Section 14-0109. Responsibilities of the council

The  New  York  ocean  and  Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council
  shall:
    1. Promote the understanding, protection, restoration and  enhancement
  of   New  York's  ocean  and  Great  Lakes  ecosystems  while  promoting
  sustainable and competitive economic development and job creation;
    2. Ensure that  community  needs  and  aspirations  are  accommodated,
  recognizing   the   interdependent   goals   of   community  well-being,
  environmental quality and economic viability;
    3. Define and implement an adaptive approach  building  upon  existing
  laws  and  programs to advance activities that affect coastal ecosystems
  in order to ensure the coexistence  of  healthy  ecosystems  with  human
  activities;
    4.  Integrate  and coordinate ecosystem-based management with existing
  laws and programs;
    5. Develop guidelines for agency programs and activities  that  affect
  coastal  ecosystems  to  advance the policy and principles delineated in
  section 14-0103 of this article;
    6. Encourage scientific research and  information  sharing  that  will
  inform   ecosystem-based  management  decisions  and  enhance  ecosystem
  management capabilities;
    7. Use New York's private and public academic, research and non-profit
  institutions  more  effectively  in  developing  and  advancing  coastal
  ecosystem-based management;
    8. Facilitate regional coordination and cooperation to address complex
  coastal   resource  issues  which  cross  political  and  jurisdictional
  boundaries.