The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) through its Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean (MACO) convened the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum on March 20, 2019, at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ. Scroll down to view videos and download presentation files from the event.

Registration is open for the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum on March 20, 2019, from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ.

The application period for the MARCO Program Manager has closed.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) is seeking a full-time Program Manager.  The successful candidate will exhibit the organizational, communication, and technical skills required to support MARCO and enable it to deliver products and services of value to the five member Mid-Atlantic States – New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean convenes Forum to discuss issues including the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, offshore wind energy, maritime commerce and navigational safety, non-consumptive ocean recreation, marine debris.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following letter was sent on January 2, 2019, by Elizabeth Semple, Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean...

“In June 2018, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) stated its willingness to keep moving ahead as the Mid-Atlantic’s State-led regional ocean partnership to convene coordination efforts around regional ocean issues.”

“To engage the diverse interests in the region and enhance the vitality of the region’s ocean ecosystem and economy, MARCO will work closely with states, federal agencies, and tribal nations in the region to convene a Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Forum. The Forum will focus on issues of importance to MARCO, state, federal and tribal partners, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and other ocean stakeholders.”