More than 90 groups sent to the Biden administration in June, National Ocean Month. Among those who helped draft the blueprint: Peter Auster, a senior research scientist at Mystic Aquarium in 海角换妻.
The recommendations are geared toward reducing carbon emissions and increasing coastal resilience. Auster says one recommendation 鈥� advancing climate-ready fisheries 鈥� would help fish in Long Island Sound impacted by temperature change.
鈥淪mall changes in temperature can shift the interactions between pairs of species,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ne might be more dominant at a lower temperature, or the other can be more dominant at a higher temperature."
And those changes, he said, can affect fish survival and growth.
The blueprint includes proposed policy items such as ending illegal and unregulated fishing, advancing marine-protected areas and evaluating ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. that the ocean has the ability to reduce one-fifth of the emissions needed to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Auster said that there needs to be a local, state, national and international response to help people now and in the future with the climate crisis.
鈥淲e shouldn鈥檛 be thinking about ocean conservation apart from the wider conservation actions that we need to take in order to minimize and mitigate the effects of human activities on the globe,鈥� he said.
Among President Biden鈥檚 Ocean 2030 : reducing U.S. emissions by 50%, protecting 30% of the oceans and deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind.
The will now work with the White House Climate Policy Office to develop the full Ocean Climate Action Plan. It will a national sustainable ocean plan to help guide sustainable economic development of U.S. ocean and coastal waters.
