33 U.S.C. § 3701 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters § 3701. Purposes

(1) development coordination  1 and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to--

(2) maintenance 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 coastal acidification; and

(4) research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.