Territorial Sea Plan

Oregon's territorial sea is a 3-mile-wide strip of ocean under state jurisdiction that reaches from the shoreline out to sea. This area and the resources within it are managed by state and federal agencies. The Oregon Territorial Sea Plan (TSP) was first adopted in 1994 and consists of goals and policies that act as a coordination framework for agencies to use while managing resources within the territorial sea. 

Since its adoption, the plan has been amended as new ocean needs and uses have been proposed or discovered. The Territorial Sea Plan has five parts by topic: 

• Part One: Ocean Management Framework 
• Part Two: Making Resource Use Decisions 
• Part Three: Rocky Habitat Management Strategy 
• Part Four: Uses of the Seafloor 
• Part Five: Uses of the Territorial Sea 

The Plan was last amended in 2023 with updates to the Part Three: Rocky Habitat Management Strategy and Part Four: Uses of the Seafloor. The Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) and DLCD are responsible for stewarding the TSP and managing future amendments. 

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Oregon Territorial Sea Plan Table of Contents

Part One: Ocean Management Framework

1. History of Ocean Planning in Oregon
2. The Ocean Policy Advisory Council
3. Oregon's Territorial Sea
4. Laws and Legal Authorities Affecting Ocean Management
5. Ocean Management Agencies
6. Plan Implementation
7. Ocean Management Goals and Policies (2001)

Part Two: Making Resource Use Decisions

1. Resources Inventory and Effects Evaluation
2. Joint Review Panels (JRPs)
3. Local Government Consultation

Part Three: Rocky Habitat Management Strategy

• Complete TSP Part Three Chapter, April 2023

1. The Rocky Habitat Management Strategy
2. Oregon's Rocky Habitats
3. Rocky Habitat Management
4. Rocky Habitat Site Management Designation Standards and Practices
5. Site-Based Proposal Overview
   

• Appendix A - Glossary
• Appendix B - Rocky Habitat Classification
• Appendix C - Example Proposal Contents and Questions
• Appendix D - Designation Standards for Federal Consistency.pdf
• Appendix E - Rocky Habitat Designations and Map 2023
• History and Status of Rocky Habitat Site Management Designations

Part Four: Uses of the Seafloor (2023)

• TSP Part Four - Uses of the Seafloor (September 2023)

Part Five: Uses of the Territorial Sea

• For the Development of Renewable Energy Facilities or Other Related Structures, Equipment or Facilities (2019)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
• Appendix B: References
• Appendix C: Acronyms And Abbreviations
• Appendix D: Notes on Tidal Related Shore Lines
• Appendix E: Oregon Ocean Law: ORS 196.405-.515
• Appendix F: Goal 19, Ocean Resources
• Appendix G: Policies of the Oregon Ocean Plan
• Appendix H: Rocky Shores Classification System
• Appendix I: Three Arch Rocks Management Report