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We had a good time celebrating Khmer New Year in Westbrook and spreading the love for local seafood with Khmer Maine and Watt Samaki. #kny2024
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We had a good time celebrating Khmer New Year in Westbrook and spreading the love for local seafood with Khmer Maine and Watt Samaki. #kny2024
Today is School Lunch Hero Day! We're celebrating the men and women who provide healthy and nutritious meals to students in school cafeterias! These superstar School Lunch Heroes help our Sea-to-School program flourish.
Learn more:
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
Learn more:
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today is School Lunch Hero Day! We're celebrating the men and women who provide healthy and nutritious meals to students in school cafeterias! These superstar School Lunch Heroes help our Sea-to-School program flourish.
Learn more:
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
Learn more:
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
It’s #WorldTunaDay! You can feel good about eating Atlantic Bluefin Tuna from the Gulf of Maine — it's one of the most carefully managed fisheries in the world!
Read more:
gmri.org/stories/tuna-s…
Read more:
gmri.org/stories/tuna-s…
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s #WorldTunaDay! You can feel good about eating Atlantic Bluefin Tuna from the Gulf of Maine — it's one of the most carefully managed fisheries in the world!
Read more:
gmri.org/stories/tuna-s…
Read more:
gmri.org/stories/tuna-s…
📣 Upcoming Event 📣
Alewife will be flowing through Maine waterways on their annual spawning run soon! Join us & Presumpscot Regional Land Trust on a guided walk along their migration route!
🗓️ June 4
🕙 10 AM
📍Mill Brook Preserve
Save your spot:
gmri.org/events/alewife…
Alewife will be flowing through Maine waterways on their annual spawning run soon! Join us & Presumpscot Regional Land Trust on a guided walk along their migration route!
🗓️ June 4
🕙 10 AM
📍Mill Brook Preserve
Save your spot:
gmri.org/events/alewife…
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📣 Upcoming Event 📣
Alewife will be flowing through Maine waterways on their annual spawning run soon! Join us & Presumpscot Regional Land Trust on a guided walk along their migration route!
🗓️ June 4
🕙 10 AM
📍Mill Brook Preserve
Save your spot:
gmri.org/events/alewife…
Alewife will be flowing through Maine waterways on their annual spawning run soon! Join us & Presumpscot Regional Land Trust on a guided walk along their migration route!
🗓️ June 4
🕙 10 AM
📍Mill Brook Preserve
Save your spot:
gmri.org/events/alewife…
TONIGHT: Catch our own Dr. Dave Reidmiller's interview with Rob Caldwell for News Center Maine's 207. They discuss unprecedented levels of ocean warming observed globally and here in the Gulf of Maine, as well as the drivers and impacts of the devastating January 2024 storms.
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
TONIGHT: Catch our own Dr. Dave Reidmiller's interview with Rob Caldwell for News Center Maine's 207. They discuss unprecedented levels of ocean warming observed globally and here in the Gulf of Maine, as well as the drivers and impacts of the devastating January 2024 storms.
Community science for night owls! 🦉
Freeport led a high tide coastal meetup AT MIDNIGHT on April 10 to observe flooding at Upper Mast Landing. We saw signs of erosion at a site frequented by recreational water users.
Share your observations here:
investigate.gmri.org/project/coasta…
Freeport led a high tide coastal meetup AT MIDNIGHT on April 10 to observe flooding at Upper Mast Landing. We saw signs of erosion at a site frequented by recreational water users.
Share your observations here:
investigate.gmri.org/project/coasta…
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Community science for night owls! 🦉
Freeport led a high tide coastal meetup AT MIDNIGHT on April 10 to observe flooding at Upper Mast Landing. We saw signs of erosion at a site frequented by recreational water users.
Share your observations here:
investigate.gmri.org/project/coasta…
Freeport led a high tide coastal meetup AT MIDNIGHT on April 10 to observe flooding at Upper Mast Landing. We saw signs of erosion at a site frequented by recreational water users.
Share your observations here:
investigate.gmri.org/project/coasta…
Join us tomorrow at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick to learn from an expert panel about how we can plan for a more resilient future in the face of climate change.
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Join us tomorrow at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick to learn from an expert panel about how we can plan for a more resilient future in the face of climate change.
Through 2023, we continued tackling complex ocean challenges, and we couldn't have done it without our donors. Our accomplishments are a result of their dedication to the economic and ecological well-being of the Gulf of Maine. 💪
Read the report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
Read the report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Through 2023, we continued tackling complex ocean challenges, and we couldn't have done it without our donors. Our accomplishments are a result of their dedication to the economic and ecological well-being of the Gulf of Maine. 💪
Read the report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
Read the report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
We're so grateful for all of the dedicated partners, researchers, community members, and organizations that we collaborated with last year - and we're proud of what we achieved together!
Check out some of our favorite stories in our 2023 Annual Report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
Check out some of our favorite stories in our 2023 Annual Report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We're so grateful for all of the dedicated partners, researchers, community members, and organizations that we collaborated with last year - and we're proud of what we achieved together!
Check out some of our favorite stories in our 2023 Annual Report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
Check out some of our favorite stories in our 2023 Annual Report:
gmri.org/our-approach/r…
Each year, we host a symposium to celebrate the student scientists who contribute their research to our middle school science journal, Findings from the Field! On March 18th, 65 students will presenting their work at GMRI!
Learn more:
gmri.org/findings
Learn more:
gmri.org/findings
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Each year, we host a symposium to celebrate the student scientists who contribute their research to our middle school science journal, Findings from the Field! On March 18th, 65 students will presenting their work at GMRI!
Learn more:
gmri.org/findings
Learn more:
gmri.org/findings
We've started processing environmental DNA samples in our newly built molecular lab! This new molecular capability represents a big leap forward for our ecosystem surveys and will contribute crucial data to many other research initiatives here at GMRI.
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We've started processing environmental DNA samples in our newly built molecular lab! This new molecular capability represents a big leap forward for our ecosystem surveys and will contribute crucial data to many other research initiatives here at GMRI.
Wow, that went by fast! We had such a blast at the #MaineFishermensForum this weekend engaging with fishermen across New England. Our region depends so heavily on these hardworking folks and we are excited to continue providing them our steadfast support. See you next year!
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wow, that went by fast! We had such a blast at the #MaineFishermensForum this weekend engaging with fishermen across New England. Our region depends so heavily on these hardworking folks and we are excited to continue providing them our steadfast support. See you next year!
Can’t wait to see you all at one of our sessions at the #MaineFishermensForum today – we’ll be talking about increasing the value of seafood, working waterfronts & coastal access, and eDNA. Swing by if you can or stop by our booth!
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can’t wait to see you all at one of our sessions at the #MaineFishermensForum today – we’ll be talking about increasing the value of seafood, working waterfronts & coastal access, and eDNA. Swing by if you can or stop by our booth!
One of our goals is to increase the amount of local seafood served in public school cafeterias across New England. Make sure to check out the session at the #MaineFishermensForum today to learn more about our Sea to School work!
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
One of our goals is to increase the amount of local seafood served in public school cafeterias across New England. Make sure to check out the session at the #MaineFishermensForum today to learn more about our Sea to School work!
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
gmri.org/projects/sea-t…
We’re here at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum! Stop by our booth to learn more about all of the work we’re doing with the Gulf of Maine fishing community or to just say hello!
#MaineFishermensForum
#MaineFishermensForum
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We’re here at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum! Stop by our booth to learn more about all of the work we’re doing with the Gulf of Maine fishing community or to just say hello!
#MaineFishermensForum
#MaineFishermensForum
Marine biodiversity is reflective of a healthy marine ecosystem, which is why it’s so important for us to understand why biodiversity in our region is decreasing. Watch the video to learn how we measure biodiversity and what we’ve discovered so far.
gmri.org/stories/gulf-o…
gmri.org/stories/gulf-o…
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Marine biodiversity is reflective of a healthy marine ecosystem, which is why it’s so important for us to understand why biodiversity in our region is decreasing. Watch the video to learn how we measure biodiversity and what we’ve discovered so far.
gmri.org/stories/gulf-o…
gmri.org/stories/gulf-o…
📣 From February 9 – 12 the Gulf of Maine will be experiencing high tide conditions. Check out our resources and recommendations for how to prepare for high tide events, as well as what to expect over this weekend. 🌊
See details here:
mailchi.mp/gmri/high-tide…
See details here:
mailchi.mp/gmri/high-tide…
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
📣 From February 9 – 12 the Gulf of Maine will be experiencing high tide conditions. Check out our resources and recommendations for how to prepare for high tide events, as well as what to expect over this weekend. 🌊
See details here:
mailchi.mp/gmri/high-tide…
See details here:
mailchi.mp/gmri/high-tide…
Atlantic bluefin tuna play a big role recreationally & ecologically as they migrate from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Maine. Join our next Sea State with Walt Golet to learn more about this elusive yet important species!
