The Coastal and Marine Working Group will evaluate and recommend short- and long-term mitigation strategies to reduce gross and net annual greenhouse gas emissions from coastal and marine sectors, as well as evaluate and recommend short- and long-term strategies and actions for adaptation and resiliency to climate change. For meeting details, agendas, minutes, and handouts, please visit our meeting calendar and search for this working group.

Working Group Members

Co-chairs

  • Curt Brown, Ready Seafood
  • Carl Wilson, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Members

Susie Arnold, Island Institute 

Bob Baines, Maine Lobstermen's Association 

Nick Battista, Island Institute

Christine Beitl, University of Maine 

Chuck Bennett, Independent lobsterman 

Kathleen Billings, Town of Stonington 

Curtis Bohlen, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership 

Damian Brady, University of Maine 

Amy deVries, Cape Elizabeth High School 

Ivy Frignoca, Friends of Casco Bay 

Jeremy Gabrielson, Maine Coast Heritage Trust 

Wendy Garland, Maine Department of Environmental Protection 

Carla Guenther, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries 

Ben Gutzler, Wells National Estuarine Research Preserve 

Dawn Hallowell, Maine Department of Environmental Protection 

Heather Hamlin, University of Maine 

Robert Holmberg, Roger Williams University 

Beverly Johnson, Bates College 

Natalie Johnson, Maine Maritime Academy 

Jessica Joyce, Tidal Bay Consulting / DMR Shellfish Advisory Council

Ben Martens, Maine Coast Fishermen's Association

Marissa McMahan, Manomet 

Gabe McPhail, Resilient Communities, L3C 

Kathy Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute 

Marianne Moore, Maine State Legislature 

Bill Needelman, City of Portland 

Anne Langston Noll, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center 

Rebecca Peters, Maine Department of Marine Resources 

Dylan Pugh, Maine State Legislature

Cameron Reny, Maine State Legislature 

Jocelyn Runnebaum, The Nature Conservancy 

Michelle Staudinger, University of Maine 

Josh Stoll, University of Maine

Tiffany Strout, Maine State Legislature 

Thew Suskiewicz, Atlantic Sea Farms 

Edge Venuti, Sunrise County Climate Coalition/Maine Youth for Climate Justice 

Jesica Waller, Maine Department of Marine Resources 

Meredith White, Maine Department of Marine Resources 

Lisa White, Maine Department of Marine Resources 

Amy Winston, Coastal Enterprises, Inc 

Gayle Zydlewski, Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine