Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment



File needs to be updated for year 2000, 2001, & 2002.

1a / A Brief History (1989 - 1999)

· In 1989, the Governors of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and the Premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick convened a conference of over 300 participants to discuss cooperation between the states and provinces in order to sustain biological productivity in the Gulf of Maine. The conference concluded with the signing of an Agreement to cooperatively work to achieve sustainable development in the region, protect natural resources, and maintain the ecological balance of the Gulf through:

-- promotion of research and monitoring

-- reduction of marine debris

-- protection of habitat

-- management of data and information

-- production and dissemination of educational materials

· The Council’s work began with the development and implementation of a ten-year Action Plan, which addressed five major issue categories:

-- Monitoring and Research

-- Coastal and Marine Pollution

-- Protection of Public Health

-- Habitat Protection

-- Education and Participation

· State and provincial Council members were joined by federal partners and non-governmental members with interests in Gulf-wide issues.

· The Council established specific Program Committees to help develop projects and direct Action Plan implementation for Monitoring and Research, Marine Debris Reduction, Data and Information Management, and Public Education.

· The Council convened a second Gulf of Maine Conference in Wolfville, Nova Scotia in 1994 with more than 150 non-governmental environmental and community organizations, following which the Council adopted “habitat” as its unifying program theme for the future and began work on a revised Action Plan.

· In 1994, the U.S. Congress awarded a $1.9 million matching grant to the Council for program development in its five Habitat Priority Focus Areas (see Section 1b).

Gulf of Maine Chronology

Date Activity

1988

June-August State and Provincial agency representatives meet to discuss common environmental concerns in the Gulf of Maine.

August Governors and Premiers establish the Gulf of Maine Working Group.

September Working Group agrees upon initial activities of the Gulf Program: development of a “State of the Gulf” report, design of a marine environmental monitoring program; organization of a bilateral Gulf conference. Federal agencies from both countries invited to join Working Group as observers.

October Working Group begins bi-monthly meeting schedule, alternating meeting location between Boston and Halifax. States receive federal grant from NOAA to support activities of the Gulf Program.

1989

January Draft of the Agreement on the Conservation of the Marine Environment completed; Gulf conference format discussed.

March First edition of Program newsletter, Turning the Tide, produced; subsequent quarterly mailings to 3000 readers.

April-September Language of Gulf Agreement is revised and amended; Conference logistics discussed, formalized; design of monitoring program considered; draft of The Gulf of Maine - Sustaining our Common Heritage report reviewed, revised.

September States receive second federal grant to continue development of Gulf Program.

November Conference details finalized; post-conference strategy for Gulf Program discussed. Sustaining our Common Heritage published. Monitoring program design contract awarded to consortium of Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc., Maine Watch Institute, and the New Brunswick Productivity Council.

December Gulf Conference held in Portland, Maine; Agreement on the Conservation of the Marine Environment signed by Governors and Premiers.

1990

January Highlights of Conference and consensus points discussed; Council appointments considered; options for structure of Action Plan reviewed.

March Components of Action Plan debated; progress on monitoring plan reported; first Council meeting agenda drafted.

April Council meeting agenda finalized; format and content of Action Plan discussed; additional Gulf activities presented.

May Canadian-American Center completes Gulf Conference proceedings.

June Council holds first meeting in Halifax.

July Maine assumes Chair of Council and Secretariat. Gulf-wide shoreline cleanup wins national award in US. Gulf of Maine satellite photo poster produced.

August Environmental impacts of finfish culture workshop Proceedings released. NMFS initiates habitat mitigation study for Gulf Program.

September New England states receive $97,000 federal grant from NOAA for Gulf Program; states commit $29,000 in matching funds. Edmund S. Muskie Institute and State of Maine initiate non-governmental funding research. Working Group meets in Boston.

October Gulf Program receives $250,000 grant from the US Congress for Gulf Data and Information Management system. Gulf Marine Environmental Monitoring Program receives $30,000 funding from NOAA for pilot project. US Army Corps of Engineers briefed on Gulf of Maine Program activities.

