MACO Updates
A digest of news links and informational resources compiled quarterly by MACO members.
(Updated 6/14/22)
Upcoming Dates & Events
July 27-28: National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Expo 2022 (virtual/free)
Hudson Canyon Marine Sanctuary Meetings:
- Virtual public meeting 1: June 23, 3-5 p.m.
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/7151117397571941899 - Virtual public meeting 2: August 3, 5-7 p.m.
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/7151117397571941899 - In-person public meeting 1: July 19, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House, Naval Officers Room
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY, 10004 - In-person public meeting 2:
July 21, 2022, 6:30-8 p.m.
Monmouth University, Urban Coast Institute, Edison Building Atrium-E201
400 Cedar Ave.
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Regional Ocean News
Biden administration proposes Hudson Canyon marine sanctuary, National Fisherman, 6/10/22
Agency News
White House: Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates World Ocean Day with Actions to Conserve America’s Deepest Atlantic Canyon,
Cut Plastic Pollution, and Create America’s First-Ever Ocean Climate Action Plan, 6/8/22
NOAA: NOAA begins process to potentially protect waters off New York, New Jersey, 6/8/22
BOEM: BOEM and NOAA Announce First-Ever Successful Drone-based Tagging of Endangered Sei Whales in U.S., 6/8/22
USDOI: Department of the Interior Announces Environmental Review of First Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Maryland, 6/6/22
USDOE: Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries Fund Six Projects for the Coexistence of Offshore Energy with Northeast Fishing and Coastal Communities, 5/19/22
USDOI: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Winners of Carolina Long Bay Offshore Wind Energy Auction, 5/11/22
USDOI: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind Energy Leasing on Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, 4/27/22
General FYI
MARCO Portal: Maps Show Marine Mammal Strandings by Season, Species and County, 6/8/22
MARCO Portal: New Fish Biomass Time Series Sliders and Maps Showing Potential Vulnerability of Fish Species to EMF, 6/2/22
MARCO Portal: 2021 AIS Vessel Transit Counts and Monthly Sliders Now Available, 5/25/22
MACO: Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum videos, May 2022
MARCO Portal: BOEM Seeks Input on Potential Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas, 5/2/22
MARCO: April MARCO newsletter
MARCO Portal: New England Port Access Route Study Map in Maritime Theme, 4/28/22
MARCO Portal: Sand Resources Map Shows Areas Where Materials for Coastal Projects May Exist, 4/25/22
MARCO Portal: Cetacean Data Products Now Reflect New North Atlantic Right Whale Model Outputs, 4/7/22
MARCO Portal: Introducing the Indigenous Nations, Communities & Cultures Map Collection, 3/17/22
USDOI: Winter/Spring Newswave newsletter