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Public meetings were held in all three states to give members of the public and other stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the priorities outlined in the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health, and a discussion paper which provides additional background information and illustrative examples of possible actions the three states may take under the Agreement. You may also send written comments directly to the WCGA staff by visiting the Contact Us page of this website.

Past Meetings

Date and TimeLocationDownloads and More Information
West Coast Governors' Ocean Action Teams Meeting
October 27-28, 2008Talaris Conference Center
Seattle, Washington
This targeted meeting was an opportunity for Action Coordination Team members to meet with their team and interact with the Executive Committee. Teams discussed operations and membership, and began to develop work plans for accomplishing their actions. Special presentations were made on:
  • Stakeholder recommendations for implementing the Action Plan
  • Sea Grant regional research plan
  • seafloor mapping on the West CoastPDF icon (5.4 Mb pdf)
  • Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
View the agenda PDF icon (280 kb pdf).

Alternative Energy Development in theWest Coast Ocean Environment
September 23, 2008
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Hotel
921 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon
The goal of the workshop was to provide the public with an opportunity to hear about the development of wave, tidal and offshore wind alternative energy activities in a regional and national context. View the full agenda (Updated 9/16) PDF icon file (24 kb pdf).

Alternative Energy Workshop participants heard from ocean energy experts about the potential for wind, wave and tidal energy along the Pacific Coast and Puget Sound as well as experts in the emerging technologies being developed to capture that energy. Other presentation topics included environmental and social issues. Click for the full meeting summary (8 kb pdf).

The individual expert presentations are available as PDFs:
The webcast of the meeting is available at the following links. Use Internet Explorer to view the windows media file through the Windows Media Viewer.
October 25, 2007
California Ocean Protection Council Meeting,
Eureka, CA
For a copy of written comments received see the Documents page of this website.
July 30, 2007
6:30pm
Seattle Aquarium

Pier 59 on the Waterfront
1483 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101
206.386.4300
For a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary
July 25, 2007
3:30pm to 5:00pm
Coastal Zone ’07 Conference,
Portland, Oregon
For a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary
July 16, 2007

Evening meeting; check OPAC website for details.
Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council Meeting, Tillamook, OregonFor a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary
More information is also be available at the OPAC website: www.oregon.gov/LCD/OPAC/
July 11, 2007
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
State Ocean Caucus Outreach Meeting at the Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Ilwaco, WAFor a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary
Agenda
Ilwaco Heritage Museum – Main Hall
115 SE Lake Street
June 26, 2007
2:00pm to 5:30pm
State Ocean Caucus Outreach Meeting at Grays Harbor Community College
Aberdeen, WAFor a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary
Agenda
Location: Grays Harbor Community College Library
April 17, 2007California Ocean Protection Council Meeting,
Monterey, CA
For a copy of written comments see the Documents page of this website.
Meeting summary (prepared by the CA Ocean Protection Council)

An archived webcast of the meeting is available at the California Ocean Protection Council’s website: resources.ca.gov/copc/meetings.html