Portal Redesign Webinar – Recording Now Available

1/16/24 Update: Thank you to everyone who joined the Northeast Ocean Data Portal Redesign Webinar. We welcome additional input and ideas regarding the Portal redesign. Please send them to contact@northeastoceandata.org. A recording of the webinar is provided below....

Gulf of Maine Seascapes: Regional Seafloor Geomorphology Maps

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management, in partnership with Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, the NROC Habitat Classification and Ocean Mapping Subcommittee, and other entities, has developed a repeatable workflow and methodology to develop a regional seafloor...

Important Update to Leatherback Sea Turtle Maps

In September of 2023, through a collaboration with the Marine-life Data & Analysis Team (MDAT), the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast ocean data portals expanded their marine life data collections to include new sea turtle surface density model data products developed by...

Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine

On Oct. 19, 2023, BOEM announced a Draft Wind Energy Area (Draft WEA) in the Gulf of Maine and an accompanying 30-day public comment period. The Draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately...