; and (2) to promote coordinated and collaborative regional planning efforts using the best available science in decisions affecting the sustainable development and use of Federal renewable and nonrenewable resources on, in, or above the ocean (including the Outer Continental Shelf) and the Great Lakes to ensure the protection and maintenance of marine ecosystem health and for the long-term economic and environmental benefit of the United States. (b) Objectives of regional efforts Such regional efforts shall achieve the following objectives: (1) Greater systematic communication and coordination among Federal, coastal State, and affected tribal governments concerned with the conservation of and the sustainable development and use of Federal renewable and nonrenewable resources of the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes. (2) To the maximum extent feasible, greater reliance on a multiobjective, science- and ecosystem-based, spatially explicit management approach that integrates regional economic, ecological, affected tribal, and social objectives into ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes management decisions. (3) Identification and prioritization of shared State and Federal ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes management issues. (4) Identification of data and information needed by the Regional Coordination Councils established under section 503. (c) Regions There are hereby designated the following Coordination Regions: (1) Pacific region The Pacific Coordination Region, which shall consist of the coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to the States of Washington, Oregon, and California. (2) Gulf of Mexico region The Gulf of Mexico Coordination Region, which shall consist of the coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and the west coast of Florida. (3) North Atlantic region The North Atlantic Coordination Region, which shall consist of the coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,