MS SC559

Designates January 13, 2010, as "Wear Blue for a Healthy Gulf and Coast Day in Mississippi" to demonstrate support for the first National Ocean Policy

Notes that Mississippi Gulf Coast ecosystems, from coral reefs to cypress swamps, support diverse life and provide essential resources including oxygen production

Highlights that oceans and coasts are currently managed by 20 different federal agencies implementing 140 separate and often conflicting laws and regulations

Identifies threats to coasts and oceans including unsustainable fishing, wetlands loss, water pollution, and ocean acidification

Directs the resolution be forwarded to the Bureau of Marine Resources and the Wear Blue for Oceans Campaign