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Commission approves nearshore resource
management strategy
(Note: More accurate wording would be: "nearshore resource
CONTROL agenda.")
December 2, 2005
ODFW News
For Immediate Release
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (ODFW)
Salem, Oregon - The Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Commission today approved a plan to
address conservation and management needs of nearshore marine species.
The Nearshore
Strategy was developed to identify
nearshore marine species and habitats in need of conservation action.
The Strategy
promotes actions that will conserve
ecological functions and nearshore marine resources to provide
long-term ecological, economic and social benefits for present and
future generations of Oregonians.
"This plan offers a
holistic approach to managing marine resources, focusing on ecosystems
and habitat rather than just species management,"
said ODFW Marine Resources Program Assistant Manager Maggie Sommer.
"It involves a broad array of local, state, and federal partners,
as well as tribes and non-governmental organizations. It
examines resource management issues in a broader social and ecological
context."
The Nearshore
Strategy makes 16 specific action recommendations to
ODFW.
These recommendations, intended
to improve the status and sustainability of nearshore resources,
focus on three key themes:
* Education and outreach
* Research and monitoring
* Management and policy
Further details and a copy of the
Nearshore Strategy are available on ODFW's Web site, http://www.dfw.state.or.us
The Commission is the policymaking body for fish
and wildlife issues in the state.
The seven-member panel meets monthly.
The next regular Commission meeting is January 6,
2006, in Salem.
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