25th Anniversary Activities Update - Gulf of Maine Council Meeting Highlights

Update on 25thAnniversary Activities Twenty-fifth Anniversary Committee Presented at the March 2014 Working Group Meeting, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment

Overview Ad hoc committee membership Logo (consent agenda) Communications (discussed earlier) Funding: USGS 25thAnniversary Publication Multi-media display Special session at Coastal Zone Canada 2014 Geocaching event Static display Postcards/bookmarks Awards ceremony Briefing Note (p. 13 of briefing book)

Ad-hoc Committee Heather Breeze (co-chair) Susan Russell Robinson (co-chair) Ann Rodney (+ publication sub-committee) Lorraine Gailey (+ Environment Canada Comms team) Theresa Torrent (+ some Outreach Committee members) Kathryn Parlee (+ Dan Earle) Sophia Foley Joan LeBlanc

Status of Funding and Publication Ann Rodney, EPA Status of Funding Submitted to USGS Contractors identified Statement of work for contractors under development Launch at Coastal Zone Canada 2014

Multi-media Display Susan Russell-Robinson, USGS Will be developed in-house by USGS Storyboard under development Looking for video of the Gulf of Maine (e.g., underwater images of habitats, coastal habitats, iconic species of the Gulf, people fishing, aquaculture, other users of the Gulf ) Interviews with various people: why the Gulf of Maine is valuable to them Maps, photos, other images of the Gulf

Special Session at Coastal Zone Canada 2014 Susan Russell-Robinson, USGS and Heather Breeze, DFO Multi-media presentation (setting the scene) Three speakers from the Gulf of Maine Council: Habitat restoration (Slade Moore and Don Hudson) Indicator Work and State of the Gulf (Heather Breeze and Christine Tilburg) Climate Network ( Panel (five people + moderator) Rob Snyder (Island Institute) (confirmed) Richard Getchell (Aroostook Band of Micmacs) (confirmed) Youth rep (Gulf of Maine Institute) (confirmed) Moira Brown (New England Aquarium, Canadian Whale Institute, considering invitation) Danika van Prooskij (Saint Mary s University) (considering invitation) Lee Sochasky (moderator) Travel and conference registration for speakers (if needed) and panelists being covered by USGS (thank you!)

Geocaching Event Kathryn Parlee, EC; Sophia Foley, NS Environment; Dan Earle, GOMI Will be launched June 2014 (Coastal Zone Canada 2014), perhaps at awards ceremony Preliminary plans: 25 sites in total, 5 in each jurisdiction Looking to partner with organizations Participants will have to find out information by going to the cache site (there will not be something cached) Once they have gone to a certain number of sites (to be determined), they will be able to fill out a form for a geocache prize Potential prize: geocoin probably need funding to mint the coin

Static Display and Postcard/ Bookmark Susan Russell-Robinson, others Static Gulf of Maine Council display at Coastal Zone Canada 2014. Many items for the display already exist (e.g., pull-up banner for State of the Gulf, banners for other committees). Pull-up banner for the Gulf of Maine Council will be created (funding TBD) Committees will be asked for materials to hand out (e.g., ESIP fact sheets, State of the Gulf postcards, GOMC publications, etc). Postcard or bookmark will be developed with key information on the council, to hand out at CZC and other events.

Awards Ceremony Sophia Foley, NS Environment and Joan LeBlanc, Council Coordinator Will be held after special GOMC session at Coastal Zone Canada 2014 (Tuesday, June 17th) Award winners will be encouraged to attend (looking into funding options) Launch of 25thanniversary publication? Announcement of geocache event? This will be the 25thanniversary party Press releases in association with the awards

Requests/Questions for Working Group Support participation of Outreach Committee members from your organization in 25thanniversary activities Support participation of staff from your organization at Coastal Zone Canada 2014, particularly the GOMC Session. Expect more requests for video, photos and potentially interviews for multi-media presentation Do we have clarity/direction on the Communications Plan related to the 25thanniversary? Funding geocoin? Specific comms needs? other? Ideas after the Council meeting: Susan Russell Robinson: srussell@usgs.gov Heather Breeze: Heather.Breeze@dfo-mpo.gc.ca