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![Green sea kelp hangs off of a black line being pulled out of the water.]()
Maine-Grown Kelp: Opportunity & Impact
In the United States, the Gulf of Maine is the only region where fresh kelp is produced and sold at scale. We checked in with …
Perspectives
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![Employees of Bangs Island Mussels in Casco Bay work on mussel rafts on the water.]()
Aquaculture 101
Aquaculture is quickly gaining popularity in our region, so we created a brief overview for you about what aquaculture is and its role in the …
Perspectives
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![Chief Education Officer Leigh Peake shares the LabVenture experience with an audience at South by Southwest Learn By Design competition in Austin, Texas.]()
Showcasing LabVenture on the National Stage
In March, our all-new LabVenture program was honored as a finalist for the SXSW EDU Learn by Design competition in Austin, TX. The SXSW EDU® …
Tidings
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Findings From the Field Vol. 1.
Findings from the Field is science journal specifically targeted to engage Maine student researchers. Participating in Findings motivates students to engage in and communicate about …
Announcements
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![A small white boat moving to the right in a wide open, blue ocean, beneath a blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds.]()
Outside the Lab with GMRI Researchers
2017 was a busy year for the Research team, both inside and outside the lab. On top of all the modeling, dissections, otolith milling, fishing …
Announcements
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![Chief Scientific Officer Andy Pershing poses outside in the sunlight for a portrait in front of a marina, wearing a blue vest with Gulf of Maine Research Institute written on the upper left.]()
Exploring the Impacts of El Niño
Early last year, everybody wanted to know about El Niño. What is it? How does it affect ocean temperatures? With these questions swirling, Chief Scientific …
Perspectives
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![An aqua blue background lies behind line-drawn, white icons of a school, a fishing boat, and fish at the bottom of the sea. In the top right, there is an icon in white that looks like an earlobe, and the words "The Sounding Line" appear in white in the bottom left.]()
Local Seafood and the Supply Chain
We need to level the playing field in the massive global seafood marketplace. Many people care about maintaining working waterfronts in this region long into …
The Sounding Line
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![Dozens of educators convene to share resources, ideas, and network.]()
The Impact of Learning Ecosystems Northeast
Learning Ecosystems Northeast (LENE) is a NASA-funded collaborative partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), 4-H, Maine State Libraries, Wabanaki Youth in Science, …
Perspectives
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![Blue text reading "Gulf of Maine" is positioned above green text that says "Seafood Celebration", all overlaid onto a background of gray lines that depict a fisherman hauling in a net with a boat, the ocean, and a rising sun behind him]()
Community Celebrates Gulf of Maine Seafood
On a Thursday evening in late April, over 200 guests joined us for our fourth annual Seafood Celebration. Attendees enjoyed Gulf of Maine seafood prepared …
Tidings
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![A white boat drifts on blue water next to a line of floating cages.]()
Aquaculture Analysis Shows Opportunity for Maine
In a report published this fall, our aquaculture program team announced important findings from their recently completed market analysis for farmed shellfish in Maine.
Tidings
Maine-Grown Kelp: Opportunity & Impact
In the United States, the Gulf of Maine is the only region where fresh kelp is produced and sold at scale. We checked in with …
Perspectives
Aquaculture 101
Aquaculture is quickly gaining popularity in our region, so we created a brief overview for you about what aquaculture is and its role in the …
Perspectives
Showcasing LabVenture on the National Stage
In March, our all-new LabVenture program was honored as a finalist for the SXSW EDU Learn by Design competition in Austin, TX. The SXSW EDU® …
Tidings
Findings From the Field Vol. 1.
Findings from the Field is science journal specifically targeted to engage Maine student researchers. Participating in Findings motivates students to engage in and communicate about …
Announcements
Outside the Lab with GMRI Researchers
2017 was a busy year for the Research team, both inside and outside the lab. On top of all the modeling, dissections, otolith milling, fishing …
Announcements
Exploring the Impacts of El Niño
Early last year, everybody wanted to know about El Niño. What is it? How does it affect ocean temperatures? With these questions swirling, Chief Scientific …
Perspectives
Local Seafood and the Supply Chain
We need to level the playing field in the massive global seafood marketplace. Many people care about maintaining working waterfronts in this region long into …
The Sounding Line
The Impact of Learning Ecosystems Northeast
Learning Ecosystems Northeast (LENE) is a NASA-funded collaborative partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), 4-H, Maine State Libraries, Wabanaki Youth in Science, …
Perspectives
Community Celebrates Gulf of Maine Seafood
On a Thursday evening in late April, over 200 guests joined us for our fourth annual Seafood Celebration. Attendees enjoyed Gulf of Maine seafood prepared …
Tidings
Aquaculture Analysis Shows Opportunity for Maine
In a report published this fall, our aquaculture program team announced important findings from their recently completed market analysis for farmed shellfish in Maine.
Tidings