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in marine transportati<strong>on</strong>,192–193, 237NOAA–Navy, 435–436public–private, 172, 173, 176,192–193, 222, 237, 242, 270,323, 384, 405, 418research community and academia,49, 124, 125, 129, 130,132, 133, 135–136, 139watershed management, 222passenger ferries, 194, 236PCBs, 183, 210, 223, 264, 349peer review, 187, 278Pennsylvania, 88, 159permittingaquaculture, 333, 335for bioprospecting, 343coastal c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> andrestorati<strong>on</strong>, 184fishery, 287–288for marine mammals,311–314for offshore activities, 100,343polluti<strong>on</strong>, 101, 207, 210, 211,212, 221programmatic, 312–314for research, 343, 454pesticides, 223, 234Pew <strong>Ocean</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>, 51, 55,77pharmaceuticalsbioproducts, 33, 339, 340,341pollutants, 209, 234, 349phosphates, 33, 368phytoplankt<strong>on</strong>, 37, 229places of refuge, 247–248Plant Protecti<strong>on</strong> Act, 254plastic debris materials, 264–265,266, 267, 307point source polluti<strong>on</strong>animal feeding operati<strong>on</strong>s,211enforcement programs, 212incentive–based c<strong>on</strong>trols, 212industrial facilities, 207, 210infrastructure investments,211–212major sources, 208–211management tools, 207septic systems, 210sewer system overflows, 39,208, 209–210, 211wastewater treatment plants,207, 208–209, 210, 211–212Polar–orbiting Operati<strong>on</strong>alEnvir<strong>on</strong>mental Satellites, 404,424polar regi<strong>on</strong>s, 297, 346–347, 364,365, 378, 387, 417, 450polluti<strong>on</strong> (see n<strong>on</strong>point sourcepolluti<strong>on</strong>; point source polluti<strong>on</strong>;water polluti<strong>on</strong>)populati<strong>on</strong> growthcoastal pressures, 36, 41–42,43, 150–152envir<strong>on</strong>mental impacts,41–42, 43, 170porpoises, 306, 309portsclosures, 200–201commerce flows, 193–194ec<strong>on</strong>omic value, 31, 32,193–194garbage recepti<strong>on</strong> facilities,270infrastructure, 193–194LNG, 33, 358planning and management,186, 193–194, 196, 198,200–201polluti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol, 245, 270security, 32, 200sediment management, 187stewardship programs, 196precauti<strong>on</strong>ary approach, 65–66,80President’s Council of Advisors <strong>on</strong><strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> (proposed), 79,80, 81, 87, 90, 102, 114, 115,476public awareness, educati<strong>on</strong> and,68–69, 90, 122–124, 130,142–143, 213, 220Puget Sound, habitat losses, 41,171Puerto Rico, 34, 70, 155, 164,321, 325Rad<strong>on</strong>ski, Gilbert, 281Reagan administrati<strong>on</strong>, 53–54, 72,354, 387recommendati<strong>on</strong>sto C<strong>on</strong>gress, 475c<strong>on</strong>text for, 472–474to Executive Branch leadership,475–476to federal government agencies,476–478<strong>on</strong> internati<strong>on</strong>al policy implementati<strong>on</strong>,479guiding principles for,472–473index to, 475–479list, by appearance in report,480–522to regi<strong>on</strong>al bodies, 479to states, 473–474, 479recreati<strong>on</strong>/recreati<strong>on</strong>al, 99, 105boating, 32, 39, 66, 236, 241,243, 245, 248, 264, 267debris, 267diving, 37ec<strong>on</strong>omic value, 31, 32,35–36, 150, 151, 382envir<strong>on</strong>mental impacts, 39,42, 248fishing, 31, 217, 275, 281, 321jobs, 31losses, 39shipwreck sites, 102threats to, 183vessel polluti<strong>on</strong>, 236, 241,243, 245, 248water quality and, 213, 229,349–350reefs (see artificial reefs; coralecosystems)Regi<strong>on</strong>al Fishery ManagementCouncils, 90, 101 (see alsocommercial fishing; fisherymanagement)authority and jurisdicti<strong>on</strong>,283–285creati<strong>on</strong>, 52, 275delays in management plans,279–280, 280ecosystem–based approach,295–297, 326government relati<strong>on</strong>ship with,286, 291, 294Gulf of Mexico, 286input <strong>on</strong> research, 280–281membership, 285–286I NDEXH 21

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