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2012 Products

• Letter to NOAA and DOI in Support of the National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan (December 2012)

2011 Products

• Committee Recommendations for Integrated Management Using a Cultural Landscape Approach in the National System (December 2011)
• Committee Recommendations on Marine Protected Areas and Healthy Coastal Communities (December 2011)
• Committee Recommendations on Managing Marine Resources Across the Land/Sea Interface (December 2011)
• Committee Recommendations on the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Process (September 2011)

2010 Products

• Committee Recommendations on Cultural Heritage Resources in the National System of Marine Protected Areas (November 2010)
• Letter to NOAA and DOI on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning and Toolkit of MPA Products (November 2010)
• Letter to NOAA and DOI on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (May 2010)
• Committee Recommendations on Climate Change in the Oceans, and the Cultural Heritage Vision for the National System of Marine Protected Areas (April 2010)

2009 Products

• Committee Recommendations on Evaluating the National System of Marine Protected Areas (September 2009)
• Committee Recommendations on Ecological Resilience and Gap Analysis of the National System of Marine Protected Areas (April 2009)

2008 Products

• Committee Recommendations on Linking Ocean Observing Systems with the National System and Evaluating the National System of MPAs (December 2008)
• Committee Recommendations on MPA Compliance and Enforcement and Comments on Revised Draft Framework (May 2008)
• "Toward a National System of Marine Protected Areas: A Report by the MPA Federal Advisory Committee, Recommendations from 2006-2007" (February 2008)

2007 Products

• Process for Determining Which Existing MPA Sites will Constitute the Initial National System of MPAs (November 2007)
• Developing Plans for Effective MPA Management: A Model (November 2007)
• Incentives for Participation in the National System of MPAs (November 2007)
• Regional Approaches to Planning and Coordination of MPAs (November 2007)
• Management Criteria, Priority Objectives, and Categories for the National System of MPAs (April 2007)
• Committee comments on the Draft MPA Framework (Feb 2007)

2005-2006 Products

• "Marine Protected Areas: A Fundamental Tool for Ecosystem-Based Management" (Nov 2006)
• "Protecting America's Marine Environment: A Report of the MPA FAC on Establishing and Managing A National System of MPAs" (June 2005)

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