Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Building Partnerships for a Healthier Gulf
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Register now for Team Mid-Year Meetings
Register now for GOMA Team Mid-Year Meetings on September 21-23, 2021. Meetings will be held at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi, and offered in a hybrid format with options to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom. A nominal registration fee ($50) is required for either virtual or in-person attendance.
Visit our website for registration and meeting information. Draft versions of team agendas are also available on the website.
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Tool Time Season 2 kicks off this August with Esri partnership
Join GOMA for Season 2 of the “Tool Time with Dave” virtual tools café starting Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. Season 1 featured 24 of the latest tools and resources for the Gulf of Mexico region. Tool topics are designed to assist stakeholders in making educated decisions regarding topics such as coastal resilience, data management, flood mapping, habitat assessment, and citizen science monitoring.
GOMA is happy to announce that Esri, the world leader in location intelligence technology, will be joining again as our partner for Season 2. “Esri is excited to continue to support the GOMA Tool Time Café. Our partnership this year is extremely important as GIS continues to play a vital role in helping understand our planet, its resources, and our ability to properly react to environmental challenges. Through this partnership the GIS community gains the ability to showcase novel ways in which GIS is being implemented across different sectors and Esri can learn from the GOMA community about how GIS solutions are being deployed to support sustainable development, environmental protection, community outreach and so much more.” says Keith VanGraafeiland, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World- Ocean Content Lead.
We look forward to sharing new tools with our audiences. For schedule and more information, please visit our website.
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GOMA and RESTORE Act Science Program hosting joint session at AGU Fall meeting
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance and RESTORE Act Science Program are co-hosting a session during the 2021 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 13-17, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The session, Natural Resource Management Needs for a Changing Gulf of Mexico, will focus on natural resource management needs in the Gulf of Mexico, case studies of co-produced research, and co-produced decision support tools. Presentations focused on natural resource management needs, particularly those that address climate change, sea-level rise, and the needs of underserved populations are welcome.
The deadline to submit an abstract is August 4. Learn more about the session and submit an abstract.
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Sharing GOMA's impact near and far
Laura Bowie, GOMA executive director, recently participated in two discussions highlighting GOMA’s positive impact in Gulf. On July 15, Laura participated in a panel webinar hosted by the U.S. Department of State, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. This webinar was the first in a series of events spotlighting women-led innovations to address climate challenges. Already, contacts from as far away as New Guinea and Nigeria have contacted GOMA to learn more about our keys to collaboration success.
Laura also joined representatives from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and West Coast Regional Ocean Partnerships on this month’s Capitol Beach podcast from the Coastal States Organization. They discussed the importance of Regional Ocean Partnerships and how authorization and funding from Congress could further increase regional collaboration. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the Coastal News Today website.
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Partner News
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program seeking board members
The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is searching for experts to serve on the Gulf Environmental Protection and Stewardship Board. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to serve on the Board through the online nomination form by August 18, 2021.
CORE program brings together oyster farmers and environmental researchers
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s “Concerned Oystermen Restoring Estuaries (CORE)” program was in the news this month with a new article and video highlighting the program’s successes. The CORE program provides aid to oyster farmers by buying surplus oysters and using them to jump-start the restoration of natural reefs.
Sea-level rise graphics library now available
The Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects (PLACE): Sea-Level Rise has released a new library of over 50 images and GIFs explaining sea-level rise. The library is available here and can be used for presentations, social media posts, and other outreach materials.
A new tool is released on the Gulf of Mexico's fish productivity
A new tool has been released to help coastal managers, researchers, and anyone of interest determine how many fish are produced in nurseries along the Gulf of Mexico. This tool was developed by The Nature Conservancy, University of Edinburgh, Northeastern University, U.S. Geological Survey, and NOAA Fisheries. To learn more or use the fish calculator, click here.
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2021 Events
Selected events include:
PLACE: Sea-Level Rise Advisory Workshop (virtual)
August 24th-25th, 2021
Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) Webinar (virtual)
August 25th, 2021
Marine Technology Society Port Security Summit: Oceans in Action 2021 (in-person, Biloxi, MS)
August 30th- September 2nd, 2021
Global Oceans 2021 (Hybrid- virtual/in-person, San Diego, CA)
September 20th-23rd, 2021
GOMA Team Mid-Year Meetings (Hybrid- virtual/in-person, Biloxi, MS)
September 21-23, 2021
GOMA Wednesday Webinar (virtual)
September 29th
Find links to these events and other virtual activities on our events page.
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1151 Robinson Street, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
July 2021
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