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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. …
Science
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![Three fishermen in orange stand on the back of a trawling boat, while a green net stretches out behind the boat towards the camera. Gulls flock in the foreground, waiting for food.]()
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 …
Science
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![Sea water flooding a parking lot in front of a pier with fishing vessels]()
Coastal Flooding Community Science
Our coastal flooding project provides local residents with guidance on how to contribute observations that will help pinpoint high-risk flooding areas in our communities. Community …
Community
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![Researchers on a beach standing in the water pulling a seine net from the water back on a boat with another researcher helping them with the net in the background]()
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 …
Science
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Climate Change and Fisheries Systems
Climate change is causing direct, indirect, and cascading impacts on marine social-ecological systems, including fisheries, with the intensity, frequency, extent, and duration of these impacts …
Science
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Understanding the Problem and Setting Goals
Consider the reasons for and importance of adaptation planning for your community.
Science
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![Three lobster boats sit next to a dock facing the camera, loaded with different colored lobster traps. The dock is on the left of the photo, and the boats are on the right. The boat in the foreground is black, the middle boat is teal, and the boat in the back is white. A man in orange waders weaves through the lobster traps on the dock and is walking toward the middle boat.]()
NSPIRE: Bringing Technological Innovation to Fisheries and Seafood
NSPIRE will address the economic, environmental, and policy challenges threatening New England’s seafood industry through technological innovation that strengthens boat-to-plate initiatives and collaborative science across …
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Improving Lobster Distribution Models
We are advancing models to describe observed patterns and project lobster distribution and abundance under changing ecosystem conditions. Our work will also synthesize results from …
Science
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Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
Our project will work to develop widely applicable general management strategies that promote the conservation of shifting marine fish stocks, and support the ability of …
Science
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![Maine teachers — one a man in a green hat and a bright pink shirt, and the other a woman in a salmon colored shirt — converse at light brown table at a teacher workshop.]()
Educator Professional Development
Across our education efforts we work to support teachers and educators with professional learning experiences that serve to help them engage students in more authentic …
Education
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. …
Science
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 …
Science
Coastal Flooding Community Science
Our coastal flooding project provides local residents with guidance on how to contribute observations that will help pinpoint high-risk flooding areas in our communities. Community …
Community
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 …
Science
Climate Change and Fisheries Systems
Climate change is causing direct, indirect, and cascading impacts on marine social-ecological systems, including fisheries, with the intensity, frequency, extent, and duration of these impacts …
Science
Understanding the Problem and Setting Goals
Consider the reasons for and importance of adaptation planning for your community.
Science
NSPIRE: Bringing Technological Innovation to Fisheries and Seafood
NSPIRE will address the economic, environmental, and policy challenges threatening New England’s seafood industry through technological innovation that strengthens boat-to-plate initiatives and collaborative science across …
Improving Lobster Distribution Models
We are advancing models to describe observed patterns and project lobster distribution and abundance under changing ecosystem conditions. Our work will also synthesize results from …
Science
Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
Our project will work to develop widely applicable general management strategies that promote the conservation of shifting marine fish stocks, and support the ability of …
Science
Educator Professional Development
Across our education efforts we work to support teachers and educators with professional learning experiences that serve to help them engage students in more authentic …
Education