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Oregon is currently engaged in a variety of ocean planning and management activities that will affect the future of our ocean ecosystem and economy. This website will help you learn about these activities and about opportunities to be involved. Be sure to check the calendar of Upcoming Ocean Events, the Latest Additions of publications and announcements, and the list of Most Popular articles and information about Oregon’s ocean.

 

Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia Action Plan 2019-2025

The OAH Council is pleased to announce the completion of their 2019 – 2025
Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Action Plan!
 
   

Oregon’s OAH Action Plan, as adopted by Governor Brown, will guide Oregon’s efforts and become Oregon’s submission to the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification, and thus will be shared with the region and world. Oregon’s OAH Action Plan is the roadmap for the next 6 years (2019-2025). It builds on the recommendations and actions developed in the Oregon 2018 OAH legislative report, but adds specific steps for implementation in the next 6 years, making it a meaningful way to invest in our future, to better adapt to and mitigate the problems we are already seeing, and which will worsen in the decades to come. The results of increasing Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) have had far-reaching consequences, for both Oregon’s ocean ecosystem and the economy, consequences that we, as a society, are only just beginning to understand and quantify.

 Explore the Action Plan

  pdf Executive Summary (427 KB)

  pdf Appendix A (105 KB)

  pdf Appendix B (103 KB)

  pdf Appendix C (195 KB)

  pdf Appendix D (226 KB)

  pdf Oysters Species highlight (1.10 MB)

  pdf Salmon Species Highlight (2.06 MB)

  pdf Crab Species highlight (1.68 MB)

  pdf Take Action (1.95 MB)

  pdf Research Needs (446 KB)

 

Key Actions

  1. MONITORING NETWORK, to document oceanographic and biologic conditions, and socio-economic vulnerabilities relating to OAH

  2. REDUCE CAUSES of excess carbon dioxide (CO2) and factors that exacerbate Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH)

  3. RESILIENCE activities and initiatives, to help us adapt to change, both for Oregon’s human communities and ecosystems

  4. COMMUNICATIONS PLAN on OAH science, impacts, and solutions to raise awareness and support decision-making

  5. MOBILIZE AGENCIES to address OAH priorities

 

Every action requires state leadership and resources to implement projects that lead to better understanding of OAH and to adaptation and mitigation steps.  

Because Oregon is one of the first states to feel the impacts of OAH, it is our hope that these actions can serve as a model for others to apply to their own geographical and political context. This work will also help demonstrate that local actions are meaningful in fighting the global challenges of climate and ocean changes.

 

Updating the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy

Managing Oregon's rocky coastline is a shared responsibility. In fall 2018, DLCD will gather decision makers across the state to begin an amendment to the Rocky Shores management chapter (Part III) of the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan (TSP). The plan acts as a coordinated vision for Oregon coastal resources and guides the actions of state and federal agencies that are responsible for managing coastal and ocean resources in the public trust. The amended rocky habitat plan will incorporate the best available science and consider the needs, concerns, and values of Oregonians balanced with the state’s goals for a resilient coastal ecosystem that can provide enduring opportunities for its users.
 
 
(this includes the general policies, procedures and goals of the strategy.  Site-based management and designations are still in the process of being updated.)
 
Rocky Habitat Amendment Navigation
 Current Status of Update - Phase 2 ongoing
   
   
   
   
 

Read more: Updating the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy

OPAC Upcoming Events

 

Event
Time and Date
Location
Draft Meeting Agenda
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
January 16, 2020
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Remote Connection Only
(link will be included in the draft agenda)
 Coming Soon
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
February 6, 2020
10:00 AM - 4:00PM
  TBD  Coming Soon

 

For information on the upcoming amendment to the Territorial Sea Plan Part III: Rocky Shores Strategy, visit the TSP Rocky Shores Strategy Amendment page. To view past meeting agendas, summaries, etc. visit the Rocky Shores Working Group page.

Draft meeting summaries, distributed documents portfolios, and presentations from the previous OPAC events and working group meetings are available from the OPAC Meetings Please check this site again for information about future meetings and events.

 

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