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Science 3 September 2004:
Vol. 305. no. 5689, p. 1385
DOI: 10.1126/science.305.5689.1385c
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California has become the first state to pass legislation implementing major ocean policy recommendations made in two recent reports (Science, 23 April, p. 496). The state legislature late last month approved the California Ocean Protection Act (COPA), which creates the Cabinet-level Ocean Protection Council to coordinate research and data sharing across agencies and establish a trust fund for marine-related programs.

Those ideas emerged directly from recent reports by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the private Pew Oceans Commission, notes Andrew Rosenberg, a member of the U.S. commission and a professor of natural resources at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. California is one of the nation's most important coastal states, and COPA "has the potential to be a leading force in ecosystems-based management in the ocean," he says.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign the bill by the end of this month. Analysts predict that the trust fund, which will draw money from state oil and gas royalties, will start life with $10 million.




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