November Council on Marine Environment holds second meeting in Ogunquit, Maine. Gulf Program finance network and education and participation task forces created. Draft Action Plan approved for public release. Environmental Monitoring Program “Gulfwatch” pilot project approved. Working Group meets. Gulf of Maine Finance Network and Marine Education Task Force created.

December Canadian Green Plan released.

1991

January Gulf Science Workshop held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. NMFS Habitat Mitigation report released. Non-governmental sources of funding report released. Working Group meets.

February Monitoring program implementation strategy drafted, reviewed. Gulf Program receives $10,000 from Environment Canada. Funding the Gulf of Maine Program report released.

March Action Plan comments reviewed, Plan revised. EPA and Congressional staff briefed on Gulf Program activities. Education and Participation Task Force meets. Atlantic Coastal Action Plan (ACAP) formed. Working Group meets in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

April Gulf Program awarded $15,000 grant from EPA. Finance Network and Education and Participation Task Forces meet. NOAA staff briefing on Gulf Program held in Washington.

May Finance Network and Education and Participation Task Forces finalize recommendations. Action Plan revisions completed. Gulf-wide electronic bulletin board system outlined.

June Gulfwatch field sampling protocol workshops held. Working Group meets in Halifax.

July Council meets in Bar Harbor; approves Gulf of Maine Action Plan. New Brunswick assumes Chair of Council and Secretariat. First Gulf of Maine Visionary Awards announced. Gulf of Maine video, “Our Common Heritage” is produced and distributed. Council of Maritime Premiers, Land Registration & Information Service, hosts Coastal Zone Information Management Workshop.

August Gulf of Maine Data and Information Management Committee meets. Gulfwatch Pilot Project deploys mussels around Gulf of Maine. Environment Canada releases second version of “Catalogue of Environmental Data in Atlantic Canada”.

September Public Education and Participation Committee meets for the first time. Coastal Convergence 91, a citizens’ forum on coastal issues, is held in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Two Gulf Bays initiate water quality protection programs, the Casco Bay and the Massachusetts Bay Program. Public Education and Participation Committee holds first meeting. Massachusetts receives $240,000 grant from NOAA for Data and Information Management System.

October US states involved in Gulf of Maine Program receive $250,000 grant from the US Department of Commerce. Working Group meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Coastal Convergence participants form coastal network.

November Gulfwatch mussels are collected. Environment Canada initiates Atlantic Canada Coastal Action Plan.

December Council and Working Group meet in St. John, New Brunswick. Council agrees to recommend to the governors and premiers that its membership be expanded to include non-governmental members. Gulfwatch mussels are sent to Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection for analysis. New Brunswick Commission on Land Use and the Rural Environment is announced.

1992

January The Marine Law Institute and the Oceans Institute of Canada release report entitled “Assessing US and Canadian Laws and Programs Affecting the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Gulf of Maine”.

February Gulf of Maine Working Group meets in Portsmouth, N.H. US State Department lends staff person to Gulf of Maine Program.

April Environment Canada hosts Gulf of Maine Action Plan Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Working Group meets in Halifax. Gulf of Maine Marine Education and Participation Workshop is held in Portland, Maine. “Clean the Bay” campaign is launched.

June Council member Richard Silkman speaks to meeting of national foundations on Gulf of Maine biodiversity. Governors and Premiers agree to expand Council to include one non-government member from each jurisdiction. Governor of Massachusetts and Premier of New Brunswick appoint non-government Council members.

July Council meeting in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Council expanded to include one non-governmental member from each State and Province. Council adopts resolution to prohibit new combined sewer overflows. Massachusetts assumes the Secretariat. Portland Marine Debris Strategy Development initiated. Visionary Awards announced. Gulf of Maine Watershed map available.

August Mussels deployed in twelve sites throughout the Gulf in the second year of the Gulfwatch Program. New Hampshire’s Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge transferred from the Air Force to the Department of the Interior. Piscataqua River equipment deployment exercise for oil spill response held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

September Monitoring Committee meets in St. Andrews, New Brunswick; Gulfwatch report finalized.

