Projects

We advance our mission across all our commitments through a variety of projects designed to serve and support our stakeholders. Search and explore hundreds of projects to learn more about our on-the-ground impacts in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.

Culinary Partners

GMRI is proud to partner with area restaurants to promote responsibly harvested seafood from fishermen and purveyors in the Gulf of Maine. They have committed …
Spring Learning Theme: Vernal Pools

This spring we are highlighting a variety of pathways for youth to engage with vernal pools, in schools, in communities, and beyond and we are …
Oceans of Possibilities 2022

Each year, libraries across the country select a shared theme for their summer reading and program activities. GMRI and Learning Ecosystems Northeast were thrilled to …
Access and Adaptation in Maine's Marine Fisheries

Climate-driven shifts in species distributions along the Northeast Shelf are increasingly impacting marine fisheries. Enabling Maine’s fishing industry to capitalize on opportunities created by emerging …
Arctic Warming and the Lobster Fishery

Arctic warming and melting sea ice are altering ocean circulation patterns in the Northwest Atlantic, affecting the distribution and abundance of lobster — an important …
Improving Lobster Distribution Models

We are advancing models to describe observed patterns and project lobster distribution and abundance under changing ecosystem conditions. Our work will also synthesize results from …
Crossing Boundaries: Understanding and Projecting Species Distribution Shifts in U. S. and Canadian Waters

Species distribution shifts are widely observed as ocean waters warm, affecting ecosystem dynamics and fishery management processes. We will develop models that operate across U.S. …
Marine and Coastal Phenology: Temperature, Phytoplankton, and Fish

Changes in phenology, or the seasonal timing of recurring events, are familiar to many terrestrial observers as shifts in leaf-out or blooming dates, for example. …
Nutritional Ecology of Climate Change

The Gulf of Maine is rapidly warming, and many marine species are shifting northward or to deeper waters as temperatures increase. However, each species moves …
Ecosystem Impacts of Warming

The northwest Atlantic is much warmer than it was a decade ago. This project documents how plankton and fish communities have changed and uses computer …
Ecosystem Change Indicators for Lobster

As part of the Maine Lobster Research Collaborative, we are developing and testing a suite of ecosystem indicators that can be used to explore connections …
Using Satellite Data to Support Sustainable Fisheries

We are working to develop a Fisheries and Climate Toolkit (FaCeT) to track and forecast fisheries-relevant physical and biological ocean features that will inform dynamic …