2e / Central Filing System
Gulf of Maine
Central Filing System
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, & MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATIVE
ABC Agreement
Meetings and Coordination
Agreement
EDIMS: Mailing Lists, Usage, etc.
E-mail instructions/addresses
GOM Reference Handbook
Current Originals
Distribution List
Extra Covers
Pre-Handbook Materials
Preparation of Supplements
Replaced Originals
Mailing Lists
Operating Guidelines
Personnel Exchange Program (also see Workshops/Conferences, June 24, 1993, Workshop on Environmental Trusts)
Policies & Resolutions
Groundfish Resources
Policy On Federal Participation
Policy on Project Management and Implementation
Policy On Scientific Literacy
Resolution on Assessment of a Financial Management Fee
Resolution of Groundfish Resources
Resolution on Volunteer Monitoring
Secretariat Operations and Federal Partners
Sustained Support & Collaboration with NOAA
Unsolicited Project Proposals Submitted to the Council
Protocols
Acquisition of Goods and Services
Exchange of Data and Information
Stationary
Transition of the Secretariat
Year of the Gulf Proclamation
OPERATIONS
Action Plan/Strategic Planning
2001 & Update
1996-2001 Action Plan
1994 Strategic Planning
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.1
1991-2000 Action Plan Final Draft
Annual Reports
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1994-1995 (See Education/Outreach, Reports, GOMC-CE: Summary Report of Activities: 1991-1994)
1993-1994
1992-1993
1991-1992
1990-1991
Secretariat and Staff Reports
1993-1994
1992-1993
1992
1991-1992
1990-1991
Work Plans/Budgets
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1994-1995
1993-1994
1992-1993
1991-1992
1990-1991
GOM Grant Recipients
Background Information
1997-1998
Fund Raising
Current Year Fund Raising
Private
GOM Business Advisory Group (1995-______)
Consultative Group On Biological Diversity
Cox Trust
GOM Finance Network (1992-1994) (See also Operations/Council & Working Group, Organizational Information, Partnership Program and Affiliated Groups/Private, US, Collaboration of Community Foundations)
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Fund Raising Including Private Initiatives 1989-1994
Davis-Conservation Foundation
Libra Foundation
Mott Foundation
Private Council Members Initiatives
Switzer Foundation
Themadel Foundation
Public
Canadian
1993 Canadian Embassy Application for Funding of GOM Conference
Canadian Studies Grants Program
US Federal Funding
General
GOM NEP Application (unsuccessful)
EPA Funding
Pre-1994
1994-1995, $1.9 Million Grant
NOAA Funding
CSC Fellow
Technology Reinvestment Project
Thank You Gifts/Acknowledgments
Council/Working Group
Organizational Information
Center for the GOM
Council
Working Group
GOM Nonprofit Entity
Other Organizational Options For GOMC Program
Partnership Program/GOM Round Table (Also see Affiliated Groups/Private, US, Collaboration of Community Foundations and Operations/Fund Raising, Private, GOM Finance Network)
Meetings
2000July 19-20, Council, Portsmouth, NH
September 20, Working Group, Saint John, NB
1999December 8-9, Council and Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
September 27-28, Working Group, Wells, ME
June 10-11, Working Group, Yarmouth, NS
1998November 18-20,Council and Working Group, Halifax, NS
September 21-22,Working Group, Wolfville, NS
June 2-5, Council and Working Group, Salem, MA
February 6, Council, Durham, NH
1997December 10-12, Council and Working Group, Boston, MA
September 29-30, Working Group, Famlouth, MAJune 10-13, Council and Working Group, Campobello Island, NB
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March 4-5, Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
1996December 4-6, Council and Working Group, St. AndrewsNB
September 19-20, Working Group, St. Andrews, NB
June 12-14, Council and Working Group, Bar Harbor, ME
April 28-29, Council and Working Group, Orono, ME
March 13-14, Working Group, Essex, MA
1995December 13-15, Council & Working Group, Portland, MEOctober 11-12, Working Group, Halifax, NS
June 28-30, Council & Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
May 15-16, Working Group, Cape Elizabeth, ME
April 5-7, Council & Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
March 6-7, Working Group, St. John, NB
1994December 1-2, Council & Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
October 26-27, Working Group, Boston, MA
August 2-5, Council & Working Group, Wolfville, NS
June 13-14, Council & Working Group, St. Andrews, NB
April 5-6, Council & Working Group, Brunswick, ME
1993December 15-17, Council & Working Group, Halifax, NS
October 20-21, Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
July 14-16, Council & Working Group, Plymouth, MA
March 23-24, Working Group, Halifax, NS
