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• An ocean ‘heat wave’ just drove temperatures off Maine to near-record highs

  There are “weird things happening in the Gulf of Maine,” a scientist says.

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• Buckfield teacher receives McCarthy Education Innovation Award

  PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute honored Buckfield Junior-Senior High School teacher Gretchen Kimball with the fifth annual McCarthy Education Innovation Award. GMRI …

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• Climate Change Brought a Lobster Boom. Now It Could Cause a Bust.

  Warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have benefited lobsters and the lobstermen who trap them. But as temperatures rise further, will the industry reach …

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• Demand for underused fish species grows slowly but surely in Maine

  The trend may have something to do with a three-year-old Gulf of Maine Research Institute effort to get restaurants to serve less-traditional catches.

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• Floating the idea of more Maine shellfish, everywhere

  As regional and global markets clamor for cold water shellfish, the state's producers look to expand their market base.

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• Portland, South Portland plan to fight against climate change

  Municipal officials hope to develop plans for each community to reduce carbon footprints and counter the effects of global warming.

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• Research Concludes Maine Conservation Technique Helped Drive Lobster Population Boom

  Lobster conservation techniques pioneered by Maine fishermen helped drive a population boom that's led to record landings this century. That's the

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• South Portland to study aquaculture potential of city-owned pier

  Consultants will survey existing pier facilities on Portland Harbor and assess potential demand from a booming aquaculture industry.

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• Scientist Steve Eayrs knows how to build a better fish trap

  It helps that he got his start as a fisherman.

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• Is It Time To Catch The Wave Of Rebounding Atlantic Bluefin Tuna?

  New England fishers say it's been decades since they've hauled in so many tuna, and some in the industry are urging higher quotas. But some …

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