The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First

The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First at Penobscot Marine Museum

Searsport, Maine, July 16, 2014 –  The Gulf of Maine is an important fish and mammal habitat.  On Thursday, July 31^st at 7:00 pm Mark Dittrick will discuss the Gulf of Maine as a habitat: its past, present, and what might be its future.  Mark Dittrick is the Founding Conservation Chair of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada and Spokesperson for North Atlantic Right Whale BEACON (Binational Early Alert Coastal Network), a joint Sierra Club U.S./Sierra Club Canada initiative that monitors coastal activities from Florida to Atlantic Canada.  He is also a member of the Education Committee of the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for Right Whale World Year (2016) and a member of the editorial board of Right Whale News. In recent years his main focus has been monitoring plans for developing offshore renewable energy projects along the Atlantic Continental Shelf, especially in the Gulf of Maine.  The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First is part of Penobscot Marine Museum’s Fish, Wind, and Tide exhibit, and will be in the museum’s Main Street Gallery, 40 East Main Street, Searsport, Maine.  Tickets are $8 for members and $10 for non-members. 

Penobscot Marine Museum has seven new exhibits and over fifty programs and events this season.  Its three acre, ten building campus is on Route One in Searsport, Maine and is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and on Sunday, noon to 5:00 pm.  The museum is open through Sunday, October 19.   Admission is free to Searsport residents.