Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

RelyOn Nutec, Massachusetts Maritime Academy Win 2022 Ventus Award

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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The award was presented to Mauricio Guzman, business development manager for renewables for RelyOn Nutec, and Captain Michael Burns, executive director of the Maritime Center for Responsible Energy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, at the Ventus Gala, where hundreds of professionals across the global offshore wind supply chain came together to celebrate the industry's collective accomplishments.

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  • The award was presented to Mauricio Guzman, business development manager for renewables for RelyOn Nutec, and Captain Michael Burns, executive director of the Maritime Center for Responsible Energy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, at the Ventus Gala, where hundreds of professionals across the global offshore wind supply chain came together to celebrate the industry's collective accomplishments.
  • "We are honored to be recognized with this Ventus Award along with our partner RelyOn Nutec," said Rear Admiral Francis X. McDonald, USMS, president of Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
  • About Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA): MMA is a fully accredited, four-year, co-educational state university offering Bachelor and Master of Science degrees that are highly regarded in the worldwide maritime industry and beyond.
  • Follow MMA on FB: @massmaritime, @MassMaritime.Advancement; IG: @massmaritime, @mmacademyalumni; Twitter: @MMAadmissions, @MMAcademyAlumni; YouTube: Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

First Fed Gives $1M to Northwest Maritime Center to Expand Access

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Monday, March 7, 2022
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PORT ANGELES, Wash., March 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Fed Bank, subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), pledged $1 million to Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) to expand access to maritime education.

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  • PORT ANGELES, Wash., March 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Fed Bank, subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), pledged $1 million to Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) to expand access to maritime education.
  • First Fed is dedicated to helping the Northwest Maritime Center achieve its goal of doubling program participants by 2025, stated Matt Deines, CEO of First Fed and FNWB.
  • Northwest Maritime Center appreciates the significant support from First Fed, a local community bank dedicated to helping our communities thrive, shared Jake Beattie, Executive Director for NWMC.
  • First Northwest Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWB) is a bank holding company engaged in investment activities including the business activity of its subsidiary, First Fed Bank.

Transformative new seal habitat, "PInniped Cove," debuts June 8 as largest exhibit in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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At 160,000 gallons, the new seal habitat becomes the largest display in The Maritime Aquariums 33-year history, surpassing its 110,000-gallon shark exhibit.

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  • At 160,000 gallons, the new seal habitat becomes the largest display in The Maritime Aquariums 33-year history, surpassing its 110,000-gallon shark exhibit.
  • The Maritime Aquarium displays five female harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), the species of seal that commonly migrate into nearby Long Island Sound each winter.
  • This is a beautiful, enormous new space that guests will love maybe even more than the seals will, said Aquarium spokesman Dave Sigworth.
  • About The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk:
    The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate visitors about and to create stewards for Long Island Sound.

First endangered Barrens Topminnows raised through aquarium collaboration returned to the wild

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Friday, December 4, 2020
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Parked on the side of a rural two-lane highway, the pair donned waders and unloaded a cooler carrying 100 juvenile Barrens Topminnows.

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  • Parked on the side of a rural two-lane highway, the pair donned waders and unloaded a cooler carrying 100 juvenile Barrens Topminnows.
  • The Barrens Topminnow drew national attention in October 2019 when it was federally listed under the Endangered Species Act.
  • Three other institutions signed up: Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut, and National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
  • Since the group's formation, more than 44,000 Barrens Topminnows have been reintroduced to suitable locations in the wild.