The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture honored 24 undergraduate students for academic excellence, as well as eight graduate students and three faculty members at its annual celebration of excellence on Wednesday, April 18 at the University of Maine’s Wells Conference Center. Undergraduate student award recipients are: Frank B. & Charles […]
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The first day that snow fell in December 2017, Bryce Risley boarded a plane headed for the sandy, palm tree-lined coasts of Sri Lanka. During winter break, the graduate student in the School of Marine Sciences conducted fieldwork focused on the marine ornamental species trade, more broadly referred to as the aquarium trade. The trade […]
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Mainebiz and Mount Desert Islander reported the Maine Department of Marine Resources has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve data used to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. According to a DMR news release, $714,245 was awarded to the three-year project, which begins this summer. The project will […]
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “In new cautionary approach, Maine shellfish areas will be closed at first sign of toxins.” Public health officials said they will use extreme caution to manage toxic algae blooms this year to prevent another […]
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Ian Bricknell, a professor of aquaculture at the University of Maine, spoke with Undercurrent News for an article about a recent discovery of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at one of Northern Harvest Sea Farms’ facilities on the coast of Newfoundland. Northern Harvest maintains at least seven recently stocked salmon farms in clumps within a roughly […]
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A fisheries scientist whose research informs commercial and recreational resource management, a popular mechanical engineering professor whose classroom contributions include development of new curricula and educational software, and a soil scientist whose leadership and expertise benefit policymakers and the public are the recipients of the University of Maine’s top faculty honors this year. Yong Chen, […]
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Maine Public spoke with Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, for the report, “New research shows ‘strong correlation’ between baby lobster decline, possible food source.” Joshua Carloni, a research scientist in New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Division, recently wanted to explore why, at a time when the waters […]
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Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, was quoted in the BloombergQuint article, “Maine’s booming lobster industry starts feeling some heat.” Lobster harvests already have collapsed in several states farther down the Atlantic coast, providing evidence for the warming-ocean-temperatures theory of the lobster boom, according to the article. The […]
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The Hartford Courant published the opinion piece, “Protector of whales, dolphins threatened,” by Quinn Carey, a University of Maine senior majoring in marine sciences.
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Research led by University of Maine Professor of Oceanography David Townsend is part of NOAA’s newly announced Ocean Acidification Program. Townsend is working in collaboration with UMaine School of Marine Sciences researchers Larry Mayer, Aaron Strong and Damian Brady; Joe Salisbury of the University of New Hampshire; and colleagues from Friends of Casco Bay, Northeast […]
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