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Resources | Publications

Publications

Below is a list of coastal zone management publications. Unless otherwise noted, the following publications are in Adobe pdf format.

• General Information
• Coastal Zone Management Program
• Coral Reef Conservation Program
• Marine Protected Areas
• National Estuarine Research Reserve System
• Coastal Zone Management Act Performance Measurement System

General Information

• OCRM Strategic Plan—NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management strategic plan for 2007 through 2012

• OCRM 2-year Action Agenda— NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management priority action agenda for 2007 through 2009

• OCRM Fact Sheet — Overview of NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

• Coastal Zone Management Fact Sheet — Overview of the Coastal Zone Management Program and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Fact Sheet — Overview of NOAA's Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) that acquires land and conservation easements to protect important coastal and estuarine areas.

• Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Accomplishments Brochure — Success stories and accomplishments from the first five years of NOAA's Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP).

• Summary of Recent Coastal Zone Management Act Program Evaluations — NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management has released a first-of-its-kind report discussing some fo the most prominent coastal management issues tackled by state Coastal Zone Management programs and National Estuarine Research Reserver programs in recent years.

• Biennial Report to Congress on Coastal Zone Management 2004-2005 — Covers accomplishments of NOAA and its state partners in the Coastal Zone Management and National Estuarine Research Reserve System programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act over a two-year period.

• Coastal Zone Information Collection — A searchable database of OCRM's documents and state work products.

• NOAA Library — The library contains documents and work products produced over the past 30 years of coastal zone management. The library contains a comprehensive collection of information on hydrographic surveying, oceanography, meteorology, hydrology, living marine resources and meteorological satellite applications.

• CAMMP — The Coastal and Marine Management Program system is used by CZM and NERR programs to create their grant applications. Parts one and two of the 2009 CAMMP User's Manual, as well as the 2009 CAMMP Tips document, are available as reference materials for these documents.

Coastal Zone Management Program

• Coastal Zone Management Enhancement Program National Summary (2006) — These factsheets summarize state coastal management program management efforts, priorities and identified management needs within nine key enhancement areas. The summaries also highlight strategies state programs will implement over the next five years.

• Shoreline Management Technical Assistance Toolbox Fact Sheet — Highlights offerings from the online Shoreline Management Technical Assistance Toolbox.

• Dock and Pier Management Fact Sheet — Overview of NOAA's National Ocean Service activities addressing small, residential dock and pier management issues.

• Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Fact Sheet — Overview of the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program.

• State, Territory, and Commonwealth Beach Nourishment Programs: A National Overview (2000) — A general analysis and state-by-state summary of federally approved coastal management program policies related to beach nourishment.

• National Coastal Program Dredging Policies: An Analysis of State, Territory, and Commonwealth Policies Related To Dredging and Dredged Material Management (2000) — A general analysis and state-by-state summary of federally-approved coastal management program policies related to dredging and dredge material management.

Coral Reef Conservation Program

• NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011 — The Research Plan is designed to help NOAA and non-NOAA entities guide priority setting for coral reef ecosystem research through FY 2011 and is NOAA's first agency-wide coral reef ecosystem research plan.

• CoRIS — NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) is designed to be a single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. A list of key documents is also available and provides easy access to some of the most requested publications and authorizing documents.

• Coral Reef Conservation Program Factsheet — Overview of the Coral Reef Conservation Program.

• U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Factsheet — Overview of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force.

• A National Coral Reef Action Strategy: Report to Congress 2002-2003 (NAS) — In September 2002, NOAA, in cooperation with the Coral Reef Task Force, released the NAS, a nation-wide status report to Congress on implementation of the National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs and the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.

• Implementation of the National Coral Reef Action Strategy: Report to Congress (2005) — This document is the first of the biennial progress reports required by the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and provides an update on activities undertaken to implement the National Coral Reef Action Strategy (NAS), developed in 2002.

• The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005 — This report is the second in a series of national coral reef ecosystem status reports, as called for by the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force in the U.S. National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs. The 2005 report provides a quantitative assessment of current coral reef monitoring data.

• Local Action Strategies (LAS) — In 2002 the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force adopted the "Puerto Rico Resolution" which calls for the development of three-year LAS by each of the seven member U.S. states, territories and commonwealths. General information and factsheets for each jurisdiction are available on the page linked above.

• Report on the Status of Marine Protected Areas in Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States Volume 1: Marine Protected Areas Managed by U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths — Report on the management status of 207 MPAs in the U.S.  The report also identifies major challenges to effective MPA management and offers a series of recommendations both at the national and local levels to improve MPA success.

Marine Protected Areas Center

• The Marine Protected Area (MPA) Virtual Library is a searchable database covering electronic, print, and Internet resources, including publications (print and online), websites, photos, video, and projects. The resources cover the United States and territories as well as other countries around the world.  The library is a collaborative project of the NOAA Central Library and the NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center.  The library offers the public and other stakeholders wide access to information on the science, policy, and management of marine protected areas.

National Estuarine Research Reserve System

• NERRS 2005-2010 Strategic Plan -- Outlines mission, goals and strategies for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

• System-Wide Monitoring Plan 10-Year Anniversary Report -- Describes history, programs and accomplishments of the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Plan through 2005.

• NERRS 2006-2011 Research and Monitoring Plan -- Spells out national priorities and directions for research activities in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

• NERRS 2006 Accomplishments Report -- Describes major initiatives, accomplishments and activities of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System during FY 2006.

• Lessons Learned (2000) — Summarizes results of research conducted at 25 Reserves around the country and from data collected through the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program.

• NERRS 2004-2005 Accomplishments Report — The report highlights significant accomplishments of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) during 2004 and 2005.

Coastal Zone Management Act Performance Measurement System

• CZMAPMS Contextual Indicator Manual - The purpose of this manual is to summarize the results of the data exploration and collection phase for the contextual indicators collected by OCRM. The manual includes detailed information about the currenct contextual indicators. It does not provide data results, as this information is updated on the OCRM website.

• The National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System — A progress report transmitted to Congress in September, 2004 on the performance measurement system. This report summarizes the process for developing coastal management indicators, identifies suggested coastal management indicators, and outlines an implementation plan.

• January 2006 Update on CZMA Performance Measurement System — This report highlights the purpose and challenges of the CZMA Performance Measurement System and outlines future implementation plans and needs. It provides an overview of the strategic goals and objectives for the National Coastal Management Program (NCMP) and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), as well as performance measures that assess progress toward those national program goals.

• From Pilot Phase to Full Implementation: Moving Forward with Performance Measurement — This report summarizes the results of the 2004 National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System (NCMPMS) pilot phase during which seven coastal management programs tried out draft performance indicators. The report lists the suite of contextual and performance indicators that resulted from the pilot wrap-up meeting in January 2005.

• About the Coastal Zone Management Act: Developing a Framework for Identifying Performance Indicators Study — A report of a study by NOAA and The Heinz Center to identify shared national and state coastal resource goals, based on the objectives of the Coastal Zone Management Act, and to design a framework for effective measurement of outcomes using performance indicators.

 

 

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