Mapping the Gulf of Maine seafloor is one of the essential first steps for achieving effective management of the region’s marine environments.
The Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI) is a U.S.-Canadian partnership of government and nongovernment organizations to conduct comprehensive seafloor imaging, mapping, and biological and geological surveys. GOMMI grew out of a mapping workshop in October 2001 that was sponsored by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Gulf of Maine Council endorses GOMMI, and the GOMMI Steering Committee is a subcommittee of the Council. Currently, GOMMI is working to secure funding and conduct a mapping program of areas in the Gulf of Maine not already mapped by multibeam sonar surveys.
Map of areas covered by high-resolution bathymetric surveys as of February 2008
GOMMI has released its strategic plan for review and comment. Download the document by clicking the following links.
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Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative: A Framework for Ocean Management
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In December 2006, Susan Snow-Cotter, a steering committee member of the Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI) and director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), died of inflammatory breast cancer. Susan’s vision and leadership were instrumental in establishing GOMMI and advancing seafloor mapping in the Gulf of Maine. Through GOMMI and many other programs, she was a leader in coastal and ocean management in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.
GOMMI tribute to Susan Snow-Cotter (PDF, 56 KB)
GOMMI tribute to Susan Snow-Cotter (Word, 155 KB)
- Issue 2 (July 2007): PDF version (84 KB) or Word version (89 KB)
- Issue 1 (July 2006): PDF version (88 KB)
- Map of areas covered by high-resolution bathymetric surveys as of February 2008
- Overview of mapping technologies
- General information about GOMMI and seafloor mapping (PowerPoint, 4.8 MB)
- On April 11, 2006, GOMMI presented a poster entitled Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative: A Framework For Regional Fisheries Research And Management (PDF, 183 KB) at the conference on "Geographic Information Systems and Ocean Mapping in Support of Fisheries Research and Management."
- Summary of 2006-2008 Planning Workshop (February 17, 2006) (PDF, 107 KB)
- User needs assessment for the Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (Final version) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Talking about a revolution: The Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative
Cover story in NOAA's Coastal Services magazine (March/April 2004) - Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI) fact sheet (PDF, 329 KB)
- Mapping
the undersea landscape: Using seafloor maps to improve management
of the Gulf of Maine (PDF, 455 KB)
Produced by the Science Translation Project of the Gulf of Maine Council.
View online version (HTML) - Knowledgebase: Seafloor mapping
Web page with links, scientific papers, and other information on seafloor mapping. - The Geoscience for Oceans Management Program of the Government of Canada
The Geoscience for Oceans Management Program of the federal department of Natural Resources Canada will deliver the geoscience knowledge base for informed decision-making in Canada's offshore lands to ensure that natural resource development does not harm the environment and that appropriate land-use decisions are made balancing social, economic, and environmental considerations. The Canada Oceans Act and the Canada Oceans Strategy provide the legislative and strategic framework within which integrated management of Canadian ocean territory can be extended to the offshore. Underpinning the GOM program is a systematic approach to seafloor mapping to deliver geoscience knowledge for integrated ocean management. - Gulf
of Maine marine habitat characterization and mapping: A workshop
report and strategy for ocean mapping in the Gulf of Maine (PDF,
6.7 MB)
Proceedings from the October 2001 mapping workshop that was sponsored by the Gulf of Maine Council and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Dr. Megan Tyrrell
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Dr. Vincent Guida Research Fisheries Biologist National Marine Fisheries Service NEFSC, James.J. Howard Laboratory of Marine Sciences 74 Magruder Road Highlands, NJ 07732 USA 732.872.3042 GOMMI Coordinator Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI) Colchester, VT 05446 USA 802.264.9732 Director ME Department of Marine Resources PO Box 8 West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 USA 207.633.9500 NOAA Regional Coastal Program Specialist c/o University of New Hampshire Gregg Hall 35 Colovos Rd. Suite 148 Durham, NH 03824 USA 603.862.1205 Division Chief National Marine Fisheries Service NEFSC, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory 74 Magruder Rd Highlands, NJ 07732 USA 732.872.3024 Research Scientist, Benthic Habitat Mapping Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) P.O. Box 1006 Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2 Canada 902.426.3407 Council Coordinator Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment naturesource communications PO Box 3019 Boscawen, NH 03303 USA 603.796.2615 Research and Monitoring Coordinator Cape Cod National Seashore 99 Marconi Site Rd Wellfleet, MA 02667 USA 508.487.3262 x105 Coastal and Marine Geology Program U.S. Geological Survey Quissett Campus 384 Woods Hole Rd Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA 508.457.2239 Marine Ecologist Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 251 Causeway St ⢠Suite 800 Boston, MA 02114 USA 617.626.1217 Federal Consistency Coordinator NH Department of Environmental Services 50 International Dr ⢠Suite 200 Portsmouth, NH 03801 US 603.559.0025 New England Navigation Manager NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, Navigation Services Division 28 Tarzwell Dr Narragansett, RI 02882 USA 401.782.3252 |
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