Partner Involvement

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Multiple avenues exist for involvement in coastal and marine spatial planning through the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership. Naturally, our Partners participate in ocean management planning via their home organizations but they can also choose to participate directly or indirectly through MOP-sponsored projects. All kinds and levels of participation are welcome— from direct, active engagement in specific science projects like the 2010 Recreational Boating Survey to monitoring the process via MOP electronic distributions and/or attending Partners’ events.

Please click on the project participants listed below for more information.


Social Capital Development to Improve Decision Making Capability
Project Title: Participants:

MOP Public-Private Partnership

MOP; EEA; all 65+ MOP Partner Organizations

MOP Partners’ Events

MOP; EEA; Numerous MOP Partners

MOP Governance

MOP Governing Board Members; MOP Committee Members; MOP Staff

2008 EEA Public Listening Sessions

EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners—MOP tech support (recording, PR), EEA led managed collection of input

EEA Ocean Advisory Commission (OAC) Meetings

OAC (with MOP Partner representation); EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners

EEA Ocean Science Advisory Council (SAC) Meetings

SAC (with MOP Partner representation); EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners

Stakeholder Interviews

EEA; MOP; General Stakeholders; Numerous MOP Partners

EEA Stakeholder Events/Workshops

EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners

2009 EEA Public Hearings

EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners

MOP Conference Participation

MOP Staff, Partners and Governing Board

MOP/MA Ocean Planning Lessons Learned

MOP Staff; EEA Ocean Planning Team

MOP Communications

MOP Staff; C&P; Ambidextrous Graphica; 3 Sq; Moody Street Picts; McConnell Productions; COMPASS


Indicators of Ecological, Economic, Social and Governance Change
Project Title Participants

MA Ocean Plan Indicators

MOP, EEA, UMB – UHI & EEOS, NOAA CSC, US EPA, MWRA, GoME Council – ESIP
Regional Indicators Coordination

MOP; COMPASS; NROC, NERACOOS, MA EEA, NOAA, US EPA, UMB (UHI & EEOS), USM (southern Maine), GoME Council (ESIP), Canada DFO

Ecosystem Service Indicators

MOP, EEA, UMB (UHI & EEOS)


Policy & Management Goal Setting and Decision Making
Project Title: Participants:

Waves of Change

MA Ocean Task force participants included government, industry, science and conservation interests

Oceans Act of 2008

Legislators and a broad range of interest groups

Planning Frameworks from Around the World

MOP, EEA, UMB – UHI & EEOS, PCCS, MRAG, WHOI, URI, Ocean Visions, Good Harbor, Suzanne Orenstein, Charles McCaffrey

MA Planning Framework

MOP, EEA, UMB – UHI & EEOS, PCCS, MRAG, WHOI, URI, Ocean Visions, Good Harbor, Suzanne Orenstein, Charles McCaffrey

Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force (CMSP)

CEQ Task Force Members

Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)

NROC includes representatives from the following states and federal agencies – ME, NH, MA, VT, CT, RI and NOAA, EPA, DOI, Army Core of Engineers, Department of Agriculture, Coast Guard.

DRAFT MA Ocean Plan

EEA/CZM Planning Teams, MOP Governing Board, staff and contractors

Final MA Ocean Plan (v1.0)

EEA; MOP; General Public; Numerous MOP Partners

National Ocean Policy

This is the official listing of initial participants from the White House website http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans/about


Tools to Inform Decision Making
Project Title Participants

Use/Resource Compatibility Analysis

MOP, EEA, UHI (UMB)

Science Tools for Ecosystem Based Management

MRAG Americas, MOP, UMB (UHI & EEOS), WHOI, COMPASS

Cumulative Impacts/Vulnerability Assessment

MOP; NCEAS; EEA; Stone; Stellwagan Bank NMS, TNC and 65+ survey experts and numerous data providers

Ecosystem Services Tradeoff Modeling

MOP; NCEAS; BU; UVM; NEAq; SWB NMS; UNH; EEA


Integrated Data Network
Project Title Participants

Data Integration for MA Ocean Plan

MOP, ASA, EEA

MA Marine Metadata Catalogue

MOP; EEA; Stone; NASA; NERACOOS; NEODP; ASA;

Data Network Conceptual Design

ASA, MOP; EEA

Data Network Prototypes

MOP; ASA; NOAA; EEA; NERACOOS; NEODP; Canada DFO; Univ. of Dalhousie

Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System (MORIS)

MOP; EEA (CZM & MassGIS); ASA; The Open Planning Project

Northeast Regional Ocean Data Portal

MOP; NERACOOS; NROC; NOAA; ASA; TNC; GMRI; MA; ME; RI


Data: Social and Economic
Project Title Participants

EEA Workgroup Reports

EEA; CZM

Community Linkages Report

MOP, IEc, DMF

Commercial Fishing Mitigation Report

MOP, IEc, EEA

Economic Tools Workshop

MOP, COMPASS, Clark, GMRI, UMD (Maryland), Marissa Mazzotta, resource managers from throughout the northeast

Recreational Boating Characterization

MOP, MA CZM, UMB (UHI, EEOS, CSR), MMTA, SfS, MA Boating and Yacht Assn., MA Harbormasters Assn., Ecotrust, SBNMS

Commercial Fishing Characterization

MOP, EEA, DMF, NOAA NMFS


Data: Ecological and Physical
Project Title Participants

EEA Workgroup Reports

EEA; CZM

Ecological Valuation Index (EVI) Workshop

MOP, EEA, MRAG, Members of the SAC, Duke, UMD (Maryland), UCSB-NCEAS, Beta Scientific Consulting

Oceanographic Modeling

MOP, EEA, UMass-Dartmouth SMAST, WHOI, USGS, ASA, NERACOOS

Habitat Imagery

MOP, EEA, WHOI