{"id":61312,"date":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/a-helping-hand-for-coastal-practitioners-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","slug":"a-helping-hand-for-coastal-practitioners-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/a-helping-hand-for-coastal-practitioners-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A helping hand for coastal practitioners around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNew guide book shares lessons learned from Rhode Island\u2019s ocean planning experience <\/p>\n


\nConsider it a helping hand especially for coastal practitioners \u2014 or anyone else interested in ocean planning.<\/p>\n

The Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan: Managing Ocean Resources Through

\nCoastal and Marine Spatial Planning: A Practitioner\u2019s Guide is a recent publication of the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Coastal Resources Center (CRC) and the Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program, in close concert with Rhode Island\u2019s coastal administrator, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program. The guidebook is a how-to for ocean planning and provides information about marine resources, both natural and manmade, and about the strategies available for managing them and making sure they\u2019ll be viable and plentiful for generations to come. <\/p>\n


\nThe idea of the book emerged during 2008, when Rhode Island embarked on its effort to comprehensively plan for the future use of its many marine-based resources and uses. This effort, the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP), placed CRC in a leadership role of helping the state develop its regulatory plan. The Ocean SAMP, adopted by the state in 2010, reflects both significant new ocean data collected by a large äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ research team and the concerns and input of an equally robust stakeholder group. <\/p>\n


\nThe Ocean SAMP has garnered national recognition as a prime example of ocean planning, and CRC has set about helping other coastal places make use of its lessons. Training programs, conferences and tailored technical assistance have brought the Ocean SAMP experience to coastal managers, planners and practitioners, as well as a broad array of academia, advocacy organizations and private sector interests from the United States and overseas. <\/p>\n


\nA lead author of the guidebook is Jennifer McCann, CRC director of U.S. programs and Rhode Island Sea Grant Extension Program leader, based at the Graduate School of Oceanography. She says the value of the publication lies in its real-life experience. \u201cThe pages of this publication describe the Ocean SAMP process, as well as present some of the strategies that were applied to achieve its goals,\u201d says McCann in the book\u2019s preface. \u201cAs we start sharing lessons learned with others from prior planning and current implementation, others can collaboratively \u2018SAMP\u2019 their coastal and ocean waters.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nFor example, the book explains how Rhode Island is grappling with the likely introduction of wind farms to its offshore landscape. How can Rhode Island protect critical fishing grounds \u2014and the jobs it supports \u2014 while allowing for offshore wind power and myriad uses? What can Rhode Island\u2019s ocean planning experience contribute to our understanding of pre-historic Native American culture or 19th century industrial shipping routes? <\/p>\n


\nThe book\u2019s guidance is captured in these chapters: \u201cCreating the Ocean SAMP,\u201d \u201cOcean SAMP Implementation,\u201d \u201cOcean SAMP Resources and Research\u201d and \u201cAssessing Progress.\u201d In each chapter, instructions for developing ocean planning tools and techniques are couched within the Rhode Island experience. Thus, straightforward checklists for organizing portions of the SAMP process share pages with vignettes that describe Rhode Island\u2019s rich coastal heritage. <\/p>\n


\nMcCann says that she consistently hears from other practitioners that while coastal communities the world over may differ in terms of specific ocean problems and resources, they all face a similar issue: coastal communities are increasingly crowded, as are the ocean areas they border, and planning is necessary to ensure that finite marine resources\u2014be they fish stocks, energy sources or manmade reefs\u2014are managed so they can meet our future needs. <\/p>\n


\nSo far, hundreds of copies of the document have been sent out far and wide to answer the requests of a growing and increasingly linked community of ocean and marine spatial planners. McCann says she has received dozens of verbal and written responses to the publication, and that these comments tell her that the book is both helping coastal practitioners with their work as well as the coastal places they serve. <\/p>\n


\nTo view the publication, visit Practitioner Guide<\/a>.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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