Sec. 2. Duties. Resolved: That the Land and Water Resources Council shall examine the following issues:

1. Increased private and local stewardship of the marine environment;

2. Ecological sustainability and biodiversity protection, with particular attention to Atlantic salmon rivers and habitat;

3. Protection of cultural and scenic values;

4. Appropriate geographic scope of individual bay plans;

5. Traditional and emerging economies and demographic trends around bays;

6. Impacts on the boundary between Maine and Canada;

7. Access to coastal water and public lands;

8. Impacts of marine development on riparian landowners;

9. Existing and creation of new marine protected areas;

10. Preservation of working waterfronts and municipal and commercial infrastructure and other shoreside land uses; and

11. Incentives, sanctions and penalties; and be it further

Sec. 3. Consultation; input. Resolved: That as part of the Land and Water Resources Council study, the council or the council's staff shall hold 2 or more meetings for the purpose of consultation with and gathering input from the following representatives of affected groups:

1. A representative of coastal municipalities;