SOCAN &
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Acidification Network Stakeholder Feedback Project
A SOCAN-GCAN collaboration across the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico regions to support the efforts of the National Coastal Communities Vulnerability Assessment and the National Monitoring and Prioritization Plan. The Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Program Director played an advisory roll on this project and is a both a SOCAN and GCAN stakeholder.
The full report on vulnerabilities of coastal communities was released by the White House in September of 2023. The full report is available here. This report details the potential impacts of acidification in coastal US waters.
You can read Executive Summaries of the chapters for the Gulf of Mexico and the Southeast US report here.
The final report, linked here, for the Stakeholder Feedback project was completed in January of 2024. Stakeholders from across the Gulf of Mexico and the Southeast responded to this survey. The report was used to help inform the national coastal acidification monitoring priorities report, which is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024.
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Gulf of Mexico Coastal Acidification Network
GCAN, hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS), is a collaboration of regional efforts among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), as well as other federal and state resource managers, industry partners, researchers and other stakeholders throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Social and Environmental Vulnerabilities
SOCAN and GCAN are actively collecting information on social and environmental vulnerabilities in the US Southeast (SE) and Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in response to the Intergovernmental Working Group on Ocean Acidification's (IWGOA) request for nationwide CAN engagement in identifying ocean acidification vulnerabilities, research, and monitoring priorities.
The full report on vulnerabilities of coastal communities, as of November 17, 2022 is still under review for submission to the White House. You can read Executive Summaries of the chapters for the Gulf of Mexico and the Southeast US report here.
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