October Public Education and Participation Committee meets in Portland, Maine; State of the Gulf reporting discussed. Habitat workshop in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Working Group meets in Portland, Maine. Approval of Priority Habitat Program. User needs analysis, database directory, and Environmental Data and Information Management System (EDIMS) unveiled. Portland Marine Debris project started. Conuslant oil spill drill held.

November Turning the Tide, Vol. 4, No. 4 published. Data and Information Management Committee meets in Boston, Massachusetts; further development of EDIMS prototype discussed. First Gulf of Maine personnel exchange between Maine and New Brunswick on guidelines regarding the digging of pits and quarries. Massachusetts CZM announces two key federal consistency decisions regarding proposed Fan Pier Federal Court House and Massachusetts Bay disposal site. Maine initiates Damariscotta River Estuary Project. Stellwagen Bank in southwest Gulf of Maine off of Massachusetts is designated a National Marine Sanctuary.

December Council and Working Group meet in Boston, Massachusetts; Council endorses strategy for fundraising and welcomes new Council members; Action Plan re-evaluation considered. Portland Marine Debris Council formed. New Brunswick announces five new ecological reserves and release of $35,000 for survey of point source pollution inventory. 1991 Gulfwatch report released. Proceedings from 1991 Gulf of Maine Scientific Workshop published.

1993

January Council signs documents for tax-exempt status. US-Canadian Strategic Environmental Assessment Workshop held in Halifax, Nova Scotia; plans for US-Canadian collaborative venture discussed. Maine and New Hampshire Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program releases volunteer water quality monitors handbook.

February Gulf of Maine Partnership Workshop held in Portland, Maine; presentations on other regional organizations and identification of challenges of regional cooperation. Aquaculture and

Environment Interaction Workshop held in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Gulf of Maine Watershed map reprinted. Gulf of Maine US Congressional briefing held in Washington, D.C. Environment Canada representative gives presentation on Gulf of Maine Action Plan in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gulf of Maine written and telephone survey published.

March Working Group meets in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Action Plan re-evaluation process approved. Turning the Tide, Vol. 5, No. 1 published. Gulf of Maine workshop held at Tufts University New England Environmental Network in Medford, Massachusetts. Sustainable development conference held in Brunswick, Maine. Massachusetts Bays Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts. Gulf of Maine Council participates in Boston International Seafood Show. Canadian Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) completes community vision statements for several sites which sets the goals and objectives for their local environmental management plans. Data and Information Management Committee meets in conjunction with federal/provincial Atlantic (Canada) Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

April Conference on vision for cooperation between public and private sectors in Penobscot Bay held in Searsport, Maine. Citizen based water quality monitoring initiated in a number of ACAP sites including the Annapolis, St. John and St. Croix estuaries.

May Collaboration of Community Foundations holds second Gulf-wide forum. Annual meeting of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers held in Stowe, Vermont; resolution endorsing the Gulf of Maine Council and directing the Council to draft new protocols for signature by the Governors and Premiers.

June First Gulf of Maine fact sheet drafted. Shellfish Habitat Restoration Workshop in St. Andrews, New Brunswick; fourteen recommendations for restoring shellfish habitat are produced. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary dedication ceremonies in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Natural Areas Conference held in Orono, Maine. “Oceans Day” celebrated in Halifax/Dartmouth.

July Council and Working Group meet in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Council approves recommendations to restore shellfish habitats. Joint statement among Gulf of Maine Regional Marine Research Board, Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine, and the Council is endorsed. Council endorses effort to pass US federal legislation authorizing a federal Gulf of Maine Program. Nova Scotia assumes Council Chair and Secretariat. Turning the Tide, Vol. 5. No. 2 & 3 published.

August Monitoring Committee meets.

September Submerged Lands Conference held in New Brunswick.

October Working Group meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Collaboration on the Gulf of Maine: A Workshop for NGOs held at Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, Maine. Canadian federal agencies in Atlantic region meet to explore opportunities for involvement in Gulf of Maine Program. Dredging and Ocean Dumping Conference held.

November Data and Information Management Workshop held. Rockland Harbor Marine Debris Council report released. RARGOM’s circulation modeling of the Gulf of Maine workshop held. CZM workshop held in New Brunswick.

