releases: https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3494
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3494 | Pingree Announces $559,181 in Funding for Climate Change & Maine Lobster Industry Research | 2020-09-03 | 2020 | 2020-09 | Democrat | House | ME | Chellie Pingree | P000597 | pingree.house.gov | legacy | Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $559,181 in federal funding for four NOAA Sea Grantprojects, which will be conducted by Maine organizations researching the future of American lobster industry in the face of the global climate crisis. This research will address critical gaps in knowledge about how American lobster is being impacted by environmental changes in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southern New England. Mainers rely on the lobster industry for our economic livelihood; about 5,000 Mainers are employed by the industry, which brings in $1 billion to our state's economy every year. Lobster is booming in Maine, and we've seen record hauls in the past few years. But the Gulf of Maine is warming at a rate faster than 99% of the rest of theworld's oceans, and we must know how the climate crisis will affect the future of the lobster industry,said Pingree.As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I fought for this funding because we must understand and to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of the climate crisis on Maine's economic future. Sea Grant'sAmerican Lobster Initiative will go far to make sure the lobster industry understands the challenges to come. Details of the fourprojectsare as follows: Fishing in hot water: defining sentinel indicators of resilience in the American lobster fishery,The University of Maine at Orono($125,808) Incorporating changes in thermal habitat and growth to improve the assessment of American lobster stocks and spatial distribution in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank and Southern New England,The University of Maine at Orono($100,766) Testing and developing effective non-invasive female maturity assessment methods and protocols for the American lobster (Homarus americanus),Maine Department of Marine Resources, Boothbay Harbor, ME($102,587) Understanding and improving spatial distribution projections for lobster: Considering predation and building expert consensus,Gulf of Maine Research Institute($220,020) Congresswoman Pingree isa memberof the House AppropriationsCommittee, where she prioritized increased funding for Sea Grantin theFiscal Year2020 appropriations legislation.In addition, Pingreeencouraged Sea Grant to fundpartnerships between industry experts, academia,andstateagencies to research the impact of climate change on the American lobster industry. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |