NERACOOS Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, established with appointments from the New England Sea Grant Programs, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, and the Northeast Academic Consortium, governs the work of the regional association. The board's first meeting was held November 13, 2008.


University of New Hampshire
39 College Road Thompson Hall, Room 107
Durham NH 03824-3525
603-862-1948
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1200
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council


Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
134 Halfway Pond Road
Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: 508-224-3038
Appointed By: Sea Grant


Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
6900 Main Street P.O. Box 9729
Stratford, CT 06615-9129
203-386-7965
Appointed By: Sea Grant


Ocean and Coastal Protection Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency Region 1
5 Post Office Squire, Suite 100 (OEP06-1)
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-918-1553
Ex-Officio Member


University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
School of Marine Science and Technology
706 South Rodney French Blvd
New Bedford, MA 02744-1221
508-999-8193
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


University of Rhode Island
Graduate School of Oceanography
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
401-783-4744x102
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


NOAA NMFS
28 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882
401-782-3295
Non-voting member- NOAA


University of Maine Darling Marine Center
193 Clark’s Cove Road
Walpole, ME 04573
207-592-0717
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


Maine Department of Marine Resources
McKown Point Road P.O. Box 8
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575-0008
207-633-9565
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council


New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
29 Hazen Drive PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
603-559-1509
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council


Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford CT 06106
860-424-3432
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council


University of Connecticut
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
860-405-9171
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


JMS Naval Architects
34 Water Street
Mystic, CT 06355
860-536-0009 x12
Appointed By: Sea Grant


Ocean Sciences Division
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
1 Challenger Drive; P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, N.S. B2Y 4A2
(902) 426-3474; Fax.
(902) 426-6927
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium


University of Rhode Island Ocean Engineering
223 Sheets Laboratory
Narragansett RI 02882
401-874-6666
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council


Cooke Aquaculture Inc.
874 Main Street Blacks Harbour, NB E5H 1E6
506-755-1335
Appointed By: Sea Grant


Gulf of Maine Council
P.O. Box 6063
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-799-7474
Appointed By: Sea Grant


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #12
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508-289-2296
Fax: 508-457-2194
Appointed by: Northeast Academic Consortium


Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network
FarSounder, Inc.
43 Jefferson Blvd
Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 784-6700
Appointed By: Sea Grant