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• Gulf of Maine Research Institute names new president and CEO, Glenn Prickett

  NEW HIRES Glenn Prickett was named president and CEO of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland. Prickett brings to his new role over …

  Press Clips | The Portland Press Herald

• 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

• Running with the alewives of the Presumpscot River

  Federal fishery managers rated alewives at low risk of extinction in a 2019 study. But the recovery has a long way to go.

  Press Clips | The Maine Monitor

• Proposal would provide $4 million in state aid to owner of Union Wharf

  The money would offset the value lost when the owner, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, adopts an easement to restrict future development.

  Press Clips | Press Herald

• Publix, Ahold highlight new sustainable products and initiatives during Earth Month

  U.S. grocery chains featuring new sustainable and traceable seafood.

  Press Clips | Seafood Source

• Spring ocean temperatures are shockingly hot around the globe. Scientists aren’t sure what happens next.

  Warmer oceans have negative impacts on marine life and coastal ecosystems and drive extreme weather patterns, more ice melt and rising sea levels.

  Press Clips | USA TODAY

• Lewiston students learn coding through robotics partnership

  The program is unique in that it brings together educators and researcher to create activities which connect math and computing.

  Press Clips | Lewiston Sun Journal

• Sarah Long travels to Antarctica: The connection between the warming Gulf of Maine and the Arctic

  In January of this year, while it was still summer in the southern hemisphere, I packed my bags and made the days long trip to …

  Press Clips | WMTW

• Gulf of Maine sees second-hottest year on record, report shows, ‘getting to the edge of habitability’ - The Boston Globe

  The acceleration in warming could bring mass mortality events for marine species, threaten New England’s food supply, and contribute to rising sea levels, experts warned.

  Press Clips | BostonGlobe.com

• New report finds last year was second hottest on record in the Gulf of Maine — just behind 2021

  A new report from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute shows that last year was the second warmest year on record in the Gulf of …

  Press Clips | Maine Public