The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—

((1)) development coordination  and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to—

((A)) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and

((B)) maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;

((2)) maintenance of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

((3)) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and

((4)) research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.