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• Five Steps To Support Local Seafood

  Here are five simple steps you can take to support the people and businesses who work so hard to provide us with delicious local seafood.

  Perspectives | 5 min Read

• For Rural Teachers, Nothing New About Physical Distance

  Learn more about our Regional Teacher Communities, which connect teachers from remote areas of the state to share STEM teaching experiences.

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Supporting Regional Fisheries

  Our Fisheries Technical Assistance Program (FTAP) provides a range of technical, convening and innovation services to New England’s commercial fishing industry to promote the long-term …

  Perspectives | 7 min Read

• Collaborations Fuel Aquaculture Progress

  With support from a wide network of collaborators, our Aquaculture team advanced three important projects this year, including a workforce development strategy, an entrepreneur development …

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Students Publish Findings

  We invite Maine students to take part in this tradition by contributing to Findings from the Field — a new journal of original scientific research …

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Gulf of Maine Temperature Update: Normal Is the New Cold

  Around this time each year, our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Andrew Pershing, likes to share an update about conditions in the Gulf of Maine. Dr. …

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Understanding Bluefin Tuna

  Bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Maine are a critically important species, both biologically and commercially.

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Updates on Aquaculture

  2018 was a year of partnerships, progress, and growth for our aquaculture team. We took on local infrastructure projects, state-level growth initiatives, and workforce development …

  Perspectives | 4 min Read

• Electronic Monitoring Expansion

  To comply with federal regulations, fishermen in the Gulf of Maine are monitored by fisheries observers — people who ride along with fishermen to collect …

  Perspectives | 3 min Read

• Communities Face Rising Seas

  Our sea level rise program Coastal Resiliency Informed by Science and Experience (CRISE) brings local relevancy to global scientific data through local history, maps, and …

  Perspectives | 3 min Read