The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—
(1) development and coordination of a comprehensive interagency plan to—
(A) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and
(B) establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification;
(2) establishment of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(3) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification; and
(4) research adaptation strategies and techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.
(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436.)
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