The Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) is a state-federal partnership organization created to address issues related to the coast and ocean on a regional basis.
The organization covers each state in
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...
which make up its membership.
NROC was created in 2005 by the New England Governors Conference.
Since 2008, NROC has participated in the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
's Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning initiative.
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Oceanographic organizations
East Coast of the United States
Marine conservation organizations
United States interstate agencies
Environmental organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United States
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