{"id":21906,"date":"2016-11-30T09:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=9158"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:54:11","slug":"new-publications-focus-on-coastal-policies-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/new-publications-focus-on-coastal-policies-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publications Focus on Coastal Policies, Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
A publication from the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center looks to successful oyster aquaculture efforts in mid-Atlantic states\u00a0for potential ways to jump-start North Carolina’s industry. Photo by Chuck\u00a0Weirich.<\/em><\/p>\n Nutrient management in North Carolina\u2019s waterways. Family legacy of property ownership. Oyster aquaculture development in Mid-Atlantic states. Recent state legislation affecting coastal resources.<\/p>\n These are all topics covered in recent publications from the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center<\/a>, a research, advisory and educational partnership among North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a>, the University of North Carolina School of Law<\/a> and the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning<\/a>. The\u00a0Center communicates coastal-related development trends and issues through a variety of white papers, journal articles and newsletters.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a quick look at what the latest publications have to offer.<\/p>\n Published in the\u00a0Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum<\/a>, <\/em>a publication of Duke Law School, “Nutrient Pollution in North Carolina\u2019s Waters: The Innovation of Numeric Criteria as a Management Strategy<\/a><\/strong>,” examines the development and implementation of numeric nutrient criteria, or NNC. This is a\u00a0strategy administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for protecting and restoring watersheds from nutrient pollution.<\/p>\n Currently, state officials in North Carolina are working with the EPA and other stakeholders to adopt NNC. The article outlines these efforts, along with the challenges of developing NNC for the state\u2019s waterways. It also provides a comparison of North Carolina\u2019s efforts, including regulatory and policy factors, to those in Florida, New Hampshire and Virginia.<\/p>\n The article is written by Lisa Schiavinato, former co-director of the Center who was North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s coastal law, policy and community development specialist. Schiavinato now is an extension director of California Sea Grant. Tyler O\u2019Hara, a former Center law fellow and recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, is a co-author.<\/p>\n