Annual Science Meeting

The Annual Science Meeting is a single day science meeting held in October. The theme for the meeting is set by the RARGOM board, however community input for the meeting theme is welcome. 

Information from the most recent science meetings can be found below:

2018 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
Drivers of Change in Gulf of Maine Ecosystems
Friday, October 26, 2018, 9:00 AM — University of Southern Maine's Abromson Center (Hannaford Hall), 88 Bedford St., Portland, ME.

Keynote talks:

  • ​Lisa Kerr (Gulf of Maine Research Institute): "Managing fisheries in a changing Gulf of Maine" 
  • Kevin Friedland (NOAA NEFSC): "Disjunctive regime shifts in surface and bottom thermal environments of a continental shelf ecosystem"

Abstracts:

Registration:

  • Register here. 
  • Registration deadline is Sunday Oct. 21st. 
  • The EventSmart registration website will allow for paying by PayPal or there is an option for sending in a check. If you pay by check, follow the instructions about printing your invoice out that you will have to send with your check.
  • You can register and pay for multiple individuals. 
  • Regular attendees from RARGOM member institutions are $45, attendees from non-member institutions are $65, and students (from anywhere and at any level) are $30.
  • Email any questions to jllopiz@whoi.edu.

Meeting program

 

2017 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
Ocean and Coastal Acidification: Causes and Potential Consequences for Ecological and Sociological Systems in the Gulf of Maine
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 9:00 AM — University of Southern Maine's Abromson Center (Hannaford Hall), 88 Bedford St., Portland, ME.

Abstracts:

Register here. Registration deadline is Thursday Oct. 5 The EventSmart registration website will allow for paying by PayPal or there is an option for sending in a check. You can also register multiple individuals and be able to enter their information. Regular attendees from RARGOM member institutions are $45, attendees from non-member institutions are $65, and students (from anywhere and at any level) are $30. Email any questions to jllopiz@whoi.edu.

Meeting program

 

 

2016 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting

Science for sustaining the Gulf of Maine's ecosystems and coastal communities
October 13, 2016, Portsmouth, NH

Meeting program

2015 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
How is the timing of all things changing in the Gulf of Maine?

October 14, 2015, Portsmouth, NH

Meeting Program 
Presentations

2014 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
Identifying and Monitoring Ecosystem Drivers in the Gulf of Maine
September 30, 2014 
Meeting Program
Presentations

2013 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
The 2012 Gulf of Maine heatwave: anomalous year or the new normal?
October 8, 2013
Agenda and Presentations

2012 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
Will the Gulf of Maine yield more or less seafood in the future, ideas from the physical environment and lower trophic levels?
Oct 9, 2012, Portsmouth, NH
Agenda and Presentations
Abstracts

2011 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
The Nexus Between Climate Change and Marine Spatial Planning
Oct 5, 2011, Portsmouth, NH
Agenda and Presentations

2010 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting
Impacts of Climate Change in the Gulf of Maine
Oct 6, 2010, Portsmouth, NH
Agenda and Presentations