Washington Senator Cantwell's Bill Proposes Investments to Tackle Ocean Acidification
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] July 31, 2015
US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a bipartisan bill that would offer investments for adaptation and mitigation research to understand how to make coastal economies more resilient to the threat of ocean acidification.
Cantwell's Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act (S. 1886) would create a national ocean acidification monitoring strategy to prioritize investments in ocean acidification sensors to areas that need it most.
“Ocean acidification will have a vast impact on commercial and environmental conditions across the nation – and currently threatens jobs in Washington State. Shellfish in the Pacific Northwest have already been negatively affected, but we don’t know yet what this means for salmon populations and larger coastal ecosystems,” said Cantwell. “This bill ensures that NOAA is making the appropriate investments in research, and monitoring the ongoing impact of this threat to our coastal economies.”
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