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Work In Progress: Five- Year Report of the Gulf of Maine council on the Marine Environment,  1990-1995. 24 pp.

This report is an overview of the first five years of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment’s work, beginning with the first Sustaining Our Common Heritage conference in 1989. Mid-way through the Council’s original ten-year plan, this activity report describes the major results of their unique, transboundary role of creating a precedent for developing a bioregional policy perspective and for taking action to address the protection and sustainable use of ecosystems that cross political boundaries. After introducing in summary the agreement and action plan of the Council, this document proceeds to update the actions and results done under the following titles: monitoring and research, coastal and marine pollution and protection of public health, habitat protection, creating connections, synergy, and the habitat focus and beyond. One of the main conclusions from this progress report is that the Council is working on their Action Plan 1996-2001 with a change in its major focus to coastal and marine habitats.

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