Number: RL31705
Title: The National Ocean Policy Study: A Model for the Future?
Authors: John R. Justus, Jeffrey A. Zinn, and Eugene H. Buck, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Recent events have raised the question of whether the National Ocean Policy Study (NOPS) approach of the 1970s and 1980s might be worthy of renewed consideration for addressing oceans issues that might arise in the 108th Congress. The Oceans Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-256) created a Commission on Ocean Policy that is to present a wide-ranging report and recommendations for congressional action to the 108th Congress in June 2003. This report reviews the NOPS activity and assesses the utility of a similar approach for Congress handling of complex and varied recommendations on oceans policy anticipated in June 2003.
Pages: 8
Date: Updated January 22, 2003