Partners
The Gulf of Maine Council serves as a steward of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem, providing a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information to enhance and safeguard natural resources and the well-being of communities that depend on them. To help fulfill these goals, Council and Working Group members include representatives of US and Canadian state, provincial, and federal government agencies, as well as representatives from various nonprofit organizations and academic institutions that work closely with communities across the Gulf of Maine watershed.
Government Agencies
- Nova Scotia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
- New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
- Maine Office of Community Affairs / Maine Coastal Program
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services / New Hampshire Coastal Program
- Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
- US Environment Protection Agency
- US Department of Interior
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
Non-government Organizations
- Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
- Chewonki Foundation
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- MIT Sea Grant
- Northeast Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
- Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
- Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)
- University of Massachusetts, Boston – School for the Environment