NOAA Advisory Committee Meeting to Discuss Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee is meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, from 1 to 3 p.m. , and on Tuesday, August 23, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Committee will discuss and vote on recommendations on the linkages between marine protected areas and Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning. The focus of the first meeting will be to discuss the issues in the draft recommendations developed by the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Subcommittee for the Committee’s review and action. The focus of the second meeting will be to vote on the same recommendations. Committee materials for the conference call will be posted at http://www.mpa.gov.

The two meetings will be held via web conference call of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. The web conference calls are open to the public, and participants can dial in to the calls. Participants who choose to use the web conferencing feature in addition to the audio will be able to view the presentations as they are being given.

More information about the Advisory Committee’s Meetings can be found here