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GOMA 10-Year Report
A new 10-year report highlights the successes of the Alliances’ vast partnership. The five Gulf States face similar challenges and concerns as they manage the Gulf Coast and its waters. Our ability to work across borders indicates our partner’s willingness to protect a shared resource.
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Gulf Star Partnership
Gulf Star is a new public-private partnership administered by GOMA. Gulf Star partners are agencies, businesses, or private organizations that provide funding for projects identified by GOMA Priority Issue Teams.
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Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker
GOMA & partners provide an easy and comprehensive way to track restoration, research, and recovery projects resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
BP Datasets Now Discoverable through GoMRI Data Cooperative GRIIDC
January 10, 2017—The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill initiated one of the largest rapid environmental assessments undertaken for the Gulf of Mexico. Government agencies and BP collected data through the Deepwater Horizon Response and Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process. Government NRDA data are available to the public through the DIVER system. Now, recently released BP NRDA data are available through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative or GRIIDC, managed by Harte Research Institute.Mississippi Beach Outfalls Challenge
December 28, 2016—The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will initiate a novel approach to improve water quality in Mississippi Sound. A public prize competition, the Beach Outfalls Challenge opens in January.Next 3 events
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19jan - 218:00 amjan 21- 5:00 pmTexas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
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19 (Thursday) 8:00 am - 21 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
Holiday Inn Corpus Christi Downtown Marina
Corpus Christi, Texas
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2017 Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting January 19 - 21, 2017 Corpus Christi, Texas Get more information.
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2017 Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Annual MeetingJanuary 19 – 21, 2017
Corpus Christi, TexasGet more information.
Organizer
Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
23jan - 27jan 238:00 amjan 27Gulf States Initiative Mexico Trade Mission
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23 (Monday) 8:00 am - 27 (Friday) 5:00 pm
Location
Campeche Convention Center
Campeche, Mexico
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The Gulf States Initiative Mexico Trade Mission January 23-27, 2017 Campeche, Mexico As the Gulf region looks for opportunities to further strengthen ties with Mexico, The Gulf States Initiative has taken shape.
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The Gulf States Initiative Mexico Trade Mission
January 23-27, 2017 Campeche, MexicoAs the Gulf region looks for opportunities to further strengthen ties with Mexico, The Gulf States Initiative has taken shape. The Initiative is a revitalization of The Gulf of Mexico States Accord (GOMSA), an international cooperative agreement initiated in 1995 by the Governors of the eleven Mexican and US Border States along the Gulf of Mexico basin. Original participant states included: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas on the US side; Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Yucatan on the Mexican side. Program participants included individuals from a variety of sectors including: policy, business, economic development and academia.
In its current form, the Gulf States Initiative seeks to once again reinforce commonalities between the Gulf States of the United States and Mexico. In 2014, the Consul General of Mexico in New Orleans invited appropriate private sector representatives to New Orleans, Louisiana from the Mexican states of Campeche and Yucatan to discuss the synergies of our Gulf States in order to bring new business opportunities under a renewed Gulf States Accord. Since that time, a trade mission to Yucatan and Campeche was held in May 2015, followed by a trade mission from the Mexican states to Lafayette, Louisiana in April 2016.
To continue to build on momentum generated by the previous missions, the Initiative will be taking a trade delegation to Mexico in January 2017.
Location: Campeche Convention Center, Campeche, Mexico
Dates: January 23-27, 2017
Participant fee: $400 (excluding airfare and hotel accommodations)Industry areas of focus for the upcoming mission are:
· Energy (Oil/Gas)
· Construction/commercial development
· Gulf of Mexico Environment (Coastal Management)
· Maritime/Seaports
· Health Care
· Agriculture/Agri-Business
· Workforce (immigration)
· Higher Education
· Air ServiceThis trade delegation will consist of business executives, economic development professionals and high ranking Mexican dignitaries. Louisiana and Mississippi are already committed to participation in the trade mission and both are actively recruiting businesses for this mission. We recognize the distinct logistic and natural resource advantages the Gulf region presents for trade with Mexico and encourage EDO’s and our Gulf state neighbors to participate.
For additional info: Contact Jessica Steverson at jsteverson@wtcno.org25jan2:00 pm- 4:00 pmAL Public Meeting: Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council
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(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center
Spanish Fort, Alabama
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Alabama Public Meeting Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council The Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (AGCRC) has released its Project Evaluation and Selection Process for Multiyear Implementation Plan (MIP) development for Bucket 1
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Alabama Public Meeting
Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery CouncilThe Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (AGCRC) has released its Project Evaluation and Selection Process for Multiyear Implementation Plan (MIP) development for Bucket 1 of the RESTORE Act. In addition, the AGCRC announced the focus areas for the first round MIP will be Economic and Infrastructure projects and related Planning Assistance.
The AGCRC will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Five Rivers Tensaw Theater that will include an opportunity for individuals to provide public input on any of the project suggestions in the portal.
Organizer
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources