Dana Morse, an aquaculture research er with Maine Sea Grant, and Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor of marine policy with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, were mentioned in a Portland Press Herald story about Georgetown resident Pat Burns. He co-founded Georgetown Aquaculture to help locals find alternatives to traditional fisheries. Morse has shared […]
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The Associated Press mentioned University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle in a report about interstate fishing regulators saying the way the lobster fishery is managed needs to be fine-tuned because of a drop in the number of baby lobsters in New England waters. Wahle said the population of baby lobsters appears to be declining […]
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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 Free Press spoke with University of Maine researchers Bob Steneck and Bob Bayer for an article about Maine’s lobster industry and how it has changed over the years. Steneck, a professor of marine sciences who specializes in lobster and urchin research, said that although temperature may play a role in many of the changes, it […]
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Sequencing of the nuclear genome of Porphyra umbilicalis — laver or Atlantic nori — has revealed insights into how the bangiophyte red algae have thrived for over a billion years in the harshest environmental conditions — the pounding waves, baking sun and drying winds of the intertidal zone. An international research team of 50 scientists […]
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Rick Wahle, a research professor in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, was a recent guest on Newradio WGAN’s “Positively Maine” radio show. The episode focused on Maine lobsters and explored topics including the crustacean’s future population and ocean health.
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Mainebiz cited information from the American Lobster Settlement Index in the article, “Lobster catch down, prices remain steady.” Maine’s lobster catch is lower than recent years at this time of the season, but that hasn’t translated into higher prices for consumers, according to the article. Earlier this year, findings of an international monitoring program of American […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine is one of six companies to receive a Maine Technology Institute TechStart grant. The salmon louse is a common parasite affecting the Atlantic salmon farming industry that causes global economic losses in excess of $750 million a year, according to the article. The $4,500 TechStart grant, which will be matched […]
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Isaiah Mansour, a double major in marine biology and aquaculture at the University of Maine, spoke with Mainebiz for an “Inside the Notebook” column titled “Where will Maine’s STEM students go to work?” The author recently talked with Kevin Strange, president of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, about entrepreneurship and STEM education in the state. […]
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University of Maine research professor Joshua Stoll was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald story about North American lobster being traded along indirect and sometimes shadowy routes through Hong Kong and Vietnam to China. Stoll told the paper that the implications could be significant for the state’s lobster industry. He and Swedish researcher Beatrice Crona, […]
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