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Gov. Patrick signs law to preserve state's oceans

Gov. Patrick signs law to preserve state's oceans

(Latoyia Edwards, NECN: Boston, Mass.) - With the New England Aquarium as a backdrop, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed The Oceans Act of 2008 into law. It is the first legislation of its kind, and is designed to protect the state's ocean waters. A 17-member Ocean Advisory Commission will create the plan, which will be in place by December 2009. The bill aims to ensure that decisions and permits about development in state-controlled waters - which extend up to 3 miles from the coast - conform to a single, science-based plan. read more

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