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Scientists, Anglers Partner to Research Striped Bass
This year, our Research team recruited anglers, fishing guides, and captains to participate in this study. In 2016, 44 of these citizen scientists helped compile …
Announcements | 3 min Read
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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 | 3 min Read
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Surface to Seafloor: GMRI Researchers Lead Ecosystem Survey
Most of us only get to experience the ocean as it appears to us on the surface. As for what’s below, that’s always been part …
Perspectives | 4 min Read
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Seafood Team Extends Reach in Boston
In their efforts to build demand for responsibly harvested seafood from the Gulf of Maine, our Seafood team works throughout the bioregion. They work with …
Announcements | 3 min Read
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Local Fish on a Roll: Gulf of Maine Fishermen Think Sushi
If you’re like many Americans, you’re probably a big fan of sushi. But did you know that the seafood served in American sushi restaurants is …
Announcements | 4 min Read
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Advancing Aquaculture: Our Role in an Emerging Industry
In recent years, GMRI has begun a new aquaculture program, focused on growing this emerging industry in the Gulf of Maine. Below, President & CEO …
Perspectives | 2 min Read
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Teachers, Students Engaging in Citizen Science
Whether in our lab, in the classroom, or out in the field, our Education team is working with students and teachers around the state to …
Perspectives | 3 min Read
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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 | 1 min Read
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Owen Nichols Receives John Annala Fishery Leadership Award
In October, our research team presented the John Annala Fishery Leadership Award to Owen Nichols. The award, named for our first Chief Scientific Officer, is …
Tidings | 1 min Read
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Voices of the Gulf of Maine: The Oyster Farmer
Mook Sea Farm is an oyster farm founded in 1985 on the Damariscotta River in Midcoast Maine. There, owner and operator Bill Mook unites a …
Voices of the Gulf of Maine | 1 min Read