Develop a multiagency coordinated strategic plan for mapping and producing a comprehensive GIS database for California continental shelf habitats.

• Provide overview of state of knowledge related to marine habitat mapping
  
  
• Summarize for each Task Force organization a description of their: existing data holdings, current data needs, planned data collection efforts, potential contribution toward production of habitat GIS
  
  
• Identify common needs for habitat maps and data coverage
  
  
• Define and adopt a universally applicable marine habitat classification scheme
  
  
• Divide the California continental shelf into priority regions for habitat mapping
  
  
• Draft an agreement for data sharing between Task Force members
  
  
• Draft a strategic plan for mapping California marine habitats