Mainebiz published a University of Maine news release announcing the Maine Sea Grant College Program has awarded funds for four new projects, representing nearly $1 million in research investment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and matching sources. Grants were awarded to faculty at the University of Maine and other research institutions statewide. Research […]
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A recently published study by researchers from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration was cited in a Gloucester Times article about the start of another benchmark lobster study. In 2015, data collected in an assessment of New England lobster stocks showed record-high abundance for the combined […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program has awarded funds to faculty at the University of Maine and other research institutions statewide for four new projects representing nearly $1 million in research investment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and matching sources. Amanda Klemmer and Brian Olsen of UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology will […]
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Maine and New Hampshire high school students will put their marine science knowledge to the test by competing in the Nor’easter Bowl at the University of Maine on Feb. 3. Teams from 17 schools will face off from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. in the Donald P. Corbett Business Building for the regional round of the 21st […]
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The National Sea Grant College Program has awarded prestigious Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships to three University of Maine graduates. Skylar Bayer, Kevin Staples and Mattie Rodrigue join 54 fellow graduates nationwide who will spend a year working on marine policy in Washington, D.C. The fellowships provide the opportunity for recent graduates to […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the Maine Department of Marine Resources is questioning the reliability of a new study that predicts a sharp decline in Gulf of Maine lobsters over the next 30 years. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration built a computer model that predicts […]
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Neal Pettigrew, a professor of oceanography at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Mount Desert Islander for an article about the current state of UMaine’s network of data-gathering buoys in the Gulf of Maine. Pettigrew is the director of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observatory System, which designed and built the buoys and deployed […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Associated Press reported on a recently published study that found conservation practices employed in the Gulf of Maine have allowed the lobster fisheries of northern New England to thrive during a time of increased ocean warming, while fisheries in southern New England have declined drastically. The study included researchers from […]
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An Ellsworth American story indicated an oceanographic buoy that a team of scientists at the University of Maine designed, built and deployed in the Gulf of Maine was reported damaged. The buoy gathers and transmits data about ocean temperatures, currents and salinity levels, as well as air temperature, wind speed and direction and the height […]
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Skylar Bayer, who graduated last spring from the University of Maine with a Ph.D. in marine biology, has been studying scallops for six years in professor Richard Wahle’s lab at the Darling Marine Center. Her research addresses questions about scallop reproduction. Scallops are broadcast spawners, releasing their eggs and sperm separately into the water. Fertilization […]
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