by MARCO | Apr 13, 2015 | Home Page News Item, News
It is with great pleasure that MARCO announces the arrival of Kate Killerlain Morrison as our new Executive Director. Kate began her new role on April 6th and joins the MARCO Board and three existing staff members in advancing MARCO’s key regional priorities. Prior...
by MARCO | Apr 4, 2015 | Home Page News Item, News
On April 4th, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (MidA RPB) celebrated its second anniversary of coordinated action towards a Regional Ocean Action Plan (OAP) for the Mid-Atlantic. Composed of representatives from the five MARCO states and Pennsylvania, nine...
by MARCO | Apr 1, 2015 | MARCO Blog, News
OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND | By Arlo Hemphill In honor of April Fools Day, we’d like to share this fantastic image of one of the Mid-Atlantic’s most sly pranksters. The sand devil Squatina dumeril, also know as the Atlantic angel shark, is a clever...
by MARCO | Feb 17, 2015 | Home Page News Item, News
A Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan will support shared regional objectives for a healthy ocean ecosystem. The ecosystem supports abundant life such as this humpback whale surfacing off of Manhattan, an occurrence that researchers from Gotham Whale report is...
by MARCO | Feb 17, 2015 | MARCO Blog, News
Image above: Oysters are facing pressure from ocean acidification – the lower pH makes it harder for them to produce their shells. Photo: Michael Eversmier / MARI By Arlo Hemphill The State of Maryland has become one of the first states to take decisive...
by MARCO | Feb 17, 2015 | Home Page News Item, News
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of State (DOS) recently released for public comment a draft comprehensive ten-year New York Ocean Action Plan (OAP) which seeks to promote the restoration, conservation, resiliency...