🗓️ Jan 24 @ 5:30pm
Sign up:
bit.ly/4aUufBj
🗓️ Jan 24 @ 5:30pm
Sign up:
bit.ly/4aUufBj
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Atlantic bluefin tuna play a big role recreationally & ecologically as they migrate from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Maine. Join our next Sea State with Walt Golet to learn more about this elusive yet important species!
🗓️ Jan 24 @ 5:30pm
Sign up:
bit.ly/4aUufBj
🗓️ Jan 24 @ 5:30pm
Sign up:
bit.ly/4aUufBj
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how Atlantic bluefin #tuna are responding to changes in their environment – from ecosystem shifts to human influences to population dynamics!
bit.ly/4aUufBj
bit.ly/4aUufBj
February 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how Atlantic bluefin #tuna are responding to changes in their environment – from ecosystem shifts to human influences to population dynamics!
bit.ly/4aUufBj
bit.ly/4aUufBj
We pair students with GMRI researchers engaged in a range of climate, ecosystem, fisheries, oceanographic, economic, and interdisciplinary studies. Students then have the chance to work with their mentors to design and conduct a 10-week independent research project.
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We pair students with GMRI researchers engaged in a range of climate, ecosystem, fisheries, oceanographic, economic, and interdisciplinary studies. Students then have the chance to work with their mentors to design and conduct a 10-week independent research project.
Applications for undergrads looking to participate in our 2024 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program are now open!
Learn more and apply here:#REU #ResearchExperienceforUndergraduates
gmri.org/reu
Learn more and apply here:#REU #ResearchExperienceforUndergraduates
gmri.org/reu
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Applications for undergrads looking to participate in our 2024 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program are now open!
Learn more and apply here:#REU #ResearchExperienceforUndergraduates
gmri.org/reu
Learn more and apply here:#REU #ResearchExperienceforUndergraduates
gmri.org/reu
The ability of coastal communities to thrive in the coming years will in part depend on our ability to grow a diverse #seafood #economy. Join our next Sea State to learn how we can do this throughout the Gulf of Maine!
Wed, Dec 20 @ 5:30PM
Sign up:
bit.ly/41rCAb5
Wed, Dec 20 @ 5:30PM
Sign up:
bit.ly/41rCAb5
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The ability of coastal communities to thrive in the coming years will in part depend on our ability to grow a diverse #seafood #economy. Join our next Sea State to learn how we can do this throughout the Gulf of Maine!
Wed, Dec 20 @ 5:30PM
Sign up:
bit.ly/41rCAb5
Wed, Dec 20 @ 5:30PM
Sign up:
bit.ly/41rCAb5
🌊Upcoming event!📢
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how maintaining a diverse seafood economy helps coastal communities thrive & the important role consumers play!
Save your spot:🗓️Dec. 20
🕠5:30PM
#SustainableFuture #Seafood
bit.ly/41rCAb5
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how maintaining a diverse seafood economy helps coastal communities thrive & the important role consumers play!
Save your spot:🗓️Dec. 20
🕠5:30PM
#SustainableFuture #Seafood
bit.ly/41rCAb5
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🌊Upcoming event!📢
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how maintaining a diverse seafood economy helps coastal communities thrive & the important role consumers play!
Save your spot:🗓️Dec. 20
🕠5:30PM
#SustainableFuture #Seafood
bit.ly/41rCAb5
Join our next Sea State lecture to learn how maintaining a diverse seafood economy helps coastal communities thrive & the important role consumers play!
Save your spot:🗓️Dec. 20
🕠5:30PM
#SustainableFuture #Seafood
bit.ly/41rCAb5
3️⃣ Our role as a national leader in #climate mitigation & adaptation expanded this year with the publishing of the 5th National Climate Assessment! Four of our staff contributed & we are so proud! Check out the full story below. #GMRIWrapped2023
bostonglobe.com/2023/11/14/sci…
bostonglobe.com/2023/11/14/sci…
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
3️⃣ Our role as a national leader in #climate mitigation & adaptation expanded this year with the publishing of the 5th National Climate Assessment! Four of our staff contributed & we are so proud! Check out the full story below. #GMRIWrapped2023
bostonglobe.com/2023/11/14/sci…
bostonglobe.com/2023/11/14/sci…
Our education team recently led a professional development session for Maine educators looking to get their students involved in Findings from the Field — a middle school journal of ecological and environmental scientific investigations led by students themselves!
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our education team recently led a professional development session for Maine educators looking to get their students involved in Findings from the Field — a middle school journal of ecological and environmental scientific investigations led by students themselves!