Projects
We advance our mission across all our commitments through a variety of projects designed to serve and support our stakeholders. Search and explore hundreds of projects to learn more about our on-the-ground impacts in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.
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Using Satellite Data to Support Sustainable Fisheries
We are working to develop a Fisheries and Climate Toolkit (FaCeT) to track and forecast fisheries-relevant physical and biological ocean features that will inform dynamic …
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Atlantic Salmon in a Changing Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem
Atlantic salmon populations in North America and Europe have declined dramatically in recent decades, threatening the viability of many populations. Key drivers in the Northwest …
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Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in Lobster Fishing Communities
Using the American lobster fishery as a case study, we will draw lessons from community experiences through a downturn in lobster populations in Southern New …
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SNAPP: Climate Resilient Fisheries Working Group
This SNAPP working group will play a key role in developing guidance on management approaches, processes, and tools that can operationalize and implement resilience principles …
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Climate Adaptation Strategies for Northeast U.S. Fishing Communities
We are leading several interdisciplinary projects to provide community-scale information that can be used to guide adaptation and planning for future ecosystem and fishery changes. …
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Simulating Cod Management Alternatives
Atlantic cod in U.S. waters are managed as two distinct stocks. Recently, however, an interdisciplinary review revealed that the current stock boundaries do not align …
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Understanding Climate Impacts on the Maine Coastal Fish and Invertebrate Community
The goal of this study is to synthesize data collected through the ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey, and place it in the context of other surveys …
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Developing an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
The goal of this study is to develop an integrated ecosystem assessment (IEA) focused on characterizing the status and trends of the fishery ecosystem in …
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Marine and Coastal Phenology: Temperature, Phytoplankton, and Fish
Changes in phenology, or the seasonal timing of recurring events, are familiar to many terrestrial observers as shifts in leaf-out or blooming dates, for example. …
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Casco Bay Aquatic Systems Survey (CBASS)
CBASS, a long-term monitoring effort led by GMRI, helps us gain a better understanding of the pace and direction of changes taking place in the …
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Assessing Allocation Strategies for Fisheries Affected by Climate Change
Our project aims to develop guidance and adaptive strategies for fishery managers grappling with climate change induced allocation challenges.
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Evaluating the Importance of Chub Mackerel in the Diet of Highly Migratory Species
Our project seeks to investigate the foraging ecology of marlins (blue, white, round-scale spearfish) and tunas (bigeye, yellowfin) along the East Coast to identify the …