Priorities for the Administration
Abstract
To make our federal investments in these areas "smarter," maximize their collective benefits and ensure the security of our coasts, ORAP submits the following recommendations for the administration: 1. Sustain America's leadership position in science and technology on the world stage by building a workforce that excels in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and investing in the innovative technology required to address the challenges we face with regard to marine and freshwater resources, energy production and use, and economic development; 2. Increase our nation's competitiveness by rebuilding and enhancing our nation's research infrastructure in the ocean and along our nation's coasts and Great Lakes, from ocean observing platforms to research vessels and laboratory facilities; 3. Enhance our ability to provide energy and food security by providing the knowledge needed to access marine and freshwater resources, including fisheries and aquaculture, offshore oil and gas, and wind and wave energy in a sustainable and responsible fashion; 4. Promote a safe and healthy human population by providing the environmental intelligence needed to ensure clean drinking water and reduce impacts from ocean acidification, storm inundation, and harmful algal blooms; and 5. Commit the resources needed in key regions that face acute pressures on ocean and coastal resources: the Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1146481
Entities
People
- Bill Dewey
- Bruce Tackett
- Camellia Okpodu
- Cortis Cooper
- Debborah Luke
- Gail Scowcroft
- Kelton Clark
- Ladon Swann
- Larry Mayer
- Mary Ruckelshaus
- Michael Cerne
- Molly Mccammon
- Ned Dikmen
- Peter Ortner
- Robert A. Weller
Organizations
- National Oceanographic Partnership Program