Island Institute

On Thursday, November 5, NOAA Fisheries published an announcement that upcoming Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (TRT) meetings would be delayed until March 2027. The delay comes with the intention of allowing more time for new science a...

Published by Penbay Pilot on October 6, 2026. 

ROCKLAND — Patrick “Pat” Keliher and Mark Rodrigues have been elected to the Island Institute’s Board of Trustees.

According to an Island ...

Sea Level Rise is Happening! Created for the Island Institute, this O’Chang Comics / Puckerbrush Animation original calls attention to the challenges of increased coastal flooding, storm surge events, and sea level rise impacts for Maine communities.

“The Maine Islands Coalition (MIC) organization is growing from the vision of the original founder Roger Berle, which is a brilliant and beautiful idea,” says current MIC co-leader Ellen Mahoney. “Everything that has come to this point has proven that the islanders, and island leadership, […] experience MIC as a really important, valuable and meaningful way to place ourselves...