A Survey of Marine Related Organizations

in the Gulf of Maine Region

Identifying Regional Priorities and

Sources of Support for Current Activities

January, 1993

GUL 08365

A joint project of the:

Collaboration of Community Foundations for the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem and the

Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Acknowledgements

This report was researched and prepared 'under the direction of Craig Freshley, working on behalf of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and the Collaboration of Community Foundcltl'onsfor the Gulfof Maine Ecosystem. Special thanks goes to Doug Kent. Other members of the research team were Steve Linnell, Melissa Waterman and Aline Lachance. Paul Colombo and Tim Robbins, both volunteers, were invaluable helping to prepare the database management system for the data collected. CONTENTS

Overview Introduction Purpose of the Surveys Key Conclusions

Written Survey Results Methodology Findings Conclusions

Telephone Survey Results Methodology Findings Evaluation of Partnership Idea Advantages Disadvantages Funding Awareness/Impressions of the Gulf of Maine Council Specific Suggestions Conclusions

Continuing Use of the Information Gathered Introduction Immediate Objectives House the Information in a Relational Database Publish and Distribute a Directory Next Objective - Include 'Projects' Long Range Objective - Electronic Availability Summary Overview

Introduction

The Gulf of Maine ecosystem - stretching from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to the northern reaches of the Bay of Fundy - is under stress from substantial population growth in its watershed and the additional pollution which this development has brought. Shrinking statelprovincial and federal resources available for environmental protection an a more active citizenry have led to a need for increased cooperation among all concerned with protecting and sustaining the Gulf's environment. The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMCME) was formed in 1989 as an intergovernmental response to this need for increased attention to the Gulf as an ecosystem. The Council includes representatives from the governments of Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia (the stateslprovinces which border the Gulf).

To bring together all interested stakeholders - both governmental and non-governmental - the Council and the Gulf of Maine Community Foundation Collaboration are studying the possibility of forming partnerships among all interested organizations active in protecting and sustaining the Gulf environment. A large number of organizations are already working to protect the Gulf, from large govenunent agencies to small, grass roots environmental and conservation groups. Many of the small citizens groups have formed quite recently in response to the above-cited increase in threats to the ecosystem.

Numerous organizations - particularly in government and academia -already cooperate regularly with one another in the sharing of information such as water quality data. Many organizations are unaware, however, of each others' activities and of the possibilities which combined efforts could provide. A "Partnership Program" could facilitate more sharing of information, and in some cases cooperative actions. It should also reduce duplication of effort, which is unaffordable in this era of shrinking budgets.

Purpose of the Surveys

Both the Council and the Collaboration agreed that any successful partnership must ensure that all interested organizations, both public and private, have a voice in establishing priorities for the region and be treated as equal partners. In order to determine which organizations are active in the Gulf and what their priorities are, the Collaboration and the Council mailed out nearly four hundred surveys to organizations throughout the Gulf region during the summer of 1992. To get a feel for each organization's attitudes toward information sharing and joint efforts with other groups, the Maine State Planning Office, on behalf of the Council, telephoned over 100 of these organizations to ascertain interest in a potential partnership effort, and in what form this effort should take. Out of these calls, 89 substantive interviews took place between September and December 1992.

Key Conclusions

Priorities - Respondents as a whole chose Protection ~f Wildlife Habitat and Water Quality as the most important regional issues worthy of funding. Shoreland Development, Public Education and Commercial Fish Stocks were also identified as important.

Collaboration - When asked about collaborating with each other:

Most organizations were. interested in collabonting only with those engaged in the same or similar activities.

Many organizations stated they are overloaded with their current work and have little or no time available for additional activities.

Fundig Sources - Sources of funding for the surveyed organizations varies considerably, depending upon the organizations's focus.

Environmental & Education organizations rely heavily on foundations, sale of goods and services, and membership dues for support.

Education & Research organizations rely heavily on the government for support.

Valuable Regional Service - The sewice which the greatest number of respondents said a partnership program should provide is current and easily-accessible information on Gulfwide activities within their area of interest - preferably in an electronic format such as electronic mail and/or an electronic bulletin board.

The information desired depended upon the organization's activities, but included:

Advance notice of relevant conferences and workshops in the Gulf of Maine region;

Findings from recent research projects and advance notice of planned projects;

Funding opportunities for joint projects;

Requests fortoffers of technical assistance. Conference - Many organizations expdintern in attending a region-wide conference, but most cautioned that the conference must be well planned with an agenda focussed on ways to help them in theiu work. Written Survey Results

Methodology

During the summer of 1992, about 400 surveys were mailed out to various organizations throughout the Gulf of Maine which deal in any way with the marine environment. The Gulf Council's "Gulf-Links" directory - which lists over 300 organizations by category -was used as a guide. We divided the organizations into seven broad categories:

1) Aquariums and Marine Museums; 2) Education and Research Organizations; 3) Environmental and Conservation Organizations; 4) Federal Agencies; 5) Fishing, Aquaculture and Marine Trades Organizations; 6) Regional Agencies; and 7) State and Provincial Agencies.

We eventually received 149 completed surveys (see appendix A for sample sunrey form and Appendix B for list of respondents). The following graph illustrates the written survey return rate by type of organization:

Stlrvey Reiurris by Organizofion Type ToioI Eeiurns: I 49

~nviron./Cons. (32.7%) iduc./Rsch. (23.5Z)

Federol Govt. (1 0.2%) Findings

The survey solicited identifying and address information on each group, including the organization's goals and current programs. We then listed 10 environmentallmarine activities, preceded by the instruction "Please rate the following categories in order of what you perceive to be the highest funding priorities in the Gulf of Maine." The following graph illustrates how all 149 respondents rated these issues:

Prioriiies kmor-~g ALL Orqar~izaiior~sSurveyed

P.ote:t 'iiiidiile Hcbiots Woter Ouality Pegu8::e Snarelane De~el. F~hiict.l~cotion Cmlrne,cial Fis'l 8-ccks Endonse.ed spscies Uo-ine Ozhris A~uccultureOerecn-ne?l Air Fa'lulioq Taurirm cnd Re:-es!ion 0 400 800 1200 200 600 1000

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The following two graphs illustrate priorities as listed by Environmental & Conservation organizations and Education & Research organizations:

Priorities Arnong Prioriiies Among Environmental & Conservaiion Educaiion & Research Org's

