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Colgan, Charles S. & Plumstead, Janice. Economic Prospects for the Gulf of Maine. Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. October 1, 1995. 45 pp.

This report examines recent trends in the economic growth and development of the Gulf of Maine region, defined as the counties bordering the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This resource covers an economically diverse region, with major metropolitan centers and small one-industry villages. The region has experienced economic and population growth throughout, with a few exceptions, and it has generally become more diverse over the past 15 years. Four aspects of the region's economy are likely to be of particular concern to the Gulf of Maine Council and its work safeguarding the region's environmental resources:patterns of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan growth, tourism and recreation, fisheries, and transportation. This report discusses these four key economic forces in great depth before concluding with several recommendations for actions the Council should consider taking to better understand and come to grips with the economy and ecology of the Gulf of Maine region.

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