1992December 2-4, Council & Working Group, Boston, MA
October 20-21, Working Group, Portland, ME
July 21-24, Council & Working Group, St. Andrews, NB
June 2-4, Working Group, Boston, MA
April 22-23, Working Group, Halifax, NS
February 23-24, Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
1991December 3-5, Council & Working Group, St. John, NB
October 10-11, Working Group, Portsmouth, NH
July 17-19, Council & Working Group, Bar Harbor, ME
June 11-12, Working Group, Halifax, NS
March 26-27, Working Group, St. Stephen, NB
January 10-11, Working Group, Woods Hole, MA
1990November 14-16, Council & Working Group, Ogunquit, Me
September 10-12, Working Group, Boston, MA
June 28-29, Council & Working Group, Halifax, NS
April 18-19, Working Group, Halifax, NS
March 7-8, Working Group, Boston, MA
February 20-21, Working Group, Boston, MA
January 25, Working Group, Halifax, NS
1989November 16, Working Group, Boston, MA
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July 18, Working Group, Boston, MA
May 3, Working Group, Halifax, NS
April 5, Working Group, _____
January 27, Working Group, _____
1988November 3, 1988, Working Group, ______
October 27, Working Group, _____
August 22, Working Group, _____
June 27, Working Group, Portland, ME
Management Committee Meetings
Organizational Information
Committee
Data Information Management Committee
Organizational Information
Committee
5-Year Plan/Annual Work Plans
Background Information
Habitat Committee
Organizational Information
Committee
ID Species for Priority Habitats
Marine Debris Committee
Organizational Information
Committee
Monitoring Committee
Organizational Information
Committee
Gulfwatch
Evaluations of Gulfwatch (See Evaluations in Education/Outreach, Reports)
Background
Public Education and Participation Committee
Organizational Information
Committee (I, II)
Final Report of PEP Staff Person, 1994-1995
Background Information
Canadian Association
Organizational Information
US Association
Organizational Information
Requests to Deposit/Expend Funds Form
Requests For Proposals
1996 Characterization of Marine Debris in Gulf of Maine
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.5
1996 Evaluating the Procedures and Results of the GulfWatch Program
1996 Gulf of Maine Volunteer Monitoring
1996 Marine Debris Grant Program
1996 Methodology
1996 Non-Profit Organizations Coastal and Marine Environment Grants
1995 NGO Grants
1995 Marine Debris Grant Program
1994 Regional Marine Research Program Announcement of Funding Opportunity
1993 Regional Marine Research Program Announcement of Research Opportunities
Maine Members of GOM Committees
AFFILIATED GROUPS/FEDERAL PARTNERS
PUBLIC
Canadian
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee
Canadian Embassy
Council of Maritime Premiers
Environment Canada
Fisheries & Oceans, Canada
US
Army Corps of Engineers
Coast Guard
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Administration
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOAA (see also Operations/Funding Raising, NOAA Funding)
CoastalServicesCenter (aka Charleston Center For Ecosystem Health)
National Marine Fisheries Service
New England Fisheries Management Council
Presidents Council On Sustainable Development
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Strategic Environmental Assessment
USGS
International
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
International Joint Commission
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (see also History/GOM History)
NAFTA Commission on Economic Cooperation
United Nations Environment Program
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PRIVATE
Canadian
AtlanticCenter For the Environment
Bay of Fundy Project (See also Conservation Council of NB, Huntsman Marine Service Center, and Workshops/Conferences, 1991, Coastal ‘91 Convergence)
Champlain Institute
Clean AnnapolisRiver Project
Clean Nova Scotia Foundation
Clean the Bay Campaign
Conservation Council of New Brunswick
Friends of the PetitcodiacRiver
Fundy Weir Fishermen’s Association
Maritime Fishermen’s Union
Oceans Institute of Canada
Wildlife Habitat Canada
US
Clean Casco Bay
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Collaboration of Community Foundations (See also Operations/Fund Raising, Private, GOM Finance Network, and Council & Working Group, Organizational Information, Partnership Program)
FMC Marine Colloids
Friends of Casco Bay
GreatBay Watch
GOM Foundation
Marine Environmental Research Institute
Marine Trade Groups
Non-Governmental Organizations
St. Croix Estuary Project
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League
International
Ducks Unlimited
GOM Marine Educators
J.D. Irving
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS/LABORATORIES
American Society of Limnologist & Oceanography
Beaufort Laboratory
Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
DalhousieUniversity
HuntsmanMarineScienceCenter
Regional Association of Marine Research in the GOM (RARGOM)
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Regional Marine Research Board (RMRB)
St. Andrews Biological Station/Huntsman Marine
Sea Grant Programs
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Major Stakeholders in the GOM
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GOMC Program Accomplishments
1990-1995 (See Education/Outreach, Work In Progress: Five Year Report of the GOMC-ME)
1993-1994
1991-1994 (See Education/Outreach, GOMC-ME: Summary Report of Activities: 1991-1994)
1991-1993
1989-1992
1991
1990-1991
Marine Debris
1993-1994
Canadian Agency Activities in Support of GOMC Action Plan
US Agency Activities in Support of GOMC Action Plan
HISTORY
GOM History
Awards
Application to KennedyCenter Nominating the GOM
GOM International Agreement
GOM Nonprofit Entity
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Meetings (see also Affiliated Groups, International)
Past Members of Council, Working Group, Committees (See also Operations/Council and Working Group, Organizational Information, as well as individual committees)
Program Chronology/Correspondence
MOU re: Environmental Cooperation Between NS and MA
News Clippings
GOM Program Activities
General Background
Proposed Gulf of Maine Act of 1994 (aka Northern New England Marine Waters Act)
Thank You/Criticism Letters
Visionary Awards
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.8
1998
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
General
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
1999December 5-7, GOM Rockweed: Management in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty, St. Andrews, NB
Decemeber 10, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment’s Forum on the Health of the GOM, Portsmouth, NH
1996September 16-19, GOM Ecosystem Dynamics: A Scientific Symposium and Workshop, St. Andrews, NB
August 1-5, Making Connections: Global Lessons From the GOM, Durham, NH
June 18-19, Shellfish Habitat Restoration Workshop, St. John, NB
May 30-June 1, Bridging the Gulf: A Watershed of Watersheds: A US & Canadian Citizen’s Conference on Environmental Monitoring in the GOM, Portland, ME
March 11-12,Watershed Research and Management Workshop, Wells, ME
1995September 18-20, The Health of the GOM Ecosystem: Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors, Hanover, NH
May 31-June 2, Keystone National Dialogue on Ecosystem Management, Casrtine, ME
February 28, National Habitat Program, Waltham, MA
1994November 1-4, Improving the Interaction Between Sciences and Policy in the GOM, Kennebunkport, ME
September 20-23, Coastal Zone Canada ‘94, Halifax, NS
August 2-4, GOM Conference: Sustaining Our Common Heritage, Wolfville, NS
April 12-13, GOM Habitat: Workshop Proceedings, West Boothbay Harbor, ME
April 6-9, The GOM, Brunswick, ME
March 5, Maine Fishermen’s Forum, Rockport, ME
1993December 13-14, Canada-US Workshop on Ocean Disposal in the GOM, Halifax, NS
November 17-18, Canadian-US Workshop on CZM Experiences & Approaches, Fredericton, NB
November 10-13, Environment Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas, Baltimore, MD
November 3-5, Workshop on Data and Information Systems for the GOM, Durham, NH
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October 27-28, Collaboration on the GOM: A Workshop for NGO’s, Freeport, ME
October 5-11, National Audubon Society Expedition Institute, NS
June 24, 1993, Workshop on Environmental Trusts, SPO, Augusta, ME
June 22-26, Conservation in Working Landscape’s: 20th Annual Natural Areas Conference, Orono, ME
June 15-16, Shellfish Habitat Restoration Working, St. Andrews, NB
May 19-21, A Regional Response to Global Climate Change: New England and Eastern Canada, Portland, ME
May 13-14, 19th Annual Conference of the NE Governors & Eastern Canadian Premiers, Stowe, VT
May 10, Bridging the Gulf: A Region-Wide Forum on GOM Issues, Castine, Me
February 1-2, GOM Partnership Workshop, Cape Elizabeth, ME
1992November 18, Soliciting Individual Gifts, University of Maine, Augusta, ME
June 12, International Environmental Workshop for Funders, Wells, ME
April 21-22, Federal Agency GOM Action Plan Workshop, Halifax, NS
April 3-4, GOM Educators and Communicators Regional Workshop, Portland, ME
1991September 6-8, Coastal ‘91 Convergence, St. AndrewsNB
July 8, Education Tour and Cruise, Casco Bay Estuary Project, Portland, ME
July 8, CZ 91, Long Beach, CA
April 24-26, Managing Marine Mammals in the GOM, Boston, MA
March 13-14, An Overview of the GOM Program, NMFS-NE Regional Office, Gloucester, MA
January 8-10, Natural Variability in the GOM Workshop, Woods Hole, MA
1990November, Toxicology Workshop, Vancouver, B.C.