Fr$tezt Xi#: ie ic5itats Protect Wiiciiie Ka~itels Wote Ouciily w=Ier O~3lily 3e;ucIe hi-ec.c Deuel. Regulole Shoreord Devel. PJ?;: Educ3tion Putiic Ec~c~tlon icmne~::cl Fish Stocks Camrne~cinFish Stacks i,d:cgz-eb Species Erd~npreJSpecies y-... ne Debis Mcrine Debris Aquacu.lure Dere:sameni Aq~~~illtureDeveoomenl A:. Poluiion Air Po1;ulion Tourism mi Recreation Ta~.isn a+ Recrection o 100 200 300 roo 503 0 100 200 o 50 153 250 350 450 50 153 250

Sror~. srorc, The preceding charts illustrate that, among all respondents, protection of wildlife habitats was rated as the highest priority, followed very closely by improvement of water quality. Environmental and conservation organizations accorded this same priority order, but with a much greater spread between first and secondplace (i.e. rating habitat protection significantly higher than water quality). Education and research organizations, however, rated improvement of water quality #l. Referring back to the first pie chart, it can be seen that the environmental and conservation organizations were the most heavily represented, with 35.2% of the total responses. This may explain why their number one priority - protection of wildlife habitats - came out on top in the overall numbers.

The following table shows how each group of respondents rated the issues:

Priorities of Gulf of Maine Organizations By Organization Type

Environmental & Conservation 148 AquariumslMuseumslParks (13 responses) responses) 1. Commercial Fish Stocks 1. Wildlife Habitats 2. Wildlife Habitats 2. Water Quality 3. Endangered Species 3. Shoreland Development Trade Associations (1 1 responses) Education & Research (35 responses) 1. Commercial Fish Stocks 1. Water Quality 2. Water Quality 2. Wildlife Habitats 3. Aquaculture Development 3. Public Education Regional Associations (6 responsesl StatelProvincial Government (19 responsesl 1 . Water Quality 1. Shoreland Development 2. Wildlife Habitats 2. Public Education 3. Endangered Species 3. Wildlife Habitats

Federal Government (15 responses) 1. Water Quality 2. Wildlife Habitats 3. Commercial Fish Stocks

In general, organizations set priorities based upon their focus of activity in the Gulf. Research organizations heavily engaged in water quality and shellfish toxicology studies naturally rated water quality as a very high priority. State and Provincial government organizations rated regulation of shoreland development as the highest priority, presumably because that is where they must spend much of their time and energy.

The next section of the questionnaire solicited information about each organization's budget. We asked for the amount of the total annual budget, and what the organization's funding sources are as a percentage of their total funding. The following graphs illustrate the funding sources for all Environmental & Conservation organizations and all Educational & Research institutions which sent in a survey:

IFunding Supl~orl I'ur-~ciitiq5ul1~jcjt-i I'rlviror-~rr~erilal & Col-~ser-valiol~Or-!]' Ed~.~cafiori&'~er;earc~-i 0:crr;.-, Tolol: 2 1 million Toto': 149 million

Fou?3ai;ons Federo! Gore-rime-I Sole ot Gcodi on5 Ser*ires j;~!e Gwe-nmenl h!;r?e-ship D~ei 01 ~ocdio,C Services Oine: Otner

G~aatjfro- Indirid~cs Loccl G?ie,nned Fe5e.o: Gare.nme?i tronts from lndivituols Cc-poratimr :su?dctims unire-siliei Universities Corporolians

Lo:: Gsre,nne?l MemSe-sii; Dues Z 4% 6Z 12% lE% i3h 2% 6 10'. 14Z 16'. 52 157 25; 355 457

These NGOs' budgets are illustrated because they usually rely on a variety of sources due to lack of a dedicated, steady source of revenue. Their funding sources shed some light on where the potential exists for future funding of environmental projects.

Environmental and conservation organizations can be seen to rely on a fairly diverse group of funding sources, with foundations standig out as the biggest single contributor. Not surprisingly, educational and research organizations rely heavily on federal government support for their projects.

It should be noted that roughly half the organizations which indicated some significant support in the "other" category did specify the source, the rest did not. Of those which did specify, the most common sources in this category were interest on endowment or other savings funds and special fundraising events such as diners, lectures, races etc.

Conclusions

Overall, an organization's activities and mandate were good predictors of its priorities. Most of the respondents rated protection of wildlife habitats and improvement of water quality among the highest priorities.

-- The disproportionate representation of environmental/conservation and educational/research organizations may have skewed the results in favor of these two priorities.

Funding sources of the organizations varied considerably depending upon their focus of activity.

-- Among environmental and conservation organizations, funding sources tended to be quite varied, with foundation support topping the list.

-- Educational and research organizations rely very heavily upon the federal government for financial support.

-- In both the environmental and educational groups, federal funding played a substantial role. Telephone Survey Results

Methodology

Staff at the Maine State Planning Office (MSPO) conducted interviews with 88 environmental and coastal organizations during the period from August to early December 1992. Most of these organizations were among those which had been mailed the written surveys described in the previous section. A sample list of telephone survey questions is attached at appendix C, and a complete listing of organizations and individuals with whom we spoke is in appendix D.

MSPO staff asked each organization the same set of questions, which was designed to ascertain general awareness of Gulf Council activities, to learn of the perceived pros and cons of government/non-government collaboration in protecting and sustaining the Gulf's ecosystem, and to get an idea of what is needed, regionally, to enhance each organization's effectiveness in the marine environment. On average, conversations lasted 10-15 minutes. Copies of the completed surveys are available on request. Findings

Findings as a result of the telephone conversations are as follows:

Evaluation of Partnership Idea

Almost all of the organizations surveyed supported the idea of forging partnerships among government and non-government groups which are active in protecting and sustaining some aspect of the Gulf's marine environment. Those organizations which were ambivalent or negative to the idea tended to be unfamiliar with both the Gulf of Maine Council and the Collaboration of Community Foundations. Lack of familiarity with the Council and Foundation sometimes bred skepticism.

ADVANTAGES

When asked what they felt were the advantages of collaborating, most cited information-sharing and elimination of duplication of effort as the most important. Nearly every group wants easier access to region-wide information about activities within their particular area of focus, and several expressed that this would be their highest priority in any partnership effort. Additional advantages cited were:

Standardization of data gathering techniques and units of measurement e.g. in water quality monitoring; Research institutions and marine trades organizations in particular were interested in learning of the activities of other organizations in the Gulf, and on a timely basis, though many in these fields stated that they were already "networked" to some degree within their respective areas of interest.

