The Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia: Third Biennial Report

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Citation

Originator: Juranek, L.W., C.E. Braby, A. Manderson, R. vanden Hooff, A. Lanier, C. Moffitt, K.J. Nielsen, F. Recht, R. Kemp, K. Penner, J. Miller, J. Schaefer, A. Streeter, R.L. Thurber, and J.A. Koester

Publish Date: 2022

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Jenny Koester

Job Position: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Policy Asst PL

Telephone: 541-961-5663

E-Mail Address: jennifer.a.koester@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Oregon was one of the first places in the world to experience the direct impacts of ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH). Hypoxia (low oxygen) events are now predictable each summer. The steady increase in acidification is approaching or meeting levels that are problematic not only for oysters, but for crab, mussels, urchins, salmon, rockfish, and other species that Oregonians care deeply about. Since its creation in 2017, the Oregon Coordinating Council on OAH has worked to understand, mitigate, adapt to, communicate, and strengthen Oregon’s response to these changing ocean conditions and associated negative impacts (Figure 1). Over the last two years, the Council invested significant time on two objectives: 1) exploring the ability of state agencies to address ocean change, as described in the Multiagency Report on OAH (2021) and 2) awarding funding per the Oregon legislature investment in OAH through House Bill 3114 (2021). The Multiagency Report outlines the existing authorities, roles, and potential contributionsfor eight of Oregon’s state agencies that have a nexus with ocean change management. Passage of HB3114 marked the largest Oregon legislative investment in OAH initiatives as well as the first funding to be received by the Oregon Ocean Science Trust (OOST) for distribution through a competitive grants program. The projects funded by HB3114 have been OAH Council priorities since its inception (as described in the 2018 Report to the legislature); the OAH Council collaborated closely with the OOST to help create the grants program and ensure that rigorous projects, aligned with Oregon’s needs, were funded.

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Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

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Lineage-Source: Submitted to the Oregon Legislature and the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council As directed by Oregon Senate Bill 1039 (passed in 2017)

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