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Marine/Ocean ConservationAdopt A Shoreline Alewives Anonymous, Inc. - P.O. Box 42, Rochester, MA, 02770 President: Arthur F. Benner, Tel: (508)763-2024 Email: abenner@gis.net Encourages, promotes, and supports efforts to preserve and increase the alewife fishery resources in the Mattapoisett and Sippican Rivers in the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester, Massachusetts. Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources - Avon, MA Coonamessett River Park Coalition - Contact our Steering Committee: Wendi Buesseler 508-540-8162 or bisler@adelphia.net Neponset River Watershed Association - 490 Chapman Street, Suite 1B, Canton, MA 02021
Phone:781-575-0354 Fax:781-575-9971 Email: staff@neponset.org
Sponsors the Citizen Water Monitoring Network with volunteers sampling 41 sites along the Neponset River, collecting data on the health of the river.
Coalition for Buzzards Bay - P.O. Box 3006, New Bedford, MA 02741-3006, Phone: (508)999-6363 Taunton River Watershed Alliance - P.O. Box 146, Bridgewater, MA 02324, Phone: (508)697-5700 Westport River Watershed Alliance - P.O. Box 3427, 1151 Main Road, Westport, MA 02790 Palmer River Watershed Alliance - Narragansett Bay & Mt. Hope Bay Shore Watershed. 151 Anawan St. Rehoboth, MA 02769 Ten Mile River Watershed Alliance - P.O. Box 823, Attleboro, MA 02705 Three Bays Preservation - PO Box 215, Osterville MA 02655 Tel: 508-420-0780 or 866-313-bays Fax: 508-420-4489 Email: info@3bays.org Tisbury Waterways, Inc. - PO Box 4375, Vineyard Haven MA 02568 Tel: 508-693-9309 Organization for the protection and improvement of the waterways in Tisbury. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Information Office Co-op Building, MS #16, Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: (508)548-1400 Fax: (508)457-2034 Friends of Sengekontacket, Inc. - PO Box 740, Edgartown MA 02539 Tel: 508-627-6966 Fax: 508-627-5833 Friends of Sengekontacket, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed to protect water quality in the Pond and to develop a comprehensive long term preservation plan for this 750 acre coastal tract. Ocean Arks - 10 Shanks Pond Road, Falmouth, MA 02540 Tel: 508-548-8161 Email: info@oceanarks.org Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore - P.O. Box 550, Wellfleet, MA 02667 Tel:(508)349-3785 ext.402 Email: info@fccns.org Vineyard Environmental Research Institute - RFD Box 222, Katama, Edgartown MA 02539 Tel: 508-627-4929 Environmental and water research organization. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program's South Coastal Region - 20 Riverside Drive, Lakeville, MA 02347-1676 Contact: David Janik, CZM South Coastal Regional Coordinator Phone: (508) 946-8990 Fax: (508) 946-2796 Email: david.janik@state.ma.us Mission is to balance the impact of human activities with the protection of coastal and marine resources through planning, public involvement, education, research, and sound resource management. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program's Cape Cod & Islands Region - P.O. Box 220 Barnstable, MA 02630-0220 Contact: Truman Henson,CZM Cape Cod & Islands Regional Coordinator Tel: (508) 362-1760 Fax: (508) 362-1698 Email: truman.henson@state.ma.us Sea Education Association - P.O. Box 6, Falmouth, MA 02543, Woods Hole, MA, 800-552-3633. Old-style sailing ships are employed to teach sailing fundamentals, oceanography, nautical science, maritime studies, celestial navigation, piloting, marine laboratory procedures, problem solving and critical thinking. OceanQuest - P.O. Box 1450, Falmouth, MA 02641, East Dennis, Tel: 508-385-7656 or 800-376-2326 Waquoit Bay National Esturarine Research Reserve - PO Box 3092, 149 Waquoit Highway, Waquoit, MA 02536 Tel: 508-457-0495 Fax: 617-727-5537 E-mail: Waquoit.Bay@state.ma.us Westport Bay Scallop Restoration Project New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park - 33 William Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Visitor Information: 508-996-4095, Headquarters: 508-996-4469 Fax: 508-994-8922 New Bedford Whaling Museum - 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740-6398 Tel:(508) 997-0046 Fax:(508) 997-0018 Library Fax:(508) 994-4350 The First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative - Director: Lance Van Lenten Tel: 781-545-5987 EMail: LnKrs@comcast.net The North and South Rivers Watershed Association - PO Box 43, Norwell, MA 02061 Tel: 781-659-8168 Email: nsrwa@aol.com Fishing peopleWestport Fishermen's Association - PO Box 83, Westport Point , MA 02791 Tel: 508-636-1456 Email: jamgirard@msn.com The Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association - 210 Orleans Road, North Chatham, MA 02650 Tel: 508-945-2432 Fax: 508-945-0981 Email: contact@ccchfa.org Vineyard Seaman's Society/MV Seafaring Center - A Branch of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, 110 Main Street, PO Box 1821, Vineyard Haven MA 02568 Tel: 508-693-9317 Provides training, advocacy, and services to seafarers. Maintains the Bethel Collection, a maritime museum, and owns and operates two cemeteries on the Island. Greater New Bedford Fishermen's Family Assistance Center - 46 Foster Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Tel: 508-979-1791 Fax: 508-961-3018 - Aids in retraining families, who have been in the fishing business most of their lives. United Fishermans Club - 639 Orchard Street, New Bedford , MA Tel:(508) 994-5883 New Bedford Seafood Coalition - 19 Weaver Street, New Bedford, MA Tel:(508) 997-0013 Azorean Maritime Heritage Society - has constructed two Azorean whaleboats to raise awareness of the maritime history of the Azorean community on both sides of the Atlantic. For more information, contact the New Bedford Whaling Museum at (508) 997-0046, x. 118 or Azorean Maritime Heritage Society at (508) 993-0435. Merchant Mariners Club - 26 Wing St , New Bedford , MA (508) 999-7260 New Bedford Fish Lumper's - 60 N Water Street, New Bedford, MA Tel: (508) 999-5258 Barnstable Association for Recreational Shellfishing (B.A.R.S.) - comprised of volunteers and advocates with issues that relate to recreational shellfishing in the Town of Barnstable. P.O. Box 57, West Barnstable 02668 EventsWorking Waterfront Festival - September, Fisherman's Pier — Merrill's Wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts |
