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Northeast Coastal Acidification Network: Understanding Coastal & Ocean Acidification

Learn about the impacts of ocean acidification on marine environments and shellfish industries on the East Coast. NE-CAN coordinates research and modeling efforts to address this issue.

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Northeast Coastal Acidification Network: Understanding Coastal & Ocean Acidification

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  1. Orono Marine Extension Team Sea Grant and Cooperative Extension Eastport Franklin Ellsworth BarHarbor Augusta Sarah Redmond Waldoboro Walpole Portland Natalie Springuel Chris Bartlett Keri Kaczor Community Engagement Industry Connections Group Process and Facilitation Applied Research Communications and Outreach Dana Morse Wells Esperanza Stancioff Kristen Grant http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension

  2. The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network: Understanding the science of coastal and ocean acidification Joe Salisbury, Cassie Stimiest, RuMorrison, Todd Capson, Dwight Gledhill, Bill Mook, Beth Turner, Esperanza Stancioff, Mel Cote, Helmuth Thomas, Sylvain DeGuise Photo: University of Maine

  3. Why and Who is NE-CAN? • Increasing atmospheric CO2 has lead to a more acidic ocean with impacts on the marine environment • OA’s effects have been seen in the shellfish industries on West and East coasts • NE-CAN is a nexus of scientists, federal and state agency representatives, resource managers, and affected industry partners dedicated towards coordinating and guiding regional observing, research, and modeling endeavors NE-CAN is all of us!

  4. The NECAN Process • 16 Webinars from November 2013 to March 2014 • See www.neracoos.org/necan • State of the Science Workshop, April 10 and 11 • Planning 3 Stakeholder Workshops in ME (Dec. 2014), MA and CT • Implementation Strategy

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