Partners
Partners
The Gulf of Maine Council serves as a steward of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem, serving as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information to enhance and safeguard natural resources and the wellbeing of communities who depend on them. To help fulfill these goals, the Council members include representatives of US and Canadian state, provincial and federal governments as well as representatives from various nonprofit organizations who work closely with the communities within the Gulf of Maine watershed. The Council has developed a close partnership with several nonprofit, academic and scientific entities building close collaboration to implement its Action Plan.
Government Agencies
- Nova Scotia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
- New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
- Maine Department of Marine Resources / Maine Coastal Program
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services / NH Coastal Program
- Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
- US Environment Protection Agency
- US Department of Interior
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
Nongovernment Institutions
- Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
- Chewonki Foundation
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- Northeast Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
- Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
- Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)
- University of Massachusetts, Boston – School for the Environment