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Students on Islesford, Maine lend a hand with baby lobster research\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Watch American Lobster Settlement Index Video<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2021<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index – Revealing Deepwater Lobster Settlement Across Thermal Gradients in the Gulf of Maine\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College:<\/span><\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/span><\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/span><\/strong> Wahle (UM), Brown (Ready Seafood Co.)
\nSponsors:<\/span><\/strong> Red Lobster, Cranberry Isles Fishermen Co-Op, and Ready Seafood Co.
\nDuration:<\/span><\/strong> 1 year
\nStarting date:<\/span> <\/strong>2021
\nAward Amount:<\/span><\/strong> $75,000<\/p>\n

Building a US-Canadian Research Network to Evaluate and Adapt to Arctic Influences on the Rapidly Changing Northwest Atlantic Lobster Fishery\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>College:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM),\u00a0 Remy Rochette (University of New Brunswick)<\/span>
\nSponsors:<\/strong> UMaine Arctic
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2021
\n<\/span>Award Amount:<\/strong> $25,000<\/span><\/p>\n

An Ecosystem-Based Approach to American Lobster Habitat and Trophic Dynamics: Integrated Modeling to Evