A plan for a comprehensive National Coastal Program
This report describes a comprehensive National Coastal Program that responds to critical regional needs while addressing national issues associated with coastal change, including: Nutrient enrichment, oxygen depletion, harmful algal blooms, chemical contamination, diseases in marine organisms, and fish kills; Shoreline erosion, the increasing susceptibility of coastal communities to natural hazards and sea level rise, increasing demands on non-living resources (including groundwater, sand and gravel, and energy resources); and Declines in living marine resources, habitat loss, loss of biodiversity, and invasions of non-indigenous species.
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