Regional Activities
Marine planning is a bottom-up, science-based tool for addressing regional issues. Marine planning encourages States, Tribes, localities, and Federal agencies to collaborate in an inclusive manner to address issues that regions identify as important, reflect their unique interests and ways of doing business, and build on and complement existing programs, partnerships, and initiatives. This site provides links to some of the existing and ongoing efforts in the nine planning regions but does not represent all that is going on related to marine planning or ocean and coastal management activities.
Northeast
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
- Work Plan: NROC 2010-2012 Work Plan
- Data Portal: Northeast Ocean Data Portal
- Point of Contact: Dani Carter, NROC Coordinator
Northeast Regional Planning Body (RPB)
- Point of Contact: Betsy Nicholson, NOAA and RPB Federal Co-lead
Mid-Atlantic
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO)
- Work Plan: 2011-2012 Work Plan
- Data Portal: Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean Portal
- Point of Contact: Michelle Lennox, MARCO Program Manager
Maryland Ocean Planning and Offshore Renewable Energy
New Jersey Coastal Management Program
Atlantic Ocean Amendment to New York’s Coastal Management Program
Virginia Special Area Management Planning
South Atlantic
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Governor’s South Atlantic Alliance (SAA)
- Work Plan: Governors South Atlantic Alliance Action Plan
- Point of Contact: Kristine Cherry, GSAA Coordinator
Caribbean
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Caribbean Regional Ocean Partnership (CROP):
- Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands signed a MOU on May 28th to legally establish a ROP. The Caribbean Regional Ocean Partnership agreement was signed in July 2012.
Gulf of Mexico
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Gulf of Mexico Alliance
- Work Plan: Governors’ Action Plan II
- Point of Contact: Jerome Zeringue, Acting Director, and Laura Bowie, Program Manager
West Coast
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): West Coast Governors Alliance on Ocean Health (WCGA)
- Work Plan: WCGA Executive Overview of the Action Coordination Teams’ Final Work Plans
- Point of Contact: Lisa DeBruyckere, WCGA Coordinator
Pacific Islands
Regional Ocean Partnership (ROP): Pacific Regional Ocean Partnership (PROP)
- Signed Agreement: Governors’ Pacific Regional Ocean Partnership