Chefs say now’s the time to avail yourself of this delicacy. The season opened at the start of June.
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10th annual Walk the Working Waterfront celebrates Portland’s coastal culture
Despite some rain, Saturday’s event gave participants a window into the wider world of modern commercial fishing and aquaculture.
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Tracking Maine’s wild mussel beds: Declining or retreating into the deep?
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute would like the public to help hunt for wild mussel beds below the low-tide line.
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Gulf of Maine’s bottom waters expected to cool this season
Forecasters expect the deeper zones of the Gulf to be between 0.9 and 1.8 degrees colder than average this season.
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Artists use midnight performance to draw attention to rising seas
A group of painters, dancers and sculptors gathered on the Portland waterfront in the middle of the night as an unusually high tide flooded parking lots and piers.
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Maine’s groundfishing industry is in decline. Saving it is complicated.
Dozens of fishermen have left the industry after years of struggling to make a living.
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Warming slows in Gulf of Maine but temperatures remain high
The ocean off New England is home to some of the country’s most valuable seafood species and is critical to the American lobster industry.
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Here’s what the latest global climate assessment means for Maine
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a new global assessment outlining a path toward a sustainable future. Dr. Kanae Tokunaga of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute was one of two experts from the U.S. chosen to contribute. Here’s her take on what ‘transformative change’ could mean for working waterfronts.
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Attend a talk on how Maine fishery species will cope with warming waters
The talk, at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Nov. 20, will address the topic.
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Nature meets education at Edgecomb private school
Can frolicking in the woods beat prepping for exams? Educators at the Center for Teaching and Learning think so.