December Council and Working Group meets in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Association of US Delegates to the Gulf of Maine Council holds first meeting. Association of Canadian Delegates to the Gulf of Maine Council holds first meeting.

1994

February Piscataqua Region Marine Debris Council initiated. Workshop for funders held.

March Council receives gift of $10,000 from Eastman Gelatine Corp. of Peabody, Massachusetts, to print Sea Beside the Sea brochure.

April Council and Working Group meets in Brunswick, Maine to Bowdoin College Gulf of Maine Institute. Workshop on Gulf of Maine habitat research needs held in West Boothbay Harbor by RARGOM, the Marine Research Board and the Council.

May Gulf Program awarded $107,700 from NOAA and $60,000 from the US State Department to analyze most pressing marine water pollution issues in the Gulf and develop point source inventory.

June Council and Working Group meets in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Annual New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Conference adopted resolutions on Oceans and Sustainable Development and Fisheries and Community Adjustments. Gulfwatch annual summaries released. Data and Information Management System 5-year Plan released.

August Council and Working Group meets in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Sustaining Our Common Heritage Conference held. State of the Gulf fact sheet released. Identification of Species for Priority Habitat released. States receive $32,500 from NOAA to support Wolfville conference. Council receives $2,000 gift from Maine Yankee.

September Provincetown Marine Debris Task Force report released. Public Education and Participation Committee meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

October Working Group meets in Boston, Massachusetts. Point Source Inventory of Land-based Sources of Pollution released. “Understanding the Gulf of Maine’s Regional Business Climate” symposium held with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Meeting of the Gulf of Maine Business Initiative with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

November Improving Interaction between Sciences and Policy in the Gulf of Maine Conference held. Data and Information Management Committee (DIMC) meets in Durham, New Hampshire.

December Council and Working Group meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Council identifies “habitat” as its program focus. Council adopts protocols on information exchange, coastal management, habitat, and volunteers. EDIMS presentation.

1995

January Summary Report of Activities. Council, RARGOM, and the Regional Marine Research Board meet. US Association of Delegates and the acting Chair of the Gulf of Maine Council sign a grant award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 million to fund projects in the Gulf of Maine. Public Education and Participation Committee meets in Falmouth, Maine.

February NOAA presentation. Monitoring Committee meets in Durham, New Hampshire. Marine Debris Mini-grants Program announced.

March Working Group meets in St. John, New Brunswick.

April Council and Working Group meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Data and Information Management Committee meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

May Working Group meets in Cape Elizabeth to develop 1995-96 Annual Work Plan recommendations.

June Council and Working Group meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Secretariat rotates to Maine from New Hampshire. Report on Economic Prospects for the Gulf of Maine presented. Council awards 14 marine debris mini-grants.

July Gulf of Maine secretariat completes five-year circuit. Maine assumes Chair of Council and Secretariat for second time. Don Pohl hired as Executive Director of the U.S. Association of Delegates to the Gulf of Maine.

September Maine Coastal Program, working in cooperation with Council priorities, funded Study of The Common Loon in support of Council priorities. The Gulf of Maine Environmental Atlas released.

October Working Group meets in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Sea Beside the Sea brochure released.

November Public Education and Participation Committee meets in Falmouth, Maine.

December Council and Working Group meet in Portland, Maine. Wild Gulf Almanac released. 1995 Visionary Awards announced. “The Economic Prospect of the Gulf of Maine” released. Council awards %50,000 in small grants to 13 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout the Gulf region. Secretariat publishes GOM Reference Handbook. The US GOM Association, Data Information and Management Committee, and Public Education and Participation Committee meet in Portland, Maine.

1996

January Public Education and Participation Committee hires part-time staff person. An Analysis of the Implementation and Distribution of the Report: Land Based Sources of Pollution: An Inventory of Point Sources released. Monitoring Committee meets in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

February Vaughn Blaney, Minister of the Department of the Environment from New Brunswick and 1991 Council Chair, returns to the Council.

March Working Group meets in Essex, Massachusetts. Watershed Research and Management workshop held in Wells, Maine. ABC Annual Meeting held in Portland, Maine.

April Council and Working Group meet in Orono, Maine, to discuss revisions to the draft 5-year action plan. Work in Progress: Five-Year Report of the GOMCME 1990-1995 released. Council hires staff person to coordinate NGO grant program. Great Marsh Summit held in Massachusetts.

May Bridging the Gulf Conference on Environmental Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine held in Portland, Maine.

June Council and Working Group meet in Bar Harbor, Maine, to finalize 5-Year Action Plan and to develop annual Work Plan. New Brunswick assumed Secretariat. Bernard Theriault serves as Chair to the Council and Barry Jones serves as Chair to the Working Group. Shellfish Restoration workshop held in Saint John, New Brunswick. Council authorizes formation of Business Advisory Group. Council awards 6 marine debris mini-grants. ABC Meeting held in Bar Harbor immediately following Council meeting. The US GOM Association, Data Information and Management Committee and Public Education and Participation Committee meet in Bar Harbor.

September Working Group meets in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Dynamics: A Scientific Symposium and Workshop, sponsored by the Regional Association for Research in the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) held in New Brunswick.

November Data Information and Management Committee meets in Durham, New Hampshire. Public Education and Participation Committee meets in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

December Working group and Council Meetings held in Fredricton, New Brunswick. Visionary Award Recipients and Non-Government Organization Minigrants announced.

1997

January Work Plan development process initiated.

March Working group meeting in Portsmouth, NH on March 4 and 5. Premier issue of Gulf of Maine times Newspaper released.

April Right Whale Ship Strike Conference sponsored by New England Aquarium. GOM Protected Areas Conference in Freeport, Maine on April 24 and 25. Business Advisory Committee held an organization meeting hosted by Council member Ed McLean in St. John, New Brunswick.

May Impacts of Fishing on the Seafloor Conference, sponsored by the Conservation Law Foundation and MIT Sea Grant and supported by the GOMC was held on May 30 in Ashland, MA.

June RARGOM Workshop at Migis Lodge, Sebago Lake on Improving the Integration of Science and Management in the Gulf of Maine. Working Group and Council met in Campobello, New Brunswick on June 11-13. Massachusetts assumed the Secretariat. Trudy Coxe serves as Secretariat and Susan Snow-Cotter chairs the Working Group. First Business Advisory Committee meeting with potential clients in Portsmouth, NH.

July Coastal Zone ‘97 Conference held in Boston, MA with over

1000 attendees from around the world. Council for Environmental Cooperation held its first meeting in the Gulf of Maine region exploring ways in which Canada and US can jointly address land based pollution into the Gulf.

August US Gulf of Maine Association meeting in Portsmouth, NH. Business Advisory Committee received a financial contribution from Northeast Utilities.

September Working Group meeting held in Falmouth, MA on September 29 and 30. $50,000 in NGO mini-grants announced. Business Advisory Committee meeting in Portland, Maine. An assessment of marine debris in the Gulf of Maine was completed by the Woods Hole Policy Group and is available on GOM Homepage.

October Council for Environmental Cooperation met in Danvers, MA to finalize 1987 work plan. An independent review of the Gulfwatch Monitoring Program led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was completed. A report on the Peer Review of the Great Bay and Quoddy Region Pilot Projects was completed by Peter Auster and associates.

December Working Group and Council met in Boston on December 10-12. Natural Gas Forum held on December 11. Visionary Awards announced.

1998

January The Monitoring Committee met in Halifax, NS to discuss the development of the Five Year Report.

March The Global Plan of Action Coalition met in Halifax on March 10 and 11. Working Group meeting held in Halifax, NS on March 12 and 13.

April Environment Canada assumed management of the Gulf of Maine homepage.

June Working Group and Council met in Salem, MA on June 2-5. Marine Shipping Environmental Forum held on June 4. Nova Scotia assumed Secretariat. Keith Colwell serves as Chair of the Council and Andrew Cameron serves as Chair of the Working Group.

July 1998-99 Secretariat Office established in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

August US beach sweep for International Year of the Ocean.

Coastal Zone Canada 1998 held Aug.30-Sept.3 in Victoria, BC

September Working Group meeting held 21&22 in Wolfville, NS.

