The City of Portland is pleased to be
working with the marine science community and other stakeholders on a strategy
to catalyze Portland’s emergence as an international marine science
city by 2015. Portland is ideally positioned to evolve into a major hub for marine
research, development, production, and education given the City’s
- Central
location in the Gulf of Maine and proximity to Georges Bank (one of the world’s
premier fishery ecosystems)
- Deepwater harbor
- Cutting-edge internet access
- Multi-modal transportation
- Being a significant fishing port north of Cape Cod
- Home of the Gulf of Maine
Ocean Observing System, Marical, USM’s Wise Lab of Environmental and Genetic
Toxicology, Census of Marine Life, and the Gulf of Maine Research
Institute.
