Regional Coordination
Department of the Interior leadership supports state-led priorities identified by regional ocean partnerships (ROPs) and other regional organizations.
For more information, please visit each regional partnership's webpage:
Alaska
Caribbean (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Caribbean Regional Ocean Partnership
Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Canada: Ontario, Québec)
Great Lakes Research Initiative
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers
Gulf of Maine (U.S. & Canada)
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
Gulf of America (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Gulf of America Alliance
Mid-Atlantic (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean
Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)
Northeast Regional Ocean Council
Pacific Islands (American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii)
Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Partnership
South Atlantic (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida)
Governors' South Atlantic Alliance
West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon)
West Coast Ocean Alliance