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Gulf of Maine

Published
May 21, 2017

Gulf of Maine will become too warm for many key fish, report says

Cod and haddock will see prime habitat areas vanish this century, but lobsters will find new spaces to grow.
Published
January 22, 2017

Fisheries ecologist Lisa Kerr tracks cod and bluefin tuna

Fortunately, the fish have a 'black box' to help her with her work in the Gulf of Maine
Published
December 9, 2016

New net opens a way to help fishermen and protect cod

A new design releases bycatch like cod, which lets fishermen focus on their intended catch ratrher than quotas, restrictions.
Published
November 29, 2016

Burning less coal isn’t just making air cleaner. It’s making Gulf of Maine tuna safer.

A study finds levels of methylmercury in the bodies tuna caught in the gulf between 2004 and 2012 decreased at a rate of 2 percent a year, or nearly 20 percent over a decade.
Published
November 27, 2016

Effort to protect deep-sea coral has lobster industry on alert

Two rich lobstering areas could be closed if regulators prohibit all fishing in rare Down East habitats.

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Published
November 12, 2016

A healthy Gulf of Maine goes with the flow of a restored Royal River

It is essential to rebuild the population of herring, which multiple species depend upon to thrive.
Published
November 7, 2016

Commission likely to keep Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery closed

A Portland processor says that would hurt, but regulators appear to favor more time for the population to rebuild.
Published
September 25, 2016

Maine Voices: Arctic opportunities exist in Maine right now

Establishing relationships with the people who live in the north is more important than new shipping lanes.
Published
August 31, 2016

More fishing gear entanglements jeopardize right whale’s recovery

The journal Frontiers in Marine Science says the number of baby right whales has steeply declined since 2010.
Published
August 23, 2016

Puffin chicks in Gulf of Maine’s largest colony starve to death at record rate

A drop in the food supply this summer, possibly tied to warmer Gulf of Maine waters, leads to the worst survival rate ever tracked on Machias Seal Island.