Info Biden administration takes step toward Indigenous-proposed marine sanctuary off California coast

[Nick_Radov]

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4866629-biden-admin-chumash-marine-sanctuary/

 

[lowwall]

Here's the homepage for the National Marine Sanctuary System.

NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 620,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters from Washington state to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. The network includes a system of 15...

sanctuaries.noaa.gov

And a map.

 

[mattfish]

This is awesome! I hope it can go through.

 

[lostsheep]

I think California should just declare the entire coast line a marine sanctuary and get it over with.

 

[NauticalNick]

This is great! They should pump it through ASAP before there is a potential change in administration and they park an oil rig in it.

 

[SpeedyJ]

I think California should just declare the entire coast line a marine sanctuary and get it over with.

Coming soon: The Catalina DDT National Marine Heritage Sanctuary

 

[lostsheep]

Coming soon: The Catalina DDT National Marine Heritage Sanctuary

There’s a theme developing here: the USS Independence is in the Farallones Sanctuary and it’s full of radioactive materials from the bikini blasts.

 

[Nick_Radov]

I think California should just declare the entire coast line a marine sanctuary and get it over with.

Marine sanctuaries are a federal program. California only could declare certain coastal areas to be state parks or reserves.

 

[lostsheep]

Regardless of feds or state, just protect the entire coast of California

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

This is great! They should pump it through ASAP before there is a potential change in administration and they park an oil rig in it.

If they put in an oil rig they better let us dive on it.