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"Conservation Mooring Study". January 2013. Prepared for The Massachusetts Bays Program and the Nature Conservancy.
Report (567kb)
"Nantucket Shellfish Management Plan" *. October 2012. Prepared for The Town of Nantucket
Report (7MB)
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"Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures" *. September 2012. Prepared for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Report (12.6MB)
"2010 Massachusetts Recreational Boater Survey" *. June 2011. Prepared for The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership.
Report (2.8MB)
Project Summary (2.7MB)
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"New
Bedford/Fairhaven Municipal Harbor Plan" *. May 2010.
Prepared for the City of New Bedford and Town of Fairhaven, MA.
Approved by the Secretary of the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs June 14,
2010.
Report
(3.3MB)
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"Developing
Performance Indicators to Evaluate the Management Effectiveness
of the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan" *. January
2010. Prepared for The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership in support
of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs' Ocean Management Plan.
Report
(1.5MB)
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"Florida
Boating Access Facilities Inventory and Economic Study, including
a Pilot Study for Lee County" *. August 2009. Prepared
for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Note:
the report and appendices are large documents (250+ pages each).
Full
Report (5.3MB)
Appendices
(5.3MB)
Project
Summary (6.4MB)
Project
sheet (313kb)
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"Draft
Planning Framework Options for The Massachusetts Ocean Plan"
*. July 2009. Prepared for The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
in support of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs' ocean plan development process.
Report
(1.2MB)
Project
sheet (352kb)
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"City
of Gloucester Harbor Plan and Designated Port Area Master Plan"
*. July 2009. Prepared for the City of Gloucester MA.
Approved by the Secretary of the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs December
11, 2009.
Harbor
Plan and DPA Master Plan
(2.9MB)
Project
sheet (334kb)
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"Draft
Harbor Management Plan for Green Pond in Falmouth".
July 2009. Prepared for the Town of Falmouth's Coastal Ponds Management
Committee.
Harbor
Management Plan (5.7MB)
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"Draft
Compatibility Determination: Considerations for Siting Coastal
and Ocean Uses" *. June 2009. Prepared for The Massachusetts
Ocean Partnership in support of the Massachusetts Executive Office
of Energy and Environmental Affairs' ocean plan development process.
Report
(1.6MB)
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"Draft
Science Tools to Implement Ecosystem Based Management in Massachusetts"
*. June 2009. Prepared by MRAG Americas, Incorporated and The
Massachusetts Ocean Partnership with The Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution and
UMass Boston in support of the Massachusetts Executive Office
of Energy and Environmental Affairs' ocean plan development process.
Report
(1.9MB)
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"Nantucket
& Madaket Harbors Action Plan". May 2009. Prepared
for the Town of Nantucket MA.
Approved by the Secretary of the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs December
21, 2009.
Harbor
Plan (2.8MB)
Project
sheet (286kb)
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"Town
of Salisbury Harbor Plan - Phase 1". Approved October
2008 (prepared October 2007). Prepared for the Salisbury Harbor
Commission.
Harbor
Plan (4MB)
Appendices
(10.9MB)
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"Plymouth-Carver
Sole Source Aquifer: Regional Open Space Plan".
June 2008. Prepared for the Massachusetts Executive Office of
Energy and Environmental Affairs and the Plymouth-Carver Aquifer
Advisory Committee.
Open
Space Plan (5.2MB)
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"An
Application for a State Designated, Federally Approved, No Discharge
Area for Boston Harbor, MA" *. April 2008. Prepared in
partnership with the City of Boston's Environment Department,
the City of Quincy's Harbormaster and the Charles River Watershed
Association on behalf of the cities and towns surrounding Boston
Harbor.
Application
(1.1MB)
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"An
Assessment of the Coastal and Marine Economies of Massachusetts"
*. June 2006. Prepared
for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
with the Donahue Institute (UMass President's Office), UMass Boston
and UMass Dartmouth.
Report
(1.67MB)
Next
Steps (215kb)
Data
Tables (551kb)
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"Massachusetts
Marine Trades Workforce Assessment 2005". November 2005.
Prepared with funding from the Massachusetts Office of Workforce
Development and administered by the Commonwealth Corporation.
Report
(1.4MB)
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"Boston
Harbor Islands Renewables Planning Guide".
May 2005. Prepared with funding from the Massachusetts Technology
Collaborative Renewable Energy Trust.
Report
(524kb)
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"Weir
River Estuary Park Land Protection Plan". December 2004.
Prepared for the Weir River Estuary Park Committee. Note:The
Weir River Estuary Park Committee produced a revised version of
this plan dated May 2006.
Report
(1.1MB)
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"South
Shore Vessel Pumpout Evaluation and Outreach Plan"
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June
2004. Prepared for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
with the North and South Rivers Watershed Association.
Report
(1.5MB)
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"Boston
Harbor South Watersheds 2004 Assessment & Action Plan"
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June 2004. Prepared for the Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs in collaboration with the Neponset River
Watershed Association, The Boston Harbor Association, the Fore
River Watershed Association and the Weir River Watershed Association.
Available
at www.neponset.org/BasinPlan.htm
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"State
Coastal Observations and Monitoring Needs: Results of a Survey
to Assess Coastal Management Needs" *. May 2004. Prepared
for the the Coastal States Organization and the SEACOOS Outreach
and Education Workgroup with UHI Senior Associate Jeff Benoit
and in cooperation the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Draft
Report (212kb)
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"Emerging
Technologies and Operational Arrangements and how these realate
to the Future of International Container Trade - with Particular
Reference to East-Coast Australia". April 2004. Prepared
for the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils on behalf
of UHI Senior Associate Jim Coleman.
