Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

   Pollution

Advisory Requests

• Summary of State Laws and Regulations Mandating Sanitary Facilities at Marinas
• The Contract and Liability Issues Surrounding the Development of a Reward Program for Recovery of Derelict Fishing Gear
• Statutory and regulatory derelict fishing gear provisions for the lobster fisheries in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut

SandBar Articles:

• Increased Coordination for Increased Conservation: BOEMRE and NOAA Sign MOU on OSCS Energy Resources
• BP and Natural Resource Trustees Enter Billion Dollar Agreement to Restore Gulf
• State Passes Bill Strengthening Oil Spill Laws
• Gulf Oil Spill Reports Released
• Cleaning up the Gulf Oil Spill
• Environmental Reviews for "Roundup Ready" Crops Inadequate
• Consolidating the BP Oil Spill Litigation
• State Law Preempted: Coast Guard Final Rule Preempts the Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention Act

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Other Publications

• Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act Signed into Law
• California Enacts Clean Coast Act
• California Enacts New Laws to Regulate Cruise Ship Pollution