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Every Wednesday from now until March 26, restaurants in the Greater Portland area are offering special deals to make your midweek meals even more enjoyable.

This promotion includes several of our Gulf of Maine Tastemakers partners!

Learn more:

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Winter Wednesday
Winter Wednesdays
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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
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…
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:

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📣 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…
Congratulations to this year's winners of the @PtldMuseumofArt's #TidalShift youth climate art competition — made possible by @KingPhilanthrop.

Our Climate Center Director @DavidReidmiller served as a juror again this year!

Check out the artwork!

tidalshiftaward.com/about
About The Tidal Shift Award — The Tidal Shift Award
A Juried Art Prize For Young Artists Who Want To Solve Our Climate Crisis.
www.tidalshiftaward.com
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…
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…
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…
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
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!
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!

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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
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.

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These Lewiston students are some of the 8,600 we're on track to reach with LabVenture this school year.
📣 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:

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