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"Improving
Links between Science and Coastal Management: Results of a Survey
to Assess Science and Technology Needs" *. March 2004.
Prepared for the Coastal States Organization with UHI Senior Associate
Jeff Benoit and in cooperation the University of New Hampshire
Survey Center.
Report
(1.3MB)
Appendices
(870kb)
Best
Practices White Paper (237kb)
Information
Dissemination White Paper (190kb)
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"An
Assessment to Determine the Most Suitable Location and Design
for the Development of a City-run, Boat Sewage Pumpout Facility
to Service Commercial and Recreational Vessels that Utilize the
Waters within the Jurisdiction of the City of Boston".
December 2003. Prepared for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal
Zone Mangement on behalf of the City of Boston Environment Department.
Report
(1.9MB)
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"Building
a Vision for Our Weir River Estuary - An Inventory of Open Space
and Public Access Around the Weir River Area of Critical Environmental
Concern and Summary of the Weir River Estuary Visioning Workshop".
August 2003. Funded by the Massachusetts Office of Environmental
Affairs, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
and the Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Program.
Report
(800kb)
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"Rockport
Municipal Harbor Plan: Issues, Goals and Policies".
July 2003. Prepared on behalf of the Rockport Harbor Planning
Committee, Rockport, Massachusetts.
Report
(1.3MB)
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"Institutional
Structure of the New Jersey Coastal Zone Management Program".
April 2003. A discussion paper prepared while under contract with
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Paper
(48kb)
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"Gulf
River Estuary Natural Resources Inventory".
March 2003. Prepared for the Gulf Association, North Scituate,
Massachusetts.
Report
(2.5MB)
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"Increasing
Involvement in and Awareness of Coastal Zone Management in New
Jersey".
March 2003. A discussion paper prepared while under contract with
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Paper
(132kb)
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"The
New Jersey Coastal Program Boundary".
February 2003. A discussion paper prepared while under contract
with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Paper
(166kb)
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"The
Public Trust Doctrine and Public Access in New Jersey".
January 2003. A discussion paper prepared while under contract
with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Paper
(51kb)
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"Ocean
Zoning for the Gulf of Maine: A Background Paper" *.
December 2002. Prepared for the Gulf of Maine Council for the
Marine Environment.
Paper
(724kb)
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"Federal
Consistency in New Jersey".
November 2002. A discussion paper prepared while under contract
with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Paper
(24kb)
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"The
New Jersey Coastal Management Program: Program Evaluation and
Status as of April 2002".
October 2002. Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection.
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"Weir
River Area of Critical Environmental Concern: Natural Resources
Inventory". August 2002. Funded by the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and the Department of
Environmental Management.
Report
(991kb)
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"Baseline
2000: Background Report - The Status of Integrated Coastal Management
as an International Practice". August 2002. Second Iteration.
Prepared by UHI Senior Associate Jens Sorensen.
Report
(2.6MB)
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"A
Preliminary Survey of the Sewage Pumpout Facilities in the No
Discharge Areas of Massachusetts". October 2001.
Report
(399kb)
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"Marine
Industries Association of South Florida Master Plan"
*. 2001.
Executive
Summary (262kb)
Full
Report (2.1MB)
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"America's
Green Ports - Environmental Management and Technology at US Ports".
March 2000. Funded by the EPA.
Report
(781kb)
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| "Scituate
Harbor Public Access Plan".
December 2000. Prepared for the Town of Scituate Planning Office. |
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| "Harbor
Management Plan for the Town of Hull"
*. January 1999. Prepared for the Town of Hull Office of Community
Development and the Hull Harbor Planning Committee. |
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"Harbor
Plan for the Town of Provincetown" *. September 1997.
Report to the Town of Provincetown.
Report
(1.1MB)
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"Neponset
River Estuary Area of Critical Environmental Concern: Resource
Management Plan". March
1996. Report to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental
Affairs.
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"Site
Characterization of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary".
1995. Report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Available
online at http://stellwagen.nos.noaa.gov/about/sitereport/toc.html
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| "Gloucester
Waterfront Study: Land Use and Economics". August 1994. Report
to the National Park Service. |
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| "The
Feasibility of Waterborne Transportation Along Boston's Charles
River". May 1994. Report to the Department of Transportation.
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"Assessment
of Ferries as Alternatives to Land Based Transportation".
May 1994. Report to the Department of Transportation.
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"Impact
of a Ferry System Upon its Communities". May 1994. Report
to the Department of Transportation.
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"Impact
of the American's with Disabilities Act on the Waterborne Passenger
Vessel Industry". February 1993. Report to the Department
of Transportation.
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| "Taunton
River Watershed Action Plan". January 1993. Report to the Massachusetts
Office of Coastal Zone Management. |
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| "The
Thin Edge: Stemming the Coastal Fish Habitat Loss".
1992. National Coalition for Marine Conservation Inc., Savannah,
Georgia. |
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"Proceedings
of the Gulf of Maine Scientific Research Workshop". December
1992.
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"Proceedings
of the Landside Access to Cargo Ports Roundtable". May 1992.
Report to the US Department of Transportation.
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"Florida's
Coastal Management Program". July 1991. Report to the Governor's
Office of Planning.
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| "Resources
and Uses of Stellwagen Bank". April 1990. Technical Report and
Conference Proceedings to the Center for Marine Conservation.
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| "How
Coastal Migration Began". 1989. EPA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 5.
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