Although hesitant to put precious resources towards regional activities, most groups agreed that some effort at developing a means to share information around the region is a worthwhile use of their time.

DISADVANTAGES

Few groups saw serious disadvantages with the prospect of partnership, but those most cited include the following:

Agreeing on a plan of action is slow and difficult when working with numerous, sometimes disparate organizations.

Non-government groups could become frustrated with the slow speed, bureaucratic restrictions and lack of responsiveness of government partners.

Government organizations and the larger, more established non-government institutions can become frustrated with some of the fledgling organizations which change leadership frequently or which have little staying power and simply disappear.

Some groups, especially within the research and academic community, expressed their concern about spending time and energy on a collaborative effort with few tangible, direct benefits. In the past, collaborative efforts have proved not to be cost-effective for these participants, who complained of attending numerous conferences and meetings which did not lead to any tangible action.

FUNDING

When asked if they would like to collaborate with other organizations for additional financial support, most organizations responded in the affmative.

Only a few organizations felt that collaboration could be hannful to their interests (e.g. fear of losing out to others from a limited resource "pie").

Most specified that they could only work on efforts to secure those funds aimed at achieving their particular goals, such as water quality monitoring, shellfish bed restoration, waterfowl habitat protection, etc. Generally, the prospect of collaboration for increased funding was most attractive to the smaller organizations surveyed, particularly some of the environmental and conservation action groups.

Some academic and research organizations hoped that collaboration might lead to getting "in the loop" on funding opportunities, expressing the belief that at present, the same organizations generally get all the grant money, whether from the government or the private sector.

Helping to Set the Regional Agenda

Many --particularly environmental activist groups -- expressed interest in this but most pleaded saturation with present concerns and responsibilities, and seemed unwilling to spend time on this.

A few of the environmental activist organizations and some in the researchlacademic community were skeptical of being able to participate in such an exercise as equal partners.

After time constraints, the next most cited problem with this was confusion over what the process of "setting the region-wide agenda" would mean.

Many organizations which did express an interest in developing regionwide priorities stated strongly that meetings aimed at this should be well organized and have a focussed agenda in order to make efficient use of the time spent.

Awareness and Impressions of the Gulf of Maine Council

Most of the organizations surveyed were aware of the Council's existence. Many were unaware of its activities and focus, however. Very few had never heard of the Council, and these tended to be small, newly-created grass roots organizations or organizations which are only marginally involved in the Gulf of Maine region, for example, research organizations in Massachusetts which focus their activities south of the Gulf.

The Council activitylevent with which people are most familiar is the 1989 Gulf of Maine Conference. Secondly, people were familiar with the Action Plan and Gulflinks, and those who knew of the Council were generally aware of its mandate to protect water quality. Specific Suggestions

Many of those interviewed suggested that the database of gulfwide organizations ultimately be made available electronically and even expanded to include an E-mail system and electronic bulletin board.

Some of the smaller organizations do not presently have the equipment required for access, but this might be provided if funds were duected toward purchase of the minimum hardware necessary (a PC, modem and corresponding software).

Organizations surveyed stressed that any information available through such a medium should be in a format accessible to the end user, and that it must be regularly updated to be of use.

Standardization of data gathering, including methods of measurement and analysis, was deemed essential to meaningful cross-border cooperation, especially in identifying where problems exist.

Several suggested the need for a regional directory of projects going on in the region; a place to find out, for example, where water quality monitoring projects or shellfish toxicology studies are currently taking and by whom, and which such projects are scheduled for the future.

Similarly, a directory/bibliography of research results would also be useful to a number of organizations.

Conclusions

The top priority among organizations in the Gulf region is to have access to current information from around the region in a useful format - this would be the single most useful asset which a regional collaboration could provide, especially at the outset. Such information might include:

-- Names, current points of contact and focus of activity of organizations active in the Gulf of Maine

-- Advance notice of conferences and workshops on environmental topics;

-- Notice of research projects about to be undertaken, including the sailing of research vessels;

-- Funding opportunities for environmental activities; - Requests for assistanceloffers of expertise for various environmental activities, e.g. requests for technical experts to tmin laymen volunteers for water quality monitoring projects; - Findings from research in Gulf locations, requests for similar findings from groups in other Gulf locations.

An electronic clearing house of some sort, such as a bulletin board, was frequently cited as a vehicle which would fulfill many of these needs and would go far towards facilitating cooperative efforts.

A region-wide conference, like the one held in 1989, was viewed as potentiany beneficial to many of the groups interviewed. If such a conference were held, these gmps suggested the primary focus should be the sharing of information which is directly related to their area of focus and which can thus help them to make decisions on their own operations. Secondary purposes might include identification of fukding opportunities and setting the regional agenda.

Not surprisiigly, o~ons'intemts generally =Wed their mandate. Small, grass roots river water quality monitoring pups ufm usually interested in cooperating only with other estuarine monitoring groups, for example. Most seemed genuinely interested in what others are doing in their respective area of intenest, however, and recognized the desirability of learning from others' experiences and from duplication.

Few if any of the orpktth~dltalked to appeared malleable in terms of what they would do for any umbrella organization. They are looking for ways to make their task easier, more successful. A partnership program would do best to recognize this and the disparate (though rarely if ever conflicting) goals of the numerous organizations we contacted. Such a prom should play a facilitating role which provides participants the information and the fora they need to forge their own paxtnerships to achieve their respective goals both more efficiently and more completely. . Continuing Use of the Information Gathered

Introduction

It is clear from the telephone survey that the groups working in the marine environment want information. Facilitating the exchange of information among groups involved in similar activities is perhaps the most useful that the Partnership Program might provide. Indeed Gulfinks, a directory of marine related organizations published by the GoM Council three years ago has been one of its most popular publications.

The various types of information that they would find useful are listed in the previous section, but top of the list is 'information about each other. ' Knowing what each other is doing on similar issues minimizes duplication of effort, increases everyone's quality of work, and maximizes the efficiency of resources ditected to these tasks.

For these reasons, the information gathered through this survey should be made available to all interested parties in the Gulf of Maine region.

