A preliminary draft of the VASG strategic plan is now available for comment. We’d greatly appreciate your feedback on the draft. It consists of an introduction, vision, mission, and organizational information, followed by goals and objectives in four focus areas:
- Safe and Sustainable Seafood
- Healthy Coastal and Ocean Ecosystems
- Sustainable Community Development and Hazard Resilience
- Coastal and Ocean Literacy
The goals and objectives were created by workgroups consisting of staff, researchers, and stakeholders in each topic area. The workgroups will continue to work on their sections, reviewing comments on this draft and making revisions.
The draft plan will be available for comment for the next four weeks. A second draft draft will be posted for a shorter public comment period, further consultation with VASG’s advisory committees will occur in June, and a final plan will be released in mid-to-late June.
You can submit comments in one of three ways:
- Send an email to thartley@vims.edu
- Post a comment to this blog entry
- Respond to this open-ended online survey (allows anonymous responses)
VASG would like to thank all of you who have commented and contributed to this document to date. We are committed to hearing from our stakeholders and setting a strategic course for the next five years that is responsive to the needs and opportunities faced by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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