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Speaking on the crisis in the oceans and Gulf of Maine, Portland, Me., Feb. 7

I’ll be speaking about the crisis in the world’s oceans and in the Gulf of Maine on February 7th at the Portland Public Library here in Maine. The talk —… Read more »

Right whales in crisis: speeding ships and missing calves

The disastrous year for the North Atlantic right whale, the world’s second most endangered mammal after the species’ Pacific cousin, doesn’t appear to be abating. After seventeen of the whales… Read more »

Facing threat to shellfish industries, Maine doing pretty much nothing

“Mayday,” the Portland Press Herald series on the effects — now and moving forward — of the rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine, came out two years ago and… Read more »

Scientists say Atlantic right whales on trajectory to be extinct in 23 years

The North Atlantic right whale, the world’s second most endangered mammal after the species’ Pacific cousin, has has a disastrous year here in the northwest Atlantic. Sixteen of the whales… Read more »

Talking American Character, Lobster Coast on CSPAN

The indefatigable team at CSPAN’s City Tour came to Portland, Maine this summer and the segments they produced are airing this weekend, spotlighting our little city.I was pleased to record… Read more »

Trump admins’ plans for New England’s marine monument making waves

Here in Maine and New England generally, the Trump administration’s plans to expand exploitation of natural resources in the Kathadin Woods and Waters National Monument has rightly received the lion’s… Read more »

Gulf of Maine warming concentrated in summer, which is getting longer

I’ve been remiss in posting that in this past week’s Maine Sunday Telegram I reported on new scientific research that reveals a new level of detail of how the Gulf… Read more »

Study predicts Gulf of Maine will become too warm for most ground fish

Regular readers will likely recall “Mayday,” a series I did for the Press Herald on the warming of the Gulf of Maine and the challenges it presents for its inhabitants,… Read more »

Feds end contentious northern Gulf of Maine scallop season

In yesterday’s Portland Press Herald, I wrote about the contentious federal fishery for scallops in the northern Gulf of Maine, a special management area off the coasts of Maine, New… Read more »