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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Federal commission considers increasing legal size of lobsters to protect fishery
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will consider new regulations when it meets Tuesday in Virginia.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
Are the whales leaving? Gulf of Maine research raises questions about new lobstering rules
The endangered North Atlantic right whale's preferred food source is moving north, out of Maine waters. Lobstermen say the change warrants a second look at new fishing restrictions set to take effect May 1.
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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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PublishedNovember 12, 2021
Environmentalists can continue with lawsuit to protect whales
The groups want to expand areas and times in which a vessel speed limit applies, make the speed limits mandatory, and apply them to small and large vessels.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
Research station rises on Penobscot Bay island
The $1 million facility by the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership will be the first offshore research facility in Penobscot Bay and only the second in the entire Gulf of Maine.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2019
Kelp, the forests of the sea, vanishing from southern Maine as Gulf warms
Fish don’t much like the scrubby invasive seaweeds that are replacing them, researchers find.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2019
Transportation bond passed by voters will benefit Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The science nonprofit will receive $1 million to restore a crumbling pier on the Portland waterfront.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2019
Hundreds of scientists gather in Portland to address climate change in the Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium is aimed at sharing the latest science on ocean acidification and rising sea levels and ocean temperatures.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2019
Maine lobster landings ‘are way off,’ down 40% from last year
Fishermen had landed less than 50 million pounds by the end of September, a 38% decline from the 5-year average. The state's top fishing regulator says ‘that doesn't mean the sky is falling.’
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