati<strong>on</strong>, 122, 124, 125,127, 142–145informati<strong>on</strong> (see also data;research needs)accessibility to users, 434coastal ecosystems, 157,159–160, 176–177coordinati<strong>on</strong> of, 159–160,176, 386, 390defined, 428fishery–related, 276, 280–281,292–294, 295, 298geospatial, 390hazards–related, 163, 164–166IOOS end products, 95,405–406products and forecasts, 160,234, 249–250, 386, 390, 406,428, 435–436regi<strong>on</strong>al needs, 94–95, 157,159–160, 176, 386sharing, 177, 240, 268–269,293, 295, 389, 392–393, 436,451workforce supply anddemand, 139infrastructure (see also researchinfrastructure and technology)aquaculture, 330marine transportati<strong>on</strong> system,186, 193–196, 198–199, 200H 12A N O CEAN B LUEPRINT FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY

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