NOAA ’bout it! Federal funding that supports Maine’s coast is at risk. Speak up to show policymakers these critical investments matter. Learn more and share your voice now!
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Penobscot Bay Press reports 150 people gathered at the Stonington Opera House on August 27 for a screening of the Island Institute’s latest film: Aquaculture for People and Planet––the seventh in a series examining the impact of climate change on the coast of Maine and its blue economy.
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Battery-powered boats are expensive and marine electric charging infrastructure is sparse, but a handful of sea farmers in Maine are embracing this “innovation born from necessity.” Island Institute’s Lia Morris weighs in on what it will take to electrify Maine’s working waterfronts.
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The nonprofit Island Institute is teaming up with the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs to launch the “Fishing Plus Accelerator.”
“The Fishing Plus program is really about helping fishing families explore new business opportunities to diversify their income,” Jeff Frank, a senior community development officer with the Island Institute, said.
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Maine lawmakers Angus King and Chellie Pingree are among those introducing legislation to offer a disaster mitigation tax credit to working waterfronts located on the coasts and on navigable waterways. Island Institute’s president, Kim Hamilton, spoke to the importance of the tax credit for Maine’s working waterfront communities.
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Island Institute is proud to be part of the team that launched Heron—Maine’s first fully electric commercial aquaculture workboat of its size. Years in the making, this project showcases what’s possible when partners come together to deliver climate-friendly, innovative solutions for Maine’s working waterfronts.
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Islands with year-round residents need emergency responders, gas station attendants, postal workers, store clerks and teachers. When there’s nowhere for vital workers to live, they turn elsewhere. It’s eroding a storied way of life.
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Shellfish farming is a small but fast-growing segment of Maine’s seafood sector. Now these enterprises — and more broadly the aquaculture industry — are emerging as first movers in the quest to electrify Maine’s working waterfront.
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When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidification.
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Maine groups toured a Kittery-based aquaculture business to explore the potential of Maine kelp crops. Island Institute hosted local and state leadership, students, and aquaculture farmers on a tour of Cold Current Kelp.
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Reduced federal funding and staffing could hinder the Maine Climate Council’s ability to prepare for and track climate change, as well as the state’s ability to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals.
