Oregon's Commitment to Combating Ocean Acidification and Its Impacts
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Description
To that end, in collaboration the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of California and Washington, we helped found the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) established in 2008, to develop non-regulatory agreements across jurisdictions and to find solutions to climate and energy issues. To amplify and expand our work on the West Coast of the United States, Oregon as part of the PCC then built and launched the broader international coalition of the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance; https://www.oaalliance.org/), established in 2016.
As founders of the OA Alliance, we stand with our international colleagues to address the OA Alliance goals as stated in the Call-to-Action:
1. Advance scientific understanding of ocean acidification
2. Take meaningful actions to reduce causes of acidification
3. Protect the environment and coastal communities from impacts of a changing ocean
4. Expand public awareness and understanding of acidification
5. Build sustained support for addressing this global problem
Central to our work with the PCC and our commitment to the OA Alliance, is to better understand how ocean acidification is impacting our region and the key resources we rely on. Oregon has provided essential leadership in the effort to evaluate and improve our West Coast monitoring network by bringing together scientists and government representatives for the PCC and the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA) Joint Monitoring Inventory Task Force. The Task Force is charged with developing and completing an inventory of West Coast monitoring of chemical, physical and biological parameters that inform our understanding of long-term oceanic change.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description |
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| 14.3 | Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels |
Deliverables & Timeline
Resources mobilized
Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted |
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| Partnership Progress 2019-12-04 | Completed | |
| Partnership Progress 2019-12-04 | Completed |
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Contact Information
Caren Braby, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Marine Resources Program Manager