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Mass Ocean Coalition Plan

The Coalition will work to ensure that the Ocean Plan includes specific measures that:

1. Protect underwater habitats essential to unique marine life.

Marine species require particular habitats and the resources that those habitats provide. Habitats that are especially sensitive or unique must be identified and adequately protected.

2. Allow uses only where they can coexist with healthy marine ecosystems.

We will work to ensure that use of the ocean is balanced with protections for marine wildlife and habitat and that those uses, including offshore renewable energy, are compatible with the habitats in which they take place and the species they affect.

3. Design new uses in ways that maintain the ocean’s living resources.

Emerging uses such as offshore renewable energy must be designed at a scale appropriate to the habitat and resources defining the area of impact.

The Coalition will work to ensure that the Ocean Plan incorporates:

1. Input from a wide range of ocean users

Ocean users must continue to be invited to provide input to the planning process and must be able to track the progress of the plan through publicly accessible documents and resources.

2. The best available science

Sound ecosystem-based decisions require the best available scientific understanding of ocean wildlife and underwater habitats.

3. Newly emerging information

A process for incorporating new information and collecting data that doesn't already exist is necessary due to the changing nature of the marine environment, the knowledge of its ecosystems, and the human uses of them.