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Environment

Gulf of Maine Facts

• The water surface of the Gulf of Maine measures 79,000 square kilometres / 33,054 square miles.
• The total land area of the Gulf of Maine watershed is 69,115 square miles / 165,185 square kilometres.
• Three US states and three Canadian provinces share the Gulf's watershed. Only the province of Quebec does not have Gulf of Maine shoreline; and only Maine is entirely within the watershed.
• Endangered right whales, of which only 300 are thought to remain in the Atlantic, feed and breed in Bay of Fundy waters around Grand Manan Island from July to October each year.

1997 Members

Wayne Adams, Minister
Department of Environment
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Robin Alden, Commissioner
Department of Marine Resources
Augusta, Maine

James Barkhouse, Minister
Department of Fisheries
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Vaughn Blaney, Minister
Department of Environment
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Peg Brady, Director
Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office
Boston, Massachusetts

Trudy Coxe, Secretary
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Boston, Massachusetts

Irene d'Entremont, President
M.I.T. Electronics, Inc.
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

David Haney
Director of Community and Economic Development
MEG Asset Management, Inc.
Londonderry, New Hampshire

Elizabeth Kay
Environmental Communications Strategist
Hull, Massachusetts

Edward Maclean, President
Connor's Brothers Ltd.
Black's Harbour, New Brunswick

Donald W. Perkins, President
Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development Corp.
Portland, Maine

Evan D. Richert, Director
Maine State Planning Office
Augusta, Maine

Jeffrey Taylor, Director
Office of State Planning
Concord, New Hampshire

Bernard Theriault, Minister
Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Robert Varney, Commissioner
Department of Environmental Services
Concord, New Hampshire

Federal Partners

Neil Bellefontaine, Director General
Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Halifax, Nova Scotia

David Fierra, Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection
US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1
Boston, Massachusetts

George Finney, Director
Environment Canada
Sackville, New Brunswick

Ron Lambertson, Regional Director
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Hadley, Massachusetts

Col. Michael S. Meuleners, Division Engineer
US Army Corp of Engineers
Waltham, Massachusetts

Dr. Allen Peterson Jr.
Senior Policy Advisor for International Relations
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Larry Wilson, Marine Programs Directorate
Canadian Coast Guard Base
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia