Islesboro Students Join Researcher Collaboration to Study Scallops
It takes a discerning eye to find the juvenile scallops. But researchers, fishermen, farmers and students have learned how to spot them - from Kay Neufeld, Fisheries Reporter for the Portland Press Herald.
4/14/24
Students take deep dive into Maine scallop education
WABI TV reporter Kaddie Sharpe joined students from Vinalhaven School as they sorted scallops in a NOAA funded collaborative study between Colby, Bates, Hurricane Island, and Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.
4/12/24
Modeling the future of coastal design
Newscenter Maine reporter Sam Olsen came to the island after the January storms joined by Executive Director Bo Hoppin and OPAL Architect Tim Lock.
1/26/24
Standing tall after ocean storms
The Penobscot Bay Pilot shares our campus’s climate resilient success story, as the newly built Hurricane Island Field Research Station faces it’s first winter storm.
1/25/24
Hurricane Island Unveils A New Research Station
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Editor Polly Saltonstall joined us this summer and wrote about our newest addition to the island campus
11/1/23
$500K FAME loan comes through for $2M research station on Hurricane Island
The center will receive the $499,161 loan it requested from a program administered by the Finance Authority of Maine in order to complete the station’s buildout.
9/18/23
Four-wheel drive, food runs: What it takes to build a $2M research center on Hurricane Island
Maine Biz reporter Laurie Schreiber gets all the details and even delves into life on the island!
9/8/23
Penobscot Bay's newest marine research station opens on Hurricane Island
Our press release made its way into the Penobscot Bay Pilot!
8/18/23
Sustainability Leaders Connect with the World from Hurricane Island
28 #UPGSustainability Leaders from 21 countries prepare to share their work with a global audience
Students Sowing Scallop Spat
See our coverage in the July 2023 issue of the Working Waterfront.
7/1/23
Hurricane Island: Don’t take it for granite!
The Republic Journal’s Charles Lagerbom visits Hurricane for an Aquaculture Workshop
6/15/23
Maine Dept. of Education Funds Hurricane Partnerships
Hurricane Island Provides Hands-On Coastal Learning Experiences as part of the Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative
8/26/22
Getting Maine High Schoolers involved in scallop science
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership in Rockland makes the water an outdoor classroom for students to learn the science of the scallop fishery.
5/19/22
Farming Scallops Has Big Upside
Potential for new markets but challenges remain, written by Hurricane’s Lead Researcher Phoebe Jekielek
5/16/22
Farming Scallops in Maine
News Center Maine’s story on scallop aquaculture included an interview with our very own Lead Researcher Phoebe Jekielek and some of our closest aquaculture research partners - Bobby and Marsden Brewer of PenBay Farmed Scallops
2/15/22
Program Q&A
February 3rd we had a question and answer session around our summer programs, and we recorded it!
2/3/22
As Maine’s climate changes, scallop farming offers optimism
1/23/22
Automation technology and farming techniques borrowed from more mature scallop fisheries as far away as Japan are giving some seafood harvesters a glimpse of a potentially profitable future.
The Telling Room
1/19/22
Oceanside students in the STEM and Liberal Arts Academy collaborate with The Telling Room from Portland Maine and the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership on a three day project in Spring 2021.
Aug. 23, 2021
Director of Research, Phoebe Jekielek and Hurricane Island’s Scallop research featured in this NYT article.
Research Station Rises on Penobscot Bay Island
7/4/21
“The $1 million facility by the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership will be the first offshore research facility in Penobscot Bay and only the second in the entire Gulf of Maine.”
Live From the Field: Impacts of Field Research on Society
5/13/21
Learn about the science happening on Field Research Stations in Maine (Hurricane Island!), Ohio, and Sonoma County, California in this virtual event.
OUT Maine releases free guidebook: Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusive youth programming
1/21/21
United People Global to Train 500 UPG Sustainability Leaders in 2021
11/16/20
First National Bank supports Hurricane Island with $25,000 contribution
11/18/20
Maine’s Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership Wins $50,000 UL Innovative Education Award Prize
8/1/17