SEANET Researchers Hope to Make Sea Lice a Thing of the Past Liz Theriault, ME EPSCoR Student Writer One of the biggest challenges faced by the Maine salmon industry comes in the form of a tiny creature. Salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are one species of sea lice, which are parasites that infest both Pacific and […]
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Brian Preziosi is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine and a SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 2: Changing Environments. Preziosi’s research is primarily concerned with environmental impacts on invertebrates, specifically looking at sediment acidification as it influences the behavior and health of adult razor clams in the state of Maine. This work has […]
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Olga Bredikhina is a SEANET Research Fellow currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Economics at the University of Maine. Her interests in this field lie in behavioral economics, consumer decision-making, resource economics, and sustainability and econometric modeling, working under SEANET Theme Four, Human Dimensions. Bredikhina is originally from Moscow, Russia, and moved to the […]
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Watch the latest SEANET Spotlight Video featuring stakeholder advisor, Nell Halse. Nell is the VP of Communications at Cooke Aquaculture, a family-owned aquaculture company based on the East Coast of Canada with facilities all over the world. As a stakeholder, Nell is interested in R&D innovations that can help finfish aquaculture grow in a sustainable […]
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