The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and Associated Press reported the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole was awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of Maine’s aquaculture industry. The funds will help the center demolish and replace its deteriorated pier, renovate the Flowing Seawater Laboratory, upgrade the flowing […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, for an article about a white lobster that was caught last week off the north side of Maine’s Chebeague Island. Albino lobsters, which are totally devoid of pigment and would remain white even when cooked, are vanishingly rare, according Bayer. […]
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A visiting team of researchers studied features of muscles that control squid maneuverability this summer at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Squid move to capture prey, elude predators and compete for access to mates. The idea for the research sparked five years ago during a conversation among scientists Ian Bartol, Paul Krueger and […]
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A University of Maine 2016 graduate and current graduate student have earned awards, according to Christopher Rigaud, university diving operations manager and Diving Safety Officer. University of Maine 2016 graduate Chase Brunton received the Dr. Arthur J. Bachrach Bonnier Dive Group publishing internship, sponsored by the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society. Brunton will produce content and participate […]
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The Lincoln County News published a University of Maine Darling Marine Center feature article about Abby Shaughnessy, a senior studying marine biology at the University of Maine. Shaughnessy is spending the summer interning at the DMC in Walpole. For her Honors thesis, she partnered with Portland-based Ready Seafood to help make selling lobster overseas more profitable. […]
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The second annual SEA Fellows Symposium will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The 2 p.m. symposium will highlight research of students, researchers and industry and community partners from around the state. The event, which will conclude by 5 p.m., includes an optional tour of the […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced on July 19 nine grants totaling more than $8 million to study and develop new approaches for the agriculture sector to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing environmental conditions. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food […]
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CBC News cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for a report about a calico lobster that was caught off the coast of Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Calico lobsters, known for their uniquely colored shells and distinctive pigmentation, are anything but ordinary, the article states. According to UMaine’s Lobster Institute, the odds […]
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The Boston Globe cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about an upcoming Paris dinner between President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. The two presidents were expected to have dinner at Le Jules Verne, the posh restaurant on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower which is […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center, aquaculture industry partners and the Damariscotta River Association invite community members to “Science for the People: Damariscotta Estuary Marine Science Public Forum” at 7 p.m. Monday, July 17 at Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta. Presenters will provide synopses of research being conducted by the Sustainable […]
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