March 5, 2021 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA has started an agency-wide effort to gather initial public input in response to Section 216(c) of the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO 14008) issued on January 27, 2021.
Section 216(c) of EO 14008 directs NOAA to collect recommendations on how to make fisheries, including aquaculture, and protected resources more resilient to climate change, including changes in management and conservation measures, and improvements in science, monitoring, and cooperative research.
The comment period opened March 3, 2021 and will close on April 2, 2021.
For more on this effort and how to submit comments, please visit our new story on the effort.