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Gulf of Maine Council: Ecosystem Indicator Partnership:

Gulf of Maine Council: Ecosystem Indicator Partnership:. ESIP Organization. Gulf of Maine Council. Ecosystem Indicator Partnership Steering Committee. Program Manager. Indicator Work Groups. Aquatic Habitats Climate Change Coastal Development. Contaminants Fisheries/Aquaculture

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Gulf of Maine Council: Ecosystem Indicator Partnership:

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  1. Gulf of Maine Council: Ecosystem Indicator Partnership:

  2. ESIP Organization Gulf of Maine Council Ecosystem Indicator Partnership Steering Committee Program Manager Indicator Work Groups • Aquatic Habitats • Climate Change • Coastal Development • Contaminants • Fisheries/Aquaculture • Eutrophication/Nutrients

  3. ESIP Membership: • ESIP is composed of 100 members from 42 difference agencies including: • Federal: USFW, USGS, NOAA, EC, DFO, EPA • State/Province: NB Dept. Of the Environment, Maine State Planning • Office, NH Dept. of Environ. Services • Academia: UNH, USM, U Maine, URI, Acadia University, Dalhousie

  4. ESIP’s Focus on Three Major Areas…Today ESIP Membership ESIP Indicator Reporting Tool ESIP Monitoring Map Council’s State of the Environment Reporting Determination of Priority Indicators

  5. ESIP Goals and Timelines Indicators are quantitative or qualitative measures that provide information about the status of or changes in natural, cultural, and economic aspects of an ecosystem. May 2008 – Subcommittees decide on priority indicators March 2008 – All 6 ESIP Subcommittees revisit TOR and determine scope for next 12 months May 2008 – ESIP publishes framework for regional reporting of indicators and GeoConnections project completed June 1, 2008 – ESIP publishes framework for regional reporting of habitat and climate change indicators (data rich)

  6. Example of Coastal Development Subcommittee Progress Indicators from Summit Formation of Subcommittee (Rolling) Indicators from GOMC presentation Internal GOMC documents List of indicators… At this point, subcommittees are identifying top 2-3 priority indicators from this list

  7. How the Subcommittee decisions impact the various ESIP products ESIP Indicator Reporting Tool Subcommittee Top 2-3 Indicators State of the Env. Report Gulf of Maine Times Science Translation Product

  8. ESIP Monitoring Map Query by indicator to locate monitoring data Follow data back to source

  9. ESIP Is the Umbrella….. Data Availability Gulfwatch Data Analysis ESIP Monitoring Map ESIP Indicator Reporting Tool Shows locations and then sends to parent organization which might be… Tier 1 Habitat Monitoring Habitat Monitoring Map Gulfwatch Products with more detail on smaller scale - as in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Habitat Monitoring Map Habitat Restoration Map

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