California Ocean Resources Management Act

Overview

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Pacific Ocean and its many renewable and nonrenewable resources are of economic, environmental, aesthetic, recreational, military, and scientific importance to the people of the state and the nation. (b) Humankind will benefit from ocean resources as technology continues to develop. Our ability to protect, preserve, coordinate, develop, and utilize these resources requires that we do so in an informed and balanced manner. (c) On March 10, 1983, President Reagan established by proclamation an exclusive economic zone for the United States, declaring sovereign rights over living and nonliving resources within the 200-mile United States exclusive economic zone (EEZ). (d) On December 27, 1988, President Reagan extended by proclamation the seaward limit of United States territorial waters from 3 to 12 nautical miles. (e) The establishment of the exclusive economic zone and the extension of the Territorial Sea create zones under federal jurisdiction adjacent to state waters, and provide opportunity for all coastal states of the United States to more fully exercise and assert their responsibilities pertaining to t

Sections covered

• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36000Findings and Declarations
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36001Findings and Declarations
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36002Findings and Declarations
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36003Findings and Declarations
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36100Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36101Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36102Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36103Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36104Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36105Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36106Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36107Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36108Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36109Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36110Definitions
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36200California Ocean Resources Management Program
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36201California Ocean Resources Management Program
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36202California Ocean Resources Management Program
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36300Creation and Membership of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36301Creation and Membership of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36302Creation and Membership of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36400Responsibilities and Duties of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36401Responsibilities and Duties of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36402Responsibilities and Duties of the Task Force
• Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 36500Preparation of Ocean Resources Report and Recommendations