November 17, Identification Workshop, Casco Bay Estuary Project, EPA, Brunswick, ME
September 13-14, NOAA’s Coastal Ocean Program Workshop, Shenandoah, Va
June, Presentation at Annual New England Governors - Eastern Canadian Premier Meeting, Mystic, CT
May 31-June 1, Developing an Environmental Monitoring Plan for the GOM, Halifax, NS
March 1990 and March 1991, New England Environmental Conference, TuftsUniversity, Medford, MA
Spring, Massachusetts Bays Symposium, UMass, Boston
March 19-20, GOM Fisheries in the 90's, Portland, Me
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.10
March 1-2, The Environmental Impacts of Finfish Culture, St. Andrews, NB
1989December, The GOM Sustaining Our Common Heritage, PortlandME
Proceedings
Papers
Conference
Work Session Notes
May 22, The GOM Coastal Ocean Program Regional Synthesis Series #1, Washington, DC
1988October 28, The Value of the GOM, Portland, Me
EDUCATION/OUTREACH
Lists of GOM Publications:
Books:
The GOM Environmental Atlas, The Island Institute, 1995
Brochures:
1995A Sea Beside the Sea
1993Brochure, January 1993
1992What Is the GOM EDIMS?
1990Brochure - July 1990
Documentary/Video
GOMC 8 Minute
The Great Auk Curriculum Project
Ferry Display
General Information About GOMC and Its Programs
Gulf Guardian (Spring 1995, Fall 1995, Winter, 1995)
GulfLinks:
Update: Database Development
GulfLinks: A Resource Guide to Coastal Organizations in the Gulf of Maine Region, 1991
Gulf Talk
Logos
Maps
Name Recognition Campaign, 1993-1994
Photographs/Slides
GOM Pop Quiz
Presentations:
Slide Shows
Overheads
GOMC
Marine Debris
General talk about GOM program
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.11
Press Releases
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
Program Highlights
1996 (Summer, April, February)
1995 (Winter/Spring, October)
1994 (Fall/Winter, July/August, May/June, March/April, January/February)
1993 (November/December, September/October, May/June, March/April, January/February)
1992 (December, Fall, Spring/Summer)
1991 (October, June, May, March/April, February)
1990 (December/January, October, September, August, July)
Reports
* A List of Reports Provided For Input to EDIMS:
A Living Landscape: A Field Trip to the Southern Bight of Minas Basin, August 2, 1994
An Analysis of the Implementation and Distribution of the Report: Land Based Sources of Pollution: An Inventory of Point Sources in the GOM, 1996
Assessing US and Canadian Laws and Programs Affecting the Marine and Coastal Environment of the GOM, Oceans Institute of Canada and the Marine Law Institute, January 13, 1992
A Survey of Marine Related Organizations in the GOM Region, January 1993
Atmospheric Deposition to the GOM, Interim Report, International Joint Commission, August, 1994
Building a Regional Consensus for Ecosystem Management: The GOM Experience, 1991
Canada’s Green Plan, Summary, 1990
Characterization and Mitigation of Marine Debris in the Gulf of Maine, October, 1997
Charting Our Course, ____
Collaboration of Community Foundations for the GOM Ecosystems & the GOMC, January, 1993
Comparison Assessment of State Laws Protecting the Marine Environment of GOM, Marine Law Institute, April 26, 1991
Ecological Monitoring Plan For the GOM, June 30, 1990
Supplement #4: 12/00; 2e.12
The Economic Prospect of the Gulf of Maine, 1995
Environmental Quality Monitoring Plan: Executive Summary, 1991
Environmental Quality Monitoring Program: An Initial Plan, June 1991
Environmental Quality Monitoring Program: Strategies for Implementing the Initial Plan, GOMC, 1995
