Archived Letters  (Current)

DateLetterCategory
08-04-2010 Joint Initiative Letter Thanking President Obama for National PolicyNational Ocean Governance Reform
01-06-2010 Thank You Letter to House Appropriations Regarding NOAA BudgetNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
01-06-2010 Thank You Letter to Senate Appropriations Regarding NOAA BudgetNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
11-23-2009 Letter to Chairwoman Cantwell in ThanksNational Ocean Governance Reform
10-16-2009 Joint Initiative Comments to the Ocean Policy Task Force Interim ReportNational Ocean Governance Reform
06-30-2009 Letter to Nancy Sutley on Ocean Policy Task ForceNational Ocean Governance Reform
02-10-2009 Letter on Wastewater MgmtNational Ocean Governance Reform
11-07-2008 Letter to Chairman Connaughton regarding NMFS NEPA RuleFisheries Management Reform
04-21-2008 Letter to Representatives Bordallo and Brown regarding work on HR 21National Ocean Governance Reform
04-08-2008 Law of the Sea Coalition Letter to President BushInternational Leadership
01-15-2008 Oil Spill Letter to Senate LeadersNational Ocean Governance Reform
09-24-2007 UNCLOS Letter to Senators Reid and McConnell signed by 101 prominent American LeadersInternational Leadership
08-10-2007 Letter to Gov Haley Barbour offering support of MS and the Gulf of Mexico AllianceRegional and State Ocean Governance Reform
08-07-2007 Letter to Senators Inouye and Stevens in support of proposed legislation to establish ocean and coastal trust fundsNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
05-17-2007 Letter to President Bush commending his strong support for U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaInternational Leadership
05-07-2007 Letter to Commerce, Justice, Science Senate Subcomittee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski and Ranking Member Richard Shelby urging them to support $4.5 billion in funding for NOAANew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
04-30-2007 Cochran thank youNational Ocean Governance Reform
04-04-2007 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letters to Representatives Madeleine Bordallo and Henry Brown thanking them for the opportunity to testify at the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans hearing on Climate ChangeClimate Change
03-20-2007 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Vice President Gore urging him to enhance awareness of the oceans role in climate changeClimate Change
03-20-2007 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letters to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner regarding Climate ChangeClimate Change
03-20-2007 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine urging leadership on Ocean PolicyRegional and State Ocean Governance Reform
02-07-2007 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senators Maria Cantwell and Olympia Snowe regarding Climate Change hearingsClimate Change
01-30-2007 2006 U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card letter to President BushNational Ocean Governance Reform
09-21-2006 Letter to House Leaders commending them on the passage of the NOAA Organic Act (H.R 5450)New Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
08-02-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Chairman Pombo and Representatives Abercrombie, Gilchrest, Saxton, and Young on the Stevens Inouye International Fisheries Monitoring and Compliance Legacy Act of 2006 (H.R. 5946)International Leadership
07-27-2006 Thank you letter to Senator Cochran for oceans related programs in the Fiscal Year 07 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations billNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
07-19-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to House Leadership with recommendations to enhance H.R. 5018 Fisheries Management Reform
07-10-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senate Appropriators request continued support for ocean, coastal and Great Lake science, management, and education programs in the Commerce Justice Science FY 2007 appropriations billNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
06-28-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta to House Appropriations Committee regarding the funding level for NOAA for Fiscal Year 07New Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
06-23-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter of Congratulations to Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye for the Senate passage of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 5018)Fisheries Management Reform
06-16-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye regarding Ballast Water (S. 770)National Ocean Governance Reform
06-13-2006 Bill Ruckelshaus letter to New York Senator Joseph Bruno urging the passage of the New York Ocean and Bays Protection Act (S. 7244 A) Regional and State Ocean Governance Reform
06-12-2006 Joint Initiative Commissioners letter to Senators with the report, From Sea to Shining Sea Priorities for Ocean Policy ReformNational Ocean Governance Reform
06-07-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to House Leadership House Leadership with recommendations to enhance H.R. 5018 Fisheries Management Reform
05-17-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye regarding support of NOAA, NASA and NSF funding for research and educationResearch, Science and Education
05-16-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta to Chairman Pombo encouraging use of Joint Initiative Principles in H.R. 5018Fisheries Management Reform
05-16-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta comparative assessment of the various House MSA reauthorization bills and how well they reflect the Joint Initiative Principles Fisheries Management Reform
05-11-2006 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senators John Sununu and Barbara Boxer regarding National Ocean Policy Study hearingNational Ocean Governance Reform
03-23-2006 Mr. Panetta Memo to New York House Speaker Silver regarding the New York State Ocean InitiativeRegional and State Ocean Governance Reform
02-01-2006 2005 U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card letter to President BushNational Ocean Governance Reform
11-17-2005 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to James Connaughton regarding the state of California for its progressive efforts with ocean policy and protectionRegional and State Ocean Governance Reform
09-09-2005 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta letter to Senator Byrd regarding Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations billNew Funding for Ocean Policy and Programs
08-31-2005 Adm Watkins and Mr. Panetta, along with over 70 other national leaders letter to Senator Majority Leader Frist regarding accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaInternational Leadership
07-20-2005 Letter to Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye regarding Coastal Zone Management Act and the Coral Reef Conservation Act National Ocean Governance Reform