Gulf of Maine Council Meetings Upcoming Meetings December 17, 2018 – GOMA Board of Directors Teleconference 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AT Documents from Recent Meetings November 29, 2017 – GOMA Board of Directors Teleconference 9:00 am –...
Gulfwatch Sites site# site name location site code latitute longitude years sampled basin name basin area substrate exposure tidal range 1 Sandwich Massachusetts MASN 41’45.0’N 70’24.0’W “92,93,94,95” Mill Creek 4 sand 0 2.7 2...
Gulfwatch Committee Jamie Aube Environment Canada 506.851.2892 jamie.aube@ec.gc.ca Andrew Bagnal Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries 902.424.4560 bagnalag@gov.ns.ca Wayne Fairchild Fisheries and Ocean Canada 506.851.2056 Kevin Gardner University of New...
Mussels as Biometers Blue mussels are widely used for monitoring pollution Gulfwatch monitors coastal pollution by analyzing contaminants in the tissues of the blue mussel Some animals are called sentinel species because they act as local monitors of contaminant...