Sierra Club MarineBio Marine Life Directory

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http://www.sierraclub.org/committees/marine/

The Sierra Club's National Marine Committee is working to:

Protect environmentally sensitive areas covered by a moratorium on offshore oil leasing and development; Implement the Sustainable Fisheries Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, with emphasis on the coastal nonpoint pollution control program and Estuarine Research Reserves; Implement the Marine Mammals Protection Act; Strengthen management of Marine Sanctuaries and Estuarine Research Reserves for increased protection of marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity, Promote establishment of new federal and state Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Marine Managed Areas (MMAs); Implement the President's Executive Order establishing the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, and strengthening coral reef protection through local action; Establish greater protections for natural coastal and marine habitat and biodiversity through initiatives to limit the negative environmental impacts of aquaculture and mariculture.

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