Evaluation of Gulfwatch: 1992, GOMC, June, 1994
Evaluation of Gulfwatch: 1991 Pilot Project, GOMC, October, 1992
Formalizing the GOM Initiative: Institutional Arrangements for Implementing the GOM Initiative, Maine Law Institute, USM, October 1991
Fishermen’s Report: Bolton Trawl Survey, 1995
FishNet: The Concept Paper, FishNet Services Management, 1993
From Whaling to Watching...The Northern Right Whale, 1996
Funding the GOM Program, Craig Freshley, January 1991
The GOM Action Plan: 1991-2000
The GOM Action Plan: Executive Summary (1991-2000)
The GOM Data Set Directory Users Guide, US EPA, October 1992 (see Computer Disk File)
The GOM: An Environmental Perspective, Environmental Studies 493, Fall 1992
GOM Point Source Inventory, A Summary by Watershed for 1991, 1994
GOM Research Plan, GOM RMRB, June 1992
GOMC-ME: Summary Report of Activities: 1991-1994
The Great Auk Curriculum Project, ______
Groundfish Habitat Community Surveys, ______
Gulfwatch Mussel Pilot Project of the GOM Environmental Monitoring Plan, 1991
Gulfwatch Project: Standard Procedures For Field Sampling, Measurement, and Sample Preparation, Pilot Project Period 1991- 1992, GOMC, 1992
Habitat Mitigation Efforts in the GOM: Stemming the Tide of Environmental Degradation, NMFS, January 1991
Identification of Regionally Significant Habitats in the GOM, October, 1997
Identification of Species For Priority Habitats, USFW GOM Project and GOMC, July 1994
Inventory of Coastal Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the GOM, ME Coastal Program, June 1992
Marine Environmental Quality Monitoring Programs in the GOM & An Inventory, May 1989
Land Based Sources of Pollution: An Inventory of the Gulf of Maine, 1995
Marine Protected Areas in the GOM, Natural Areas Journal, 1995
Mechanisms for Improving the Integration of Science and Management in Decisions Affecting the Environmental Quality of the GOM, June 2-3, 1997
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Mercury Deposition in the GOM, ____
Non-PointSource Water Pollution Control in the GOM, 1992
Our Fragile Gulf, Maine Boats & Harbors Magazine, Spring 1990
Preserving Historic Rights of Way to the Sea: A Practical Handbook for Reclaiming Public Access in MA, 1996
A Pro-Active Pollution Prevention Strategy for RocklandHarbor, RocklandHarbor Marine Debris Council, 1994
Selected Living Resources, Habitat Conditions, and Human Perturbations of the GOM: Environmental and Ecological Considerations For Fishery Management, 1994
Shellfish Resources
Special Report for GOMC by US Army Corps of Engineers, November 16, 1998
State of the Environment, A Sea Beside the Sea Fact Sheet, GOMC, 1994
State of the Gulf, 1992
Strategies to Reduce Marine Debris: Provincetown, MA, Provincetown Marine Debris Task Force, September 1994
Strategy to Reduce Marine Debris in Portland, Maine, Portland Me Debris Task Force, August 1992
Study of the Common Loon, 1995
Suggestions for a “Sustainable” Culture Based on Experiences in the GOM Bioregion, Student Paper, 1993
Summary of Mercury Air Emission Inventories and Deposition in Maine, August, 6, 1997
Survey of Marine Related Organizations in the GOM Region, Collaboration of Community Foundations for the GOM and the GOMC ME, January, 1993
Sustaining Our Common Heritage: Executive Summary, November 1989
Troubled Waters: Taking Stock of the GOM, 1991
The WildGulf Almanac: Educational Resources About Habitats & Ecosystems in the GOM Watershed, 1995
The WildGulf: Teaching Each Other About the GOM Watershed: An Introductory Workbook and Poster Series, Chewonki Foundation/USFW GOM Project, 1994