Immediate Objectives

House the Information in a Relational Database

Clearly, the usefulness of the information collected is increased dramatically if it is stored in a relational database. This will allow the information to be searched in a variety of ways, including 6 by key word searches. Lists of organizations could be generated according to a variq of criteria. For example, you could ask: "Which are those organizations that are working on protection of estuaries and which are supported by foundations?" Or, "Which are those # organizations that have a budget of over $1 million and publish a newsletter?" The list of m questions you might ask is endless. p Much work has been done, with the aid of a professional progmnmer, in developing such a data management system. Much consideration has gone into how the data might be searched so that it might be initially entered in the most useful way. Elaborate outlines have been developed for a variety of anticipated searches, including organization's primary areas of concern, geographic t location of projects, budget size, publicly available resources, etc. Also, input 'screens' have been designed for data entry. And some standard output reports have been designed as well, such as an alphabetical listing of all organizations. Current resources have canied the database development part of this project only so far. We are currently working with a volunteer computer programmer who has committed to developing an initial database management framework by mid-February. To 'hire' a professional to create a database management system to house information about the organizations and generate reports suitable for an initial hard copy report is estimated to cost between $5,000 and $8,000, although it is possible to get the work done on a volunteer basis if can be patient.

Publish and Distribute a Directory

A directory of all organizations surveyed should be published and distributed throughout the region. This would be an updated Gulflinks and would contain information on over 400 organizations (organizations would be listed whether or not they returned a survey).

The publication might also contain some other elements, more than just a list. For instance, the publication should contain some gulf-wide analysis, as is presented in this report. And the publication should also contain a puU-out survey for organizations to return. The general gist would be: "Is the information about your organization correct as reported here - if not - or if your listing is incomplete - please return this survey." The survey would also ask about current projects, a request that got poor response on the first survey.

Here is a draft Table of Contents for such a publication:

Introduction Purpose of Database How Info Collected Future Plans for the Database

General Findings This will contain general info about funding trends in the region, what are the priority issues according to respondents, geographic tendencies, volume of work being done, etc.

Listing of Organizations Same format as Gulflinks - organizations listed alphabetically - bulk of the publication

Indexes

Pull-Out Survey

Designing the new pull-out survey and preparing to print the directory is estimated to cost $3,000 - $5,000, assuming that all information is in database format. The publication should be widely distributed. Once prepared, printing and distribution is estimated to cost $3,000 - $5,000 for a run of 5,000 copies.

Total estimated cost of preparing, publishing and distributing such a directory: $5,000 - $9,000.

Next Objective - Include 'Projects'

The database should be expanded to include information about 'projects' in the Gulfs marine environment, not just organizations. The written survey described herein requested information about projects but that question got a poor response. Future surveys, such as a pull-out one in a directory, should encourage responses about projects. Expanding the database to handle information about projects is estimated to cost about $5,000 - $8,000 if done professionally.

At a minimum, an updated hard copy report should be published and distributed every two years. This is estimated to cost $12,000 - $20,000 to update the database, publish and distribute a new directory.

Long Range Objective - Electronic Availability

Ideally, the Database of Gulf of Maine Marine-Related Organizations (or some such name) should be continually updated and electronically available to whoever may make use of the information. This would require a long-term source of support for the project. Estimated cost components are as follows:

Hardware - Computer, Phone Access System, etc

Software - A 'tools' package would have to be developed to make the data 'user- friendly'

Other Office Equipment

Ongoing

Staff to continually collect information and update the database

Publication and distribution of hard copy reports Office Expense Grants to organizations so they can get the necessary hardware and software to I access the system

Summary

Here is a summary of projected costs to accomplish the above described objectives

Projected Costs

(All in U.S. dollars) Low High Estimate Estimate

Initial Database Development Prep Directory as Described Publish & Distribute Directory

To Produce Hard Copy Directory

Expand Database to Projects Update and Distribute Subsequent Report

To Produce Expanded Directory

To Set up Electronically Available Database

Ongoing Availability of Electronic Database APPENDIX A

Gulf of Maine Organizations Survey

1. Please correct and/or update the following information: (please add your FAX number and electronic mail address if you have them)

011. VlCToR J./I(ANC~'~ contact: l+m+kkr

No. Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747

goals: To further the development of the aquaculture industry in the northeast through research and extension education. current marine programs: The Center. administered by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, is funding resmh projects in the areas of aquaculture economics and governmental regulations, finf~hand shellfish aquaculture, and aquaculture systems technolow.-. resources: Inform3tion on aqu3culture. refcrral service or public inquiries about aquaculture specialisls in their area,and ncwsleuer explaining current projecls and project repom.

2. Please rate the following categories in order of what you perceive to be the highest funding priorities in the Gulf of Maine:

Improvement of Commercial Fish Stocks -Aquaculture Development -Pia.notion of Tourism aiid Recreafion -Elimination of Marine Debris -Protection of Endangered Species -Air Pollution Prevention -Improvement of Water Quality -Protection of Wildlife Habitats -Regulation of Shoreland Development -Public Education on Marine Issues -Other: __ Other: -Other: 3. On the chart below, please note where funding for your organization comes kom.

4. Please note the amount of your current Annual Operating Budget:

5. In the blocks provided on the next few pages, please briefly describe your organization's principle projects within the past three years which arejwere aimed at increasing environmental quality of the marine environment (eg. research, education, awareness-raising, advocacy, pollution prevention, remediation, sustainable development, etc.).

Please make additional photocopies of the 'project forms' if necessary.

If the entire purpose of your organization is to work on a single project, and that has been described in question 1, you need not answer this question.

Thank you for completing this questionaire. If you have any questions, please call Marion Kane or Becky Buyers-Basso at (207) 667-9735. Project Name Brief Description

Time-Frame

Geographic Focus

Objectives Pnmaq Products (eg. publications, findings, etc.)

F'rimary Funding Sources 1. 2. 3. Total Project Budget Contact person for more information

Project Name Brief Description

Time-Frame

Geographic Focus

Objectives

Primary Products (eg. publications, findings, etc.)

Primary Funding Sources 1. 2. 3. Total Project Budget Contact person for more information Project Name Brief Description

Time-Frame

- Geographic Focus

Objectives - Primary Products (eg. publications, findings, etc.)

