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Getting to Know the Gulf

Our boat cruises provide different opportunities to experience an incredible seascape that is home to thousands of species of wildlife-the Gulf of Maine. People have relied on this ocean for millennia and maritime history runs deep. This series features the natural and cultural importance of the Gulf of Maine through the lens of conservation, research, and education.

Mount Desert Rock

By Jamie Fogg-2024 Research Assistant Intern The genesis of my love for marine biology began on a remote, treeless island 25 nautical miles off the coast of Maine. Mount Desert Rock, teeming with life and history, sparked a passionate interest in a seventeen-year-old. Edward McCormick Blair Marine Research Station & Mount Desert Rock Light Station…