On June 19, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that formally overhauls America’s ocean policies by putting the focus on the economic growth of coastal communities and ocean industries.
The order replaces a 2010 Obama-era ocean management policy that had created the “overly bureaucratic” National Ocean Council and nine regional planning bodies, the White House said. The previous council included 27 departments and agencies, and more than 20 committees, subcommittees, and working groups.
