September 29, 2015 — GLOUCESTER, Mass. — It is difficult to think of the departure of the Large Pelagics Research Center as anything less than a great loss for Gloucester.
Officials from the facility, associated with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst since 2010, announced earlier this week that the center will move from Hodgkins Cove to Boston, and change its affiliation within the university system.
The research center will join UMass Boston’s School for the Environment, allowing founder and director Molly Lutcavage to work with researchers from that school as well as those from the New England Aquarium.
“It’s kind of like starting over again,” Lutcavage told reporter Sean Horgan. “But it’s a really exciting time and we’re really looking forward to working with an incredible cross-section of ocean and research scientists within the School for the Environment. This is really exciting for us to be affiliated with them.”