Primary Funding Sources 1. 2. 3. Total Project Budget Contact person for more information

Project Name Brief Description

Time-Frame

Geographic Focus

Objectives

Primary Products (eg. publications, findings, etc.)

Primary Funding Sources 1. 2. 3. Total Project Budget Contact person for more information Karen Stimpson Trail Keeper Me. Island Trail Association APPENDIX B P 0 Box 8 Union Wharf Portlend, Maine 04101

Survey Respondents Cate 81-onin Director Me. Island Trail Association C/O Island Institute 60 Ocean Street Rockland. Maine 04841

Douglas Clay Eaperanza Stsncioff Park Ecologist Marine Program Fundy National Pork Univ. of Maine Coop. Extension P 0 BOX 40 375 Main Street Alma. Rocklend, Maine New Brunswick Canada 04841 EOA 180

Deniel Hayes John Staples Secretary-Treasurer PR Director Maine Maritime Academy American Fisheries Soc~ety Southern New England Chapter Castine, Meine C/O U.S. Nat'l. Marine 04420 Fisheries Serv. Woods Hole, Massachusetts ULJ-3

Susen P. Lindquist Jane Tarn Caoe Cod Museum of Natural The Kindness Club History, Inc. 65 Brunswick Street Box 1710 Fredericton, Route 6 A New Brunswick Cenada Brewster, Massachusetts E3B 1G5 02631

Brent Mitchell Conrad Ouimby Director of Stewardship Chairman Quebec Labrador Foundation Kittery Conservation Atlantic Ctr. for the Coaniasion Environment P 0 Box 808 39 South Main Street Kittery. Maine Ipswich, Massachusetts 03904 UIY3U

Cersrd Belliveau Tin Smith N B. Dept. of Municipelities, President Culture and Housing Great Works Regional Land P 0 Box 6000 Trust Fredericton. P 0 Box I51 New Brunswick Canada South Berwlck, Maine €38 5H1 03908

Charles Spies D. Hendrick Finance Authority of Meine Volunteer Coordinator 83 Western Avenue Deer Isle Partners in P 0 Box 949 Monitoring Augusta, Maine P 0 Box 69 04338 Deer Iele, Maine 04627 Jeff Kaelin Dr. Graham R. Daborn Exec. Director Acadia Centre for Estuarine Maine Sardine Council Reaearch 470 North Main Street Acadia Univeraity P 0 Box 337 Wolfville. Brewer, Maine Nova Scotia Canada 04412 BOP 1x0

Don Hoxie Martin L. H. Thomas Univeraity of New Brunawick Director Biology Dept. Marine Dept. of Human Services - Div. of Health Engineering Research Capltol St., Station 10 P 0 Box 5050 Augusta Maine St. John, 04333 New Brunawick Canada LLL 4L3 Hal Bonner Paul E. Cyr Chair President Georgetown Shellfish Committee Castine Conservation Trust Town of Georgetown P 0 Box 421 Georgetown Maine Caatine, Maine 04548 04421

Robert Kidd Melanie Sonnenberg Coordinator Maine Science 6 Technology Commiaaion Grand Manan Fishermen's Aeeoc. State House Station 147 Box 123 Seal Cove Augueta, Maine New Brunawick Canada 04333-0147 EOG 380

Jeanne Meggieon Judith Young Gulf of Maine Marine Education Buaineaa Aaaiatant Aeaoclation (GOMMEA) Institute for Marine P 0 Box 2652

Bioacience--- ~ South Portland Maine National Research Council 1411 Oxford St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Richard DeBow David Moore Program Coordinator New Brunawick Wildlife NH Natural Heritage Inv. Federation Program P 0 Box 889 Dept. Resources Eco. Moncton, 6 Develop. New Brunswick Canada P Box 856 E1C 8N8 0 boncoro new nampsnlre 03302-0856 Carolyn Mercer-McFaden Cathy Demos Conaervation Chair US Army Corpa of Engineers Sierra Club/NH State Council Impact Analysis Division P 0 Box 328 424 Trapelo Road New Ipawich, New Hampahire Weltham MA 03071 02254-9149

Edward J. Nurrena Kenneth L. Bee1 Reg. Director General President American Fiaheries Society Environmental Canada, Atlantic Reg. 1 Blackburn Drive Oueen Square, Glouceatrr, Maaaachusetta 45 Alderney Drive 01930 Dartmouth Nova Scotia ULI LNb R. 0. Boyle Marlory M. Swope Dept. of Fisheries & Oceana Exec. Director Bedford Institute of N H Aeeoc. of Conaervation Oceanography Comrniesiona Marine Fish Diviaion 54 Portemovth Street P 0 Box 1006 Concord Neu Hampahire Dartmouth Nova Scotia 03301 t,LI 4AL

Hank Scarth, Manager Bill Hancock, Public Info. ~k~t.of Fisheries 6 Oceans Jody Jonee, Wildlife Program Fieherlea & Habitat Management Todd Burrows, Advocacy P 0 Box 210 Maine Audubon Society St. Andreua P 0 Box 6009 New Brunswlck Canada Falmouth Maine EOG 2x0 04105

Mark H. Robinson Dr. Gregory White, Dir. The Compact of Cape Cod Nick Houtnan, Communicator Coneervation Truste, Inc. Water Reaourcea Reaearch P 0 Box 7 Program Barnstable Masaachuaetts Univ. of Maine 02630 11 Coburn Hall Orono Maine ".,*-7

Paul Anderson Pamela C~~PP. Dir. Microbiologist Communications Dept. of Marine Resource5 Linds Deegan, Asat. Sci., c/o Lamoine State Park Ecosystems Center RFD 2 Marine Biological Laboratory Ellsworth Maine Water Street 04605 Wooda Hole Maasachuaetta UL2-3

Brian Doyle/Sharon Meeker Tammis Coffin Sea Grant College Program PTO~CC~BDirector Univ. of New Hampshire Frienda of Acedia Kingman Farm P 0 Box 725 Durham New Hampahire Bar Harbor Maine 03824 04609

Conrad Griffin Robert LeVengie Community Develop/Marine Spec. Marine Protection Alliance Univ. of Maine P 0 Box 724 Cooperative Extension Rockport Maine 5741 Libby Hell/Rm 110 04856 Orono Maine 04469-5741

