Approach to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan

The purpose of this document is to propose an approach to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan (OAP). The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (MidA RPB or RPB) deliberated on and approved this approach at its in-person meeting on January 21-22, 2015 in New York, New York. Appended to this document is a draft OAP outline that was discussed at the RPB meeting, although a decision about that draft outline was not sought at that time. The MidA RPB expects the draft outline to be modified as work proceeds and the RPB learns more about the MidAtlantic ocean ecosystem, ocean uses, and various tools available for planning.