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McMahan receives two awards for fisheries work

Marissa McMahan, Senior Fisheries Scientist, recently received two prestigious awards for her fisheries research. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) awarded McMahan the 2017 John H. Annala Fishery Leadership Award. This award was established in honor of GMRI’s founding Chief Scientific Officer and recognizes an early career fisheries scientist whose work has the potential to benefit the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the communities that depend on it. The award states: “For her contribution to understanding changing fish distributions in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and her commitment to collaboration between scientists and fishermen.” McMahan noted how honored she is to receive the award: “It is particularly meaningful to me because I started my early scientific career at GMRI,...

Fisheries

Manomet’s Fisheries team works to promote resilient and productive coastal ecosystems and communities through applied science and community engagement. Our work focuses on the Gulf of Maine, an area experiencing rapid climate-induced warming and immense ecological and social change. We work in partnership with coastal communities, fishers, and other industry members to co-develop climate change adaptation strategies that build greater social, ecological, and economic resilience.

The Future of Fishing: an extraordinary tasting and learning opportunity on Boston’s Fish Pier

The Gulf of Maine extends from Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy.  It is one of the most productive marine ecosystems on earth. But the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world’s oceans.  Some fish species, like northern shrimp, are moving out, and other potentially valuable species, such as black sea bass and dogfish, are moving in.  Fishing is fundamental to the New England culture.  To sustain this heritage, fishermen, scientists, and even fish consumers will need to adapt to the changing system. So, join us on Boston’s Fish Pier for a special evening of tasting and learning.  Meet and talk with fishermen, scientists, chefs, and others who are on the front lines of adapting...

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New Paper uncovers migration mysteries of a threatened shorebird species

Manomet, USGS, GA Department of Natural Resources and Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife complete multi-year research on the Red Knot PLYMOUTH, MA January 26, 2018  A new study published in the February 2018 Journal of Wildlife Management reveals the importance of the Georgia Coast as a key migratory stop-over for supporting large numbers of Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) on their southbound migration. This collaborative effort from members of Manomet, Inc., the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, also provides the first ever population estimates of rufa Red Knots wintering in the southeastern U.S., Caribbean, and northeastern Brazil. “This study emphasizes the importance of Georgia’s Altamaha River Delta...

Reflecting on Thanksgiving and the holiday season

The team here at Manomet hopes you had a very happy Thanksgiving! Nearly 400 years ago, the first Thanksgiving was celebrated just a short distance from our Plymouth headquarters and it set the tradition for all Thanksgivings to follow. Even in today's busy world, Thanksgiving is one celebration with a strong tradition of serving seasonal foods and where many pause to appreciate their meal and where it came from. While we're not certain if there was turkey on the first Thanksgiving table, other fowl and venison were likely served accompanied by fruits and vegetables that were gathered or harvested. Unlike most of our Thanksgiving feasts today, seafood played a big role in the meal, but there were no mashed potatoes...

Manomet’s Anne Hayden speaks at fifth IMBeR IMBIZO Conference

Last month, marine scientists from around the world converged on Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for an international conference hosted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Anne Hayden, Program Manager in Manomet’s Sustainable Economies Program, received an invitation to present her work on fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.   “I was surprised and flattered to be asked,” Hayden reported.   The conference, Marine biosphere research for a sustainable ocean: Linking ecosystems, future states and resource management, was organized by Integrated Marine Biosphere Research, an international organization based in Bergen, Norway. Hayden was asked to address opportunities for improving the models used by fisheries managers to predict stock dynamics.  According to Hayden, “such models often focus on biological factors affecting fish stocks...

Green crabs have invaded, and if you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em

This article was written by Christine Burns Rudalevige and originally published by the Portland Press Herald July 24, 2017. Staff photo by Derek Davis. See the original article here. When I started writing about sustainable seafood five years ago, my biggest fear was working on a story that involved a seaworthy vessel in a storm. Under those conditions, my not so seaworthy constitution would be exposed. I’d imagined more heaving of my lunch than honing of my reporting skills. That assignment has yet to materialize. But my squeamish stomach made an appearance two weeks ago in the face of a locally harvested, deep-fried, soft-shell green crab at Salt Pine Social in Bath. I’d chosen the smallest one on the plate. It was about...

A little fish with a big impact

By: Anne Hayden, Program Manager, Sustainable Economies Program   More and more people are feeling the love for a little fish with a big impact, the alewife.   The Downeast Fisheries Partnership (DFP), coordinated by Manomet’s Anne Hayden, is making the case for alewife restoration in eastern Maine’s rivers and streams. These fish are commercially harvested and a local delicacy, but they are also the base of river and coastal food webs and a key component of the Partnership’s focus on restoring cod, haddock, and other species.  The spectacle of adult alewives surging upstream each spring draws fishermen and wildlife enthusiasts (as well as osprey and other predators), but it is the return of millions of juvenile alewives back downstream to...

Manomet Returns to the Arctic

By: Stephen Brown, Vice President of Shorebird Conservation   Ready to go! Bird Camp Crew 2017, Back L to R: Chris Latty, Will Wiese, Alex Lamoreaux, Alan Kneidel. Front: Jessica Herzog, Shiloh Schulte, Metta McGarvey, Elyssa Watford. Photo credit: Alfredo Soto The Shorebird Recovery Project has been sending teams of scientists to some of the most remote areas of the North American Arctic for 17 years. This year, our shorebird science crew is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to better understand what habitats are most important to shorebirds after they finish their breeding season. The project also includes four other partner organizations working at other sites across the North Slope. Our...