H. B. Nicholla, Head Lewie S. Incze, Act. Dir. Dept. of Fisheries h Oceans Bigelow Laboratory Bedford Institute of for Ocean Sciencee Oceanography McKoun Point P 0 Box 1006 Weet Boothbay Harbor Maine Dartmouth Nova Scotia 04575 B2Y 4A6

Lisa McFadden Steve Dliveri Deputy Dir. for Public Info. Bureau of Public Lands The Truateea of Reservetione Dept. of Conaervation 572 Essex Street State House Station 22 Beverly Maasachueetta Augusta Maine 01915 04333 David H. Keeley, Oirector A. J. (Tony) Rodgera Maine Coastal Program Exec. Director Maine State Planning Office N S Wildlife Federation 184 State St., Station 38 P 0 Box 654 Augueta Maine Halifax 04333 Novs Scotia Canada 833 2T3

William Prescott, Chief Alan Hankin Habitat Conservation Neu England Aquarium Canadian Wildlife Service Central Wharf P 0 Box 1590 Boston Maseachusetts Sackville 02110 Neu Bruneuick Ceneda EOA 3CO

Rusa Spinney/Rob Elder Thomas Orfe Maine Dept. of Transportation N H State Port Authority Porte & Marine Tranep. Div. P 0 Box 506 DOT Bldg., Child Street 55 Market Street Station 16 Portsmouth Neu Hampahire Augusta Naine 03801 04333

Iahbel ButlerlKirk Munro Louie Lapierre, Director Clean Ocean Committee Univ. of Moncton Merltine Fiehermen's Union Env. Sclence Reeeerch Ctr. P 0 Box 1613 Pavillon Reai-Rossignol pictou Koncton Nova Scotia Canada New Brunsuick Canada BOK 1HO E1A 3E9

Pat GerriorlLinda Patan7o Kill Krohn Women'a Fisheries Network Maine Cooperative Fish 6 P 0 Box 1432 GMF Wildlife Boaton Masaachuaetta Research Unit 02205 Univ. of Maine 240 Nutting Hall Orono Maine uir-7

Kathleen Leyden Don Hudaon Shore Stewards Coordinator Maine Environmental Education Shore Stewards Partnership Association (MEEA) c/o State Planning Office C/O Chewonki Foundation 184 State St., Station 38 P 0 Box 9 Auguata Maine Wiscaseet Maine 04333 04578

Ron Beard Carrie Keating. Exec. Dir. Extension Educator Ken Wood, Chair Univ. of Maine Coop. Ext. Maritime Heritage Commieaicn Hancock County Office C/O Greater Portsmouth Chamber RFU 5 Boggy Brook Rued of Commerce Ellaworth Maine Portsmouth New Hampshire 04605 03801

Fred E. Nichy, Director Roger Sturtevant D. PlacelD. Radosh, Aquariste Andrei Nicolai Nat'l. Marine Fisheries Annapolis District Planning Service Aquarium Commission

-~166 ~ Water-~ ~ Street Box 475 Woods Hole Massachusetts Annapolia Royal Nova Scotia 02543-1097 BOS 1AO Mary Ellen Schloee Donald F. McAlpine Martin Pillabury Head Netural Sciences Div. Metropolitan Area Planning New Brunauick Mueeum Council 277 Douglas Avenue 60 Temple Place St. John Boaton Maaaachuaette Nev Brunewick Canada 02111 E2K 1E5

Margeret Anderaon George Lindaay. Mgr. Refuge Manager Environment Canada Petit Manan Nat'l. Wildlife Environnental Protection Refuge P 0 Box 400 P 0 Box 279 527 Queen Street Milbridge Maine Fredericton New Bruneuick 04658 E3B 429

William Crouaa Stewart I. Fefer Waldoboro Conservation US Fieh & Wildlife Service Conliseion Gulf of Maine L Estuary Town Office Proiect Waldoboro Maine 312 Canco Road 04572 Portiend Maine 04103

Jim Tupper, Gen. Hgr. Dr. J. D. Prinole- Heather 6 Ralph Getaon, Director Curetora Halifax Fiaheriea Rea. Lab. Fisheries Muaeua of the Fisheries & Oceans Atlantic P 0 Box 550 Bluenose Drive Halifax Nova Scotia P 0 Box 1363 B3J 257 Lunenourg Nova acorza BOJ 2CO Kevin EckelLarge, Dir. Gordon Fader Darling Marine Center Dept. of Energy. Minea, Unvi. of Maine and Reeourcea Walpole Maine Brdfurd Institute 04573 P 0 Box 1006 Dartmouth Nova Scotia BZY 4A2

Don W. Bourne Clarence MilJer Wooda Hole Oceanographic Inat. Act. District Mgr. 3 Water Street Canadian Coest Guard P 0 Box 301 P 0 Box 7730 Wooda Hole Masaachuaetta Station A 02543 St. John New Brunauick E2L 4x6

Janet Howell, Prea. Jean Chenoueth Custom Houae Maritime Muaeum Dept. of Marine Reeourcea 25 Water Street Public Aquarium Newburyport Maaaechuaetts McKoun Point 01950 Weat Boothbay Harbor Maine 04575

Ruth Maschino Dr. Fairfield Goodalr Maine Maritime Muaeum Chair 243 Washington Street Brooklin Shellfish Comniaaion Bath Maine Brooklrn Maine 04530 04616 Rich McLeod Mary E. Boelhover N H Div. of Parka b Recreation Society for the Protection of Bureau of Marine Servicra N H Forests P 0 Box 856 54 Portsmouth Street 105 Loudon Road Concord New Henpahire Concord New Hampshire 03301 03301

Dr. David Besner Shae Griffith, Chair NB Land 6 Water Advieory S. Hswboldt, Program Dir. Committee Clean Annepolia River Prolect Dept. of the Environment P 0 Box 118 P 0 Box 6000 Clenentaport Nova Scotia Fredericton New Brunawick BOS 1EO

Fred Todd, Planning Supvr. Jamee T. Liet Land Use Regulation Commission Wells Nat'l. Estuarine R. Dept. of Conservation Reaerve State House Station 22 RR 2 Box 806 Augueta Maine Wella Maine 04333 04090

David Hartnand/S. D'Agoatino Bruce W. Tripp N H Office of State Planning Reeeerch Aaao. Coaatel Program woods Hole Oceanographic 2 1/2 Beacon Street Inetitute Concord New Hampshire Coastal Research Center 03301 Woods Hole Maaeachusetts 02543

