The Situation
The Oceans Act of 2008 required the formation of the Ocean Advisory Commission and specified its composition.
The Project
The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership provided technical and logistical support for OAC meetings including substantive content, meeting notifications and summaries, and live and archival video webcasting.
Role in Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
The OAC was the vehicle for formal legislative and stakeholder advisory input throughout the initial plan development process.
Challenges & Applications
Due to the tight planning process timeline (18 months), meetings were scheduled with minimal advance notice to participants. Legislatively prescribed stakeholder representation could have been broader as some key interests were not official participants on the Commission (e.g. certain regional planning authorities and the recreational fishing industry).
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The OAC provided ongoing opportunities for formal representation and input from state legislators, agencies, ocean-use stakeholders and regional planning authorities throughout the 18-month planning process. |
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