Next NROC Meeting NROC’s next full meeting will take place on Monday, December 16, 2019 at New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 222 International Drive, #175, Portsmouth, NH. Agenda and meeting materials will be posted in advance. NERACOOS Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary – Call for Abstracts NERACOOS has issued a call for abstracts for opportunities to present at their Annual Meeting on December 6, 2019 in Portsmouth, New...

Northeast Regional Ocean Council’s next full meeting will take place on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the office of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 222 International Drive, #175, Portsmouth, NH. Additional details, agenda and meeting materials will be posted in advance. Please note – this new meeting date replaces the previously scheduled November 18 meeting.

Northeast Regional Ocean Council’s Fall 2019 meeting has been scheduled for Monday, November 18, 2019 at the office of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 222 International Drive, #175, Portsmouth, NH. Additional details, agenda and meeting materials will be posted in advance.

NROC Meetings and Work Plans During NROC’s April 2019 meeting at NH Department of Environmental Services in Portsmouth, partners reviewed and discussed draft work plans for the Ocean Planning, Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health, and Coastal Hazards Resilience committees. Following the meeting, Committee Co-chairs incorporated feedback and finalized 2019-2020 Work Plans. Copies are available on the NROC website at: Ocean Planning Committee...

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...