Dr. Victor J. Mancebo Karl Raak Univ. of MASS Cepe Cod Coop. Extension Northcaat Regional Aquaculture P 0 Box 367 ctr Reaearch Bldg., Room 201 No. Dartmouth Maeaachuaetta 02747

Pet Kehoe/Susan Bowea/L. Gordon W. Ruaeell Roberts US Fish S Wildlife Service N B De~t.of Natural Reaourcee 22 Bridge St and Energy Suite 400 Fish s Wildlife Branch Concord New Hempahire P 0 Box 6000 03301-4901 Fredericton New Brunswick ~JLIan1

Arthur Skaling Gordon Ruaeell NB Emergency Meaaurea US Fiah 6 Wildlife Service Organizetion Maine Field Office P 0 Box 6000 1033 South Main Street Fredericton Old Town Maine New Brunawick Canada 04468 E3B SH1

Earle G. Shettleworth. Jr. Hal Hinda, Exec. Dir. Me. Historic Preservetion The Nature Truat of New Commiaeion Brunawlck 55 Capitol Street Univ. of New Brunswick Stete Houae Station 65 Fredericton Augusta Maine New Brunswick Canada 04333 E3B 5A3 Mike Bursey Jemee J. Eapy, President Shore Watch Meine Coast Heritage Trust Cranberry Head Road, Box 628 167 Perk Row Chance Harbour , RR 2 Brunawick Meine Lepreau 04011 New Brunswick Canada EOG 2H0

Susen Shew Dr. Barry Jones Executive Director Coord. of Env. Services Marine Env. Research Institute NB Dept. of Fisheriea L P 0 Box 61 Aquaculture Blue Hill Meine P 0 Box 6000 04614 Fredericton New Brunswick Canada CZL( 3"l

Dr. John M. Anderaon Deb Wade Atlantic Salmon Federation Acadia National Park P 0 Box 429 P 0 Box 177 St. Andrewe Bar Harbor Maine New Brunawick Canada 04609 EOG 2x0

Suaenne C. Sladen, Chair Alan Harkin Saco Land Trust New England Aquarium P 0 Box 1581 Central Wharf Saco Meine Boston Massachusetts 04072 02110

Annette Naegel Garth Dalton Dir. of Ecological Services Independent Seafood Proceaaora Ialand Institute Asso. of Nova Scotia 60 Ocean Street P 0 Box 40 Rockland Meine Yermouth Nova Scotia 04841 B5A 481

W. Donald Hudson, Jr. Dr. Robert Wall Exec. Director Director The Cheuonki Foundation Center for Marine Studies RR 2 Box 1200 Univ. of Meine Wiscasset Maine 14 Coburn Hall 04578 Orono Maine 04469

Meteorologist in charge Susan Webeter Nat'l. Weather Service President Forecaet Preaumpacot River Watch Mass Technicel Center (NOAA) P 0 Box 3733 Suite 102 N Portland Meine Loyan Internationl Airport 04104 East Boeton Mass

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Alan Brooks Jeff Roaen, Dir. of Exec. Director Development Ouoddy Regzonal Land Trust. Cepe Cod Center for the Inc. Env. L Sustainable Economy P 0 Box 49 P 0 Box 130 Whiting Meine Hyannie MA 04691 02601 Pete Noyea Ellie Doreey, Scientiat Exec. Dir. Conservation Law Foundation Damariacotta River Aeeo. of New England Inc. P 0 Box 333 3 Joy Street Main Street Boaton Mass Damariacotta Meine 02104 04543

Pat White Roger Stirling. Pree. Maine Lobsternen's Aeao. Jay Lugar, Exec. Aeet. Box 147 Seafood Producera Aeao. of NS Oamariscotta Maine P 0 Box 991 04543 Dartmouth Nova Scotia BZY 326

Dan Hamilton Prof. J. Ateaa, Public Info. Cynthia Schillizzi Cape Cod Commiaaion Boeton Univ. Marine Program 3225 Main Street Marine Biological Laboratory Barnatable Maaaachueetta Wooda Hole MA 02630 02543

Terry Shehata Marine Reaearch Board C/G Me. Science & Technology Comn Stete Houae Station 147 Augusta Maine 04333

Peter Washburn Alice White Staff Scientist Annapolia Field Naturalists NRCM soc. 271 State Street P 0 Box 576 Auguata Maine Annapolie Royal Nova Scotia 04330 BOS 1AO

Lee Sochaaky Janey Winchell St. Croix International Peabody Mueeum of Salem waterway Eaat India Square Box 610 Salen MA Calaia Maine 01970 04619

Alieon Rieeer Brad Butman Dlrector Us Geological Survey Univ. of Maine School of Leu Atlantic Marine Geology Branch Marine Law Institute Woode Hole Maaaachusette 246 Deering Avenue 02543 Portland Maine 04102

Holly Spouata Maurice Lavigne Maas Audubon Society N B Dept. of Economic South Great Road Development Lincoln Maeeachuaetta end Tourism 01773 P 0 Box 6000 Fredericton New Brunswlck Canada E.,D d"L Dennis Netto Robert J. Learaon. Scarborough Coaatal Pollution Lab Director Comm. Northeeat Flaheriee Ctr- c/o Toun of Scarborough , NOAAlNMFS Toun Office 30 Emereon Avenue Scsrborough Meine Clouceater MA 04074 01930

Doria Ealant Dr. John H. Allen Exec. Director Huntaman Marine Science Lab Penequid Watershed Aaaociation Brandy Cove Road P 0 Box 552 St. Andreua Daneriscotta Meine Neu Brunsuick Canada 04543 EOG 2x0

Stephen Miller Brian Giroux ' Exec. Director Exec. Director Ialeaburo Ialande Truat NS Dragger Fiahemen'a Aaao. P 0 Box 182 33 Cheatnut Street Ialeatoro Maine Yarmouth Nova Scotie 04848 B5A 2N7

Mike Connor Martin R. Haaae Maaa. Water Reaource Authority Exec. Sec. Charleatown Navy Yard Frirnda of Nature 100 Firat Avenue P 0 Box 281 Charleetown Chester Nove Scotia MA 02129 BOJ 1JO

Nancv- J. Churchill Stephen Zeenan Vice Chair Univ. of Neu England Frienda of Merrymeeting Bay 11 Hilla Beach Road P 0 Box 233 Biddeford Maine Richmond Maine 04005 04357