October US government appropriates grant to the Gulf of Maine Council. Monitoring Committee meets with ACAP groups in Saint John, NB to collect mussels from Gulfwatch sites in Saint John harbour. Undersea Landscapes of the Gulf of Maine map completed and distributed.

November Clean Nova Scotia hosted press conference in Saint John, NB Nov. 4th to announce the results of the international beach sweeps. Out of the Fog Workshop held Nov.4-6 at the New England Aquarium in Boston. DIMC meeting held in Boston Nov.6th. GPAC meeting held in Portland, Maine November 15-17. Working Group(18) and Council (19-20) met in Halifax. Georges Bank Environmental Forum was held Nov.19th. US and Canadian Association meetings took place Nov.19th. Visionary Award recipients announced (19th).

December US Association for the Gulf of Maine Council moved from Boston to the Office of State Planning in Portsmouth, NH.

International Oceans Conference held Nov.29 - Dec 3. in Halifax.

1999

January The Council’s first Aquaculture Committee was formed.

February The Supporting Actions Matrix and Contact Database were placed on the Council’s web page with accessibility for updating. Feb.24 - The Whale Watch Advisory Group to the Ship-Strike Sub-Committee of the Northeast Recovery Plan Implementation Team met in Rockland, MA.

March RARGOM meeting held March 3 in New Hampshire. Working Group met 22&23 in Portsmouth, NH. Out of the Fog Workshop Committee met March 23rd in Portsmouth.

April Ecosystem Effects of Tidal Barriers in the inner Bay of Fundy Workshop held April 14-15 in Moncton, NB.

Fundy Science Workshop “Understanding Change in the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem” held in Sackville, NB (22-24)

Proposed Work Plan July1/99-Dec.31/00 submitted to NOAA(30)

Amended EPA Work Plan submitted to EPA for approval

May Longard Award nominations forms collected and recipient named

Amended EPA Work Plan approved by EPA

Canadian Association conference call meeting (28th)

June Working Group (8-9) and Council (10-11) met in Yarmouth, NS. NGO Fair, consisting of groups from around the gulf was held adjacent to Council meetings (9-11).

Canadian Participants meeting held June 9th.

DIMC met June 10th.

“Sharing Information Among Neighbours” forum was held the10th. First Annual Longard Award presented June 10th.

US Association met June 11th.

Out of the Fog Workshop Committee met June 11th.

New Hampshire assumed Secretariat. Bob Varney serves as Chair to the Council and Chris Simmers serves as Chair to the Working Group.

EPA grant to Council completed.

2000

2001

2002

July 2002

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management assumes the roles as the Council’s 2002-2003 Secretariat. Director Thomas W. Skinner serves as Council chair with Assistant Director Susan Snow-Cotter as Working Group chair

Laura Marron and Michele L. Tremblay are contracted to serve as the Council’s coordination team

September 2002

Working Group meeting, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

November 2002

Environmental Quality Monitoring Committee, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

December 2002

Working Group meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

Council meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

Ocean Zoning Forum, Boston, Massachusetts

Visionary and Longard Award winners are announced at a ceremony at the Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, Massachusetts

Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel meeting, Hadley, Massachusetts

2003

January 2003

Ocean Zoning background paper published

February 2003

Council announces a total of $271,428.50 awarded for Habitat Restoration Grants

March 2003

Working Group meeting, Concord, New Hampshire

Marine Conservation Group, Concord, NH

Peer review of Gulf of Maine Mapping Imitative strategic plan

April 2003

Gulf of Maine Expedition begins

May 2003

Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel meeting, Bar Harbor, Maine

Rapid Response to Aquatic Nuisance Species in the Northeast: Early Detection and Eradication Protocol Workshop, Bar Harbor, Maine

June 2003

Working Group meeting, Hyannis, Massachusetts

Council meeting, Hyannis, Massachusetts

Valuing Natural Capital Forum, Hyannis, Massachusetts

First meeting of the Gulf of Maine Council Habitat Committee, Hyannis, Massachusetts

September Working Group meeting Sept 8 & 9 in Saint John, NB

December Working Group Meeting Dec 2 & 3 and Council Meeting Dec 4 -5 in Halifax, NS

Working Group Meeting March 1 & 2

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