About MACOORA

The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (MACOORA) is one of eleven regional associations in the United States focused on ocean observing.  The association represents a partnership of marine and estuarine data providers and users from state and federal agencies, private industry, non-governmental institutions and academia. For a brief overview of MACOORA and ocean observations click here.

The MACOORA footprint encompasses 9 states, 66 million people, four major estuaries, one of which is the world’s largest, and the world’s largest Navy base. MACOORA ports handled cargo worth over $259 billion in 2005 (over 23% of the total US waterborne commerce) including over $130 billion at the Port of New York/New Jersey alone. Our region spans the coastal ocean from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

MACOORA’s fundamental goal, to support and protect lives and livelihoods using scientific and technologically advanced data collection and dissemination. From the Chesapeake Bay to the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bays,  MACOORA and its operating arm MARCOOS (the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System—the array of hardware, including buoys, radar, gliders and software, including the data management, modeling and information distribution)  coordinate and facilitate ocean observations.

These observations are critical to the successful management of community needs. In specific, we address (1) Coastal Inundation, providing offshore conditions for local inundation forecasts to safeguard lives and property (2) Maritime Safety, providing maps of ocean currents to improve Search and Rescue (3) Ecosystem Decision Support, providing ocean temperatures for improved fisheries management and (4) Water Quality, providing ocean data for monitoring the health of near-shore ecosystems and enhanced public safety.

We do this by:

• making grants and contributions and otherwise rendering financial assistance to any organization that engages in ocean observing efforts or other activities which further the purposes of the Association

• ensuring continued and routine compilation and distribution of marine and estuarine data, information, and products

• using new technologies and adapting all of the foregoing to accommodate the changing needs of users of marine and estuarine information.

MACOORA Leadership

MACOORA leadership comprises the Board of Directors, a Users Council, and other councils and committees.

Board of Directors

The MACOORA Board of Directors is composed of one representative from each of the five Association sub-regions, Delaware Bay, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bays and Shelf, the New York Bight, Long Island Sound, and the Chesapeake Bay, and represents the diversity of the organization’s membership.

Presently, there are 15 directors, five sub-regional directors, seven at-large directors, and three board-appointed directors. For more information about appointments and elections, please see our bylaws

	Massachusetts & Rhode Island Bays & Shelf Wendell Brown (2010) School for Marine Science & Technology University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 706 South Rodney French Boulevard New Bedford, MA 02744–1221 Phone: (508) 910–6395 E-mail: wbrown@UMassD.Edu
	Long Island Sound Frank Bohlen (2012) University of Connecticut Department of Marine Sciences 1080 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06340 Phone: (860) 405–9176 E-mail: walter_bohlen@uconn.edu
	Jeffrey Yapalater — Board-Appointed (2010) Freeport Tuna Club 267 Wynsum Avenue Merrick Bay, NY 11566 Phone: (516) 425–4645 E-mail: snapswivel@gmail.com
	New York Bight Genevienve Boehm Clifton (2010) NJDOT/Office of Maritime Resources 1035 Parkway Avenue, MOB 3rd Floor Trenton NJ 08625-0837 phone: (609)-530-4770 genevieve.boehm-Clifton@dot.state.nj.us   Doug Wilson -- At-Large (2012) NOAA hesapeake Bay Office 410 Severn Ave, Suite 107A Annapolis MD 21403 phone: ((410)-267-5648 doug.wilson@noaa.gov
	Scott M. Glenn — At-Large (2011) DMCS, Rutgers University 71 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901 [Room 103G, Marine Sciences Building,    Cook Campus] Phone: (732) 932–6555, ext. 506 E-mail: glenn@marine.rutgers.edu
	Edward Kelly — Board- Appointed (2011) MACOORA Board Vice Chair Executive Director Maritime Association of the Port of    New York & New Jersey 17 Battery Place, Suite 913 New York, NY 10004 Phone: (212) 425–5704 E-mail: themaritimeassoc@erols.com
	Eric Vowinkel — At-Large (2012) USGS 810 Bear Tavern Road Suite 206 West Trenton NJ 08628 Phone: (609) 771 –3931 E-mail: vowinkel@usgs.gov
	Michael Bruno — Board-Appointed (2010) Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030 Phone: (201) 216–5338 E-mail: michael.bruno@stevens.edu
	Delaware Bay Bob Tudor (2010) Deputy Executive Director Delaware River Basin Commission P.O. Box 7360 25 State Police Drive West Trenton, NJ 08628 Phone: (609) 883–9500, ext. 208 E-mail: Robert.Tudor@drbc.state.nj.us
	Carolyn Thoroughgood — At-Large (2011) MACOORA Board Chair Special Assistant to the Provost    for Program Development Professor, Marine Studies University of Delaware 282 Delaware Biotechnology Institute Newark DE 19711 Phone: (302) 831–7209 E-mail: ctgood@udel.edu
	Chesapeake Bay Fredrika Moser (2009) Maryland Sea Grant College University System of Maryland 4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300 College Park, MD 20740–3210 Phone: (301) 405–6373 E-mail: moser@mdsg.umd.edu
	William C. Boicourt — At-Large (2011) University of Maryland Center for    Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory 2020 Horn Point Road P.O. Box 775 Cambridge, MD 21613 Phone: (410) 221–8426 E-mail: boicourt@hpl.umces.edu
	Larry Atkinson — At-Large (2011) MACOORA Board Secretary OEAS Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 Phone: (757) 683–4926 E-mail: latkinso@odu.edu
	Jay Titlow — At-Large (2010) MACOORA Board Treasurer Senior Meteorologist WeatherFlow, Inc. 790 Poquoson Street Poquoson, VA 23662 Phone: (757) 868–5362 E-mail: jtitlow@weatherflow.com
	Judith T. Krauthamer Executive Director, MACOORA P.O. Box 6879 Ellicott City, MD 21042 Phone: (410) 461-5017 Fax: (410) 461–5017 E-mail: judith.krauthamer@macoora.org

Current Members

MACOORA membership comprises organizations from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Stakeholders represent academia, the military, industry, environmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and state and local government entities.

Please consider joining 

ASA	http://www.asa.org
Beacon Institute	http://www.thebeaconinstitute.org/home/
Caris	http://www.caris.com
Center for Coastal Observation and Modeling	http://www.usna.edu/naoe/ccbom
Center for Innovative Technology	http://www.cit.org/
Chesapeake Bay Observing System	http://www.cbos.org/
Chesapeake Research Consortium	http://www.chesapeake.org/
CODAR Ocean Sensors	http://www.codar.com/
College of William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science	http://www.vims.edu/
Delaware River Basin Commission	http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/
Delaware Sea Grant College Program	http://www.vims.edu/
Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences	http://marine.rutgers.edu/main/
Maryland Department of Natural Resources	http://www.dnr.state.md.us/
Maryland Sea Grant College	http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/
New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/ New Jersey Sea Grant	http://www.njmsc.org/
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office	http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/
Old Dominion University	http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/
Pennsylvania Sea Grant	http://seagrant.psu.edu/
SAIC	http://www.saic.com
Stevens Institute of Technology	http://www.stevens.edu/sit/
Stony Brook University	http://www.sunysb.edu/
U.S. Geological Survey	http://www.usgs.gov/
University of Connecticut	http://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu/about.html
University of Delaware Office of the Provost	http://www.udel.edu/provost/
University of Maryland	http://www.umces.edu/
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth	http://www.smast.umassd.edu/
Virginia Maritime Association	https://www.vamaritime.com/
Weatherflow, Inc.	http://www.weatherflow.com
Woods Hole Group, Inc.	http://www.whgrp.com
YSI, Inc.	http://www.ysi.com/

Policies

MACOORA Nominations Committee and Annual Election Policy

MACOORA Board of Directors Use of Absentee Proxy Votes

Financial Operating Policy

Strategic Partnerships Policy

Conflict of Interest

Intellectual Property Policy

Bylaws

MACOORA Bylaws

Forms

Checklist for Projects

W-9: Request for Taxpayer Identification Number

Tax Exempt Status Letter

Statement of Expenses Form

Board Minutes

June 2008 Board Minutes

April 2008 Board Minutes

Proposals

MACOORA Proposal June 2005-2008

MARCOOS Proposal June 2008-2011

Subregions

To ensure broad participation from within the inherently complex Mid-Atlantic region, with its nine states and five major ecosystems in addition to the coastal ocean of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, the MACOORA by-laws require representative Directors from each of the five subregions. This sub-regional approach is being used to reach and engage as many interested parties in the MACOORA organizational process as possible.

Use the interactive map below for details on each of the five MACOORA subregions and visit subregional observation sites.

 

Join MACOORA

MACOORA’s track record keeps improving, in no small part because of the interest and support from organizations throughout our region. From Massachusetts to North Carolina, universities, state and local agencies, volunteer groups, fishing associations, businesses, and other groups have joined MACOORA to help save lives and livelihoods.

Among our many accomplishments, we provide the data for real-time search and rescue operations in New York and New Jersey, develop model algorithms for satellite data, assemble a high frequency radar network to help in tide and current prediction, and support projects and operations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Whether you are on the water as a commercial vessel shipping goods to other ports, or as a recreationalist on the water fishing, we gather the data you need on tides, winds, and other ocean conditions. We provide the information necessary for decision makers who work to keep our coastal environments clean and safe.

Your commitment to the ocean observing technologies that help our region is valued and critical. Your input, guidance, support, and membership will insure that our Mid-Atlantic Region will continue to develop the products and services that our many diversified communities need.

Won’t your organization join today? Thank you in advance for your participation.

Judith T. Krauthamer
Executive Director

 

Annual membership is $500 from June 1 through May 31. Please contact: info@macoora.org if you have questions regarding fee payment.

If you are a renewing organization, please visit http://www.udel.edu/macoora-dues to pay your dues electronically. You will receive confirmation via email.

If you are a renewing organization paying by check, please use downloadable pdf.

If you are a new member organization, you may join one of two ways:

By check, please click here for downloadable pdf

or

By credit card, please click here. After you have made payment, you will be contacted electronically for more detailed membership information.