Janey Keough Kenelm Coone Save the Harbor/Save the Bey Exec. Director 25 Went Street N E Fiaheriee Dev. Asso. 4th fl. 309 World Trade Center Boston MA Boston MA 02111 02210

Jamee T. Liat Martin Janouitz Wells Nat'l. Estuarine Rea. Exec. Director RR 2 Box 806 The Clean Nove Scotia Wella Maine Foundation 04090 P 0 Box 2528, Station M Halifax Nova Scotia B3J 3N5

Wendy Lull Rafe Parker Seacoast Science Center Exec. Director Odiorne State Park Sea Education Aeau. Inc. Route 1A P 0 Box 6 P 0 Box 674 Wooda Hole MA Rye Neu Hampahire 02543 03870

A1 Clover Maritime Provincial Manager Ducka Unlimited Canada P 0 Box 430, 9 Havelock Street Anherat Nova Scotia B4H 325 APPENDIX C

Organization's Name Date Individual's Name

Partnership Program/Survey Follow-Up Phone Calls

1. Are you aware of the Gulf of Maine CounciVGulf of Maine Program? [What do you know about it? What are your impressions of it - a successful or unsuccessful endevoufl]

2. Describe Partnership Program proposal - get their reaction to it.

A, What do YOU see as the advantages and disadvantages to collaborating?

B. Would you like to learn more about the activities of groups working on similar issues?

C. Are you interested in collaborating to seek support for activities of region-wide significance?

D. Would you like to pankipate in setting the 'region-wide agenda'?

3. If they haven't returned a survey - explain purposes of survey and encourage them to mail it in to: Doug Kent, Gulf of Maine Program, Station #38, Augusta, Maine 04333. APPENDIX D

Organizations/Individuals Contacted for Telephone Survey

Orqanization _Name

~cadiaCenter for Estuarine Research Graham Daborn Allied Whale/College of the ~tlantic Steve Katona American Fisheries Society Ken Beal American Littoral Society Don Bourne ~nnapolisField Naturalists Society Alice White Arrowsic Conservation Commission Wm. Blaiklock ~ssociatedFisheries of Maine Jeff Kaelin and Maine Sardine Council Atlantic Coastal Resources Info. Ctr. and Land Resources Info. Ctr. Mike Butler ~tlanticSalmon Federation J. M. Anderson Bigelow Laboratory Lewis Incze Boston Univ. Marine Program Jelle Atena Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Susan P. Landquist Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (NS) Andy Woyewoda Center for Coastal Studies David DeKing Center for Creative Democracy Dan Thompson Clean Annapolis River Project Stephen Hawbolt Clean Nova Scotia Foundation Martin Janowitz Clean Ocean Committee/Maritime Fishermen's Union Ishbel Butler/Kirk Munro Coast Guard (ME) Cindy Kimball Conservation Council of New Brunswick Bay of Fundy Project Janice Harvey Darling Marine Center Les Watling ~arlingMarine Center Keven Eckelberger Ducks Unlimited A1 Glover Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Jim Tupper Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Nancy Churchill Friends of Nature Conservation Soc. Martin Haase Fundy National Park Douglas Clay Grand Manan Fishermen's Assoc. Melanie Sonnenberg Great Bay Estuarine Research Reserve Peter Wellenberger Huntsman Marine Science Center Kenneth Sulak Institute for Marine Bio-Science National Research Council Ms. J. Young International Wildlife Coalition Dave Wiley Island Institute Annette Nagel Tslesboro Islands Trust Steve Miller Jackson Estuarine Lab Stephen Jones Lobster Institute David Dow Lower Kennebec Reg. Land Trust Wm. Blaiklock Maine Aquaculture Innovation Ctr. and Maine Aquaculture Assoc. Mike Hastings Maine Marine Trades Assoc. Jim Chandler Maine Maritime Museum Ruth Maschino Maine Sardine Council Jeff Kaelin Maine Windjammer Association Meg Maiden Marine Biological Lab (Woods Hole) Pamela Clapp Maritime & Env. Law Program Dawn Russell Mass. Aquaculture Assoc. Dick Nelson Mass. Coastal Zone Mgmt. Office Anne Smrcina Mass. Lobstermen's Assoc. William AdleriM. Dupont Mass. Water Resource Authority Mike Connor Nature Trust of New Brunswick, Inc. Hal Hinds NB Dept. of Environment Bill Ayer NB Fishermen's Union Maurice Therriault NB Wildlife Federation Richard DeBow New England Aquarium Alan Hankin NE Fisheries Development Assoc. George Nard1 NE Marine Trade Assoc. (MA) Richard S. Guild NE Dept. of Environmental Services Richard Flanders Northeast Fisheries Center (MA) Kurt Wilhelm Nova Scotia Aquaculture Assoc. Graham Johnson NS Draggers Fishermen's Assoc. Brian Giroux NS Salmon Association George Mansfield NS Wildlife Federation Tony Rodgers Northeast Marine Education Council (MA) John Worthington Odiorne State Park (NH) Richard McCloud Pemaquid Watershed Assoc. Doris Balant Penobscot Land Trust Alliance Rowan Wakefield QLF-Atlantic Center for the Env. Brent Mitchell Rachel Carson Nat'l. Wildlife Refuge Debra Anderson Save the HarboriSave the Bay Janey Keough Scarborough Coastal Pollution Committee Deerin Babb-Brott Sea Grant College Program/UMO Kathleen Lignell SEA Semester Lucy Helfrich Shore Watch Mike Bursey Sierra Club Ken Cline Sierra Club (NH) Carolyn Mercer-McFadin South Shore Natural Science Ctr. (MA) Joann Benn The Nature Conservancy - NH Ed Spencer The Nature Conservancy - ME Barbara Vickery The Nature Conservancy - MASS Barbara Smith Univ. of Maine, Orono Conrad Griffin Univ. of New England Stephen Zeeman US Army Corps of Enginers L. Oliver/Jay McKay US EPA (MA) Rosemary Monahan Urban Harbors Jack Wiggin Waquoit Bay Nat'l. Estuarine Res. Reserve Christine Gault Wells National Estuarine Res. Reserve Michele Dionne Wells " James List West Quoddy Bio. Research Station Dorothy Spero Woods Hole Ocean Institute Jackie Suitor