We look forward to seeing you on June 4, 2019, for our next in-person ocean planning meeting. The meeting will be held at the NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The meeting will include an update on the NROC Ocean Planning Committee’s work plan, an update on federal implementation of Executive Order 13840, and an update and discussion about offshore wind development in the region. A draft...

Living Shorelines Project Resources Now Available Online Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC), Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), The Nature Conservancy, and state coastal management programs throughout the Northeast recently completed work on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funded project – Advancement of Green Infrastructure and Living Shoreline Approaches in the...

NROC will host its Spring Meeting at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The meeting packet with agenda and briefing materials is available here: NROC April 2019 Meeting Briefing Packet.

NROC Meetings On November 15th, NROC members and partners traveled to the University of Southern Maine in Portland for a productive Fall Meeting. Participants heard partner updates from Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, Gulf of Maine Council, and the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative. NROC’s Ocean Planning Committee provided an update about advancing...

NROC will host its Fall Meeting at the University of Southern Maine, Abromson Center in Portland, Maine on Thursday, November 15. The meeting packet with agenda and briefing materials is available here: NROC November 2018 Meeting Briefing Packet.

The NROC Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health Working Group Co-Chairs, the NERACOOS Executive Director, and the ISMN Director are seeking candidates to serve on the ISMN Oversight Committee. The Request for Candidates and Terms of Reference for the Committee are available here: ISMN RFC ISMN Oversight Committee Terms of Reference Applications should be mailed to Jackie Motyka at jackie@neracoos.org by 5:00 PM on November 30, 2018. Questions can...