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Graduate student opportunity
The Leslie Lab is recruiting a graduate student through UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team investigating the human and environmental dimensions of coastal sustainability. The research project centers on select midcoast and downeast Maine fishing communities and will leverage both natural and social science approaches. The successful candidate […]
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Ecosystem-based management moves ahead
Today’s a great day for our nation’s oceans! The National Ocean Council has certified the Northeast Ocean Plan, and the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Plan. Congratulations and thanks to all who made this work possible, particularly in the Gulf of Maine region. Now let’s get to work. University of Maine marine scientists and students, including those based […]
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Coupled systems work kicked off in Mexico
We’ve begun the next phase of our coupled systems work in Mexico! The activities formally began with a workshop of our group, MAREA, in La Paz, in November 2016. Learn more about where we are headed from the MAREA website and this great post from our CMBC colleague, Alan Ruiz Berman.
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Kara shares her science at Loreto Bay national park celebration
The waters and islands of Loreto Bay were designated a National Park in 1996, and in 2005, the area became a World Heritage Site. For the 20th Anniversary of Loreto Bay National Park, Loreto held a week-long celebration in July 2016. As part of the festivities, UMaine graduate student Kara Pellowe was invited to give […]
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Kara shares clam knowledge at Loreto festival
June 4th, 2016 marked the date of the 4th Annual Chocolate Clam Festival in Loreto, Mexico. Hosted by the Restaurant and Bar Association of Loreto, the festival was attended by over 500 people from Mexico and abroad. This was the second year that I’ve worked with festival organizers to set up a biology education tent […]
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New undergraduate program in applied marine science
Heather Leslie, together with Brian Beal of University of Maine at Machias, has launched a new undergraduate training program in applied marine sciences. Read more about it….
Read moreFishermen’s decisions shaped by both climate, community distinctions
Our team of social-ecological systems scholars just published a paper in World Bank Economic Review showing that fishermen’s decisions are shaped by differences in both natural and social environments. We discovered the community with stronger fishing rights exerted more control over fishermen’s decisions than communities with weaker rights, and did so in a way consistent with the impacts of climate […]
Read moreEcosystem-based management in practice
The director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center says ecosystem-based approaches to restore ocean health provide a flexible framework for marine management and allow scientists and stakeholders to move beyond reactive and piecemeal solutions. “Ecosystem-based management (EBM) accounts for the diverse connections between people and oceans and the trade-offs inherent in managing for […]
Read moreNew NSF award!
Thank you to the US NSF! This newly funded project is a great example of why federal support for Geosciences and Social Sciences research is so important in order to understand how our dynamic ocean influences local communities, and vice versa. Heather, together with collaborators at Duke University, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Stockholm University […]
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