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• 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

• An Update for Sea State

  Last summer, we relaunched Sea State, our series featuring expert speakers on topics central to the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and economy.

  Announcements | 2 min Read

• Modeling Change: A LabVenture Experience for Adults

  Over the last decade, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's LabVenture program has provided hands-on science learning to over 150,000 Maine middle schoolers. During that …

  Announcements | 1 min Read

• New Accessibility Features, Recognition for LabVenture

  Last year, we launched an all-new LabVenture experience, including updated content and state-of-the-art technology. After a little more than a year and 14,000 students served, …

  Announcements | 2 min Read

• Climate Updates and Adaptation

  This year, Dr. Kathy Mills and a team of collaborators continued their ongoing work exploring vulnerabilities and responses of Northeast U.S. fishing communities to shifting …

  Announcements | 2 min Read

• Big Data, Big Opportunity for Climate & Fisheries

  Our collective ability to accurately assess and forecast fish abundance is critical to the biological and economic sustainability of the Gulf of Maine.

  Announcements | 3 min Read

• New Study Reveals ‘Surprising Surprises’

  A study published by GMRI scientists and collaborators in 2019 shows how marine ecosystems around the world are experiencing unusually high ocean temperatures more frequently …

  Announcements | 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

• Maine’s oceans affected by climate change

  The United Nation’s (UN) 25th annual Conference of the Parties (COP25) — a meeting of nearly 200 countries to discuss international action on climate change …

  Press Clips | Portland Press Herald