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• Maine needs aquaculture workers. This free program is training them.

  Press Clips | Bangor Daily News

• National Climate Assessment points to a wetter and hotter Northeast - The Boston Globe

  A massive new federal government report says revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harms that are already far-reaching and worsening across every …

  Press Clips | Boston Globe

• Incoming head of Gulf of Maine Research Institute brings international expertise

  Glenn Prickett will assume the role of CEO on Sept. 1, replacing former CEO Don Perkins, who announced the search for his successor along with …

  Press Clips | Mainebiz

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• NSF Names, Funds 12 New University-Led Regional Innovation Engines

  NSF has made another round of Regional Innovation Engines awards to 12 multi-partner teams across 20 states. Most of the teams are led by a …

  Press Clips | Forbes

• NSF awards $15M to launch New England Seafood Engine

  A new federally backed initiative aimed at strengthening the U.S. seafood industry is bringing $15 million to New England, with commercial fishermen expected to play …

  Press Clips | National Fishermen

• Volunteers are mapping Maine's missing mussels

  A community science effort led by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute is mapping mussel beds with the help of this weekend's extremely low tide.

  Press Clips | Maine Public

• Mussel beds are disappearing, and Maine scientists search tidal flats for clues

  The Gulf of Maine Research Institute is surveying former blue mussel hotspots to learn whether warming waters and invasive species are pushing them to deeper …

  Press Clips | NEWS CENTER Maine

• One solution for Maine's struggling fishing industry? Give fillets away for free

  Surging food costs and fuel prices are pummeling Maine's struggling groundfishing industry. But a pandemic-era program is helping to keep it afloat as inflation worsens, …

  Press Clips | kpbs

• Mapping Community Knowledge: How the Gulf of Maine Research Institute Uses Story Maps

  When climate data gets dense and technical, it can feel inaccessible to the communities who need it most.

  Press Clips | Geo Week News

• Breaking Barriers at 3rd Annual Findings from the Field Symposium - NASA Science

  This year's Findings from the Field Student Research Symposium welcomed 106 students, grades four through eight, 29 educators, and 15 Subject Matter Experts, and it …

  Press Clips | NASA Science

• Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters - Inside Climate News

  Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future.

  Press Clips | Inside Climate News

• School food service workers get 'reel' about Maine fish

  Maine school food service workers learned about fish.

  Press Clips | Saco Bay News

• Fish quality hub to help fishermen boost value, compete with imports

  Regional seafood businesses are closing or struggling to keep pace with a flood of international imports, even as local fisheries remain healthy and abundant. To …

  Press Clips | National Fishermen