Oceanography The Official Magazine of
The Oceanography Society
Volume 17 Issue 03

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Volume 17, No. 3
Pages 6 - 11

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COMMENTARY • The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do

By Mel Briscoe, Andy Clark, Pete Jumars, Marcia McNutt, and Jim Yoder 
  • Published Online: October 2, 2015
  • https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.34
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  • Note from the authors: Although we all are employees of government, private, or academic institutions, and are all officers or past officers of our major ocean professional societies, we are writing this from our positions as senior members of the community of scientists and engineers in the United States. Our views should not be read as statements from our employers or our societies. Correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, Dr. Ellen Kappel, at [email protected].

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The United States Congress formed the Stratton Commission in 1966. In January 1969 the Commission released the seminal document, Our Nation and the Sea. John Knauss was on that commission, and wrote an interesting historical account of it. The report contained 126 recommendations. NOAA was formed as a result, but without the power, stature, and breadth that had been recommended. In all respects, the Stratton Commission greatly affected the field of oceanography, not just in the United States.

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Briscoe, M., A. Clark, P. Jumars, M. McNutt, and J. Yoder. 2004. Commentary: The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy—Why you should care, and what you can do. Oceanography 17(3):6–11, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.34.

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