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PublishedMarch 2, 2025
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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PublishedFebruary 27, 2025
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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PublishedJanuary 27, 2025
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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PublishedApril 29, 2024
‘Relatively cool’ year in Gulf of Maine still 5th hottest on record
The average temperature of 52.6 degrees was 1.9 degrees above the long-term average.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
A warming Gulf Stream is edging ever closer to shore
The shifting current may cause breakaway areas of warm water that raise temperatures in the Gulf of Maine for months at a time, a study finds.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2023
Gulf of Maine logged its 8th-hottest summer on record this year
But conditions in the gulf this summer were unusually cool when compared to recent years, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute said.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Last year was second warmest on record in Gulf of Maine
The average sea surface temperature in 2022 fell short by less than half a degree of setting a new mark for the hottest year, according to Portland-based researchers.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2022
2021 was the Gulf of Maine’s warmest year on record, scientists report
Average sea surface temperatures were 4.2 degrees above the long-term averages from before 2012, when ocean 'heat waves' became commonplace, continuing changes in the gulf ecosystem.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Gulf of Maine waters warmed to highest fall temperatures on record
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute reports that average sea surface temperatures in the gulf were more than 4 degrees above the long-term average.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Sale of Portland’s historic Union Wharf to research institute is finalized
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute said in November that it would buy the wharf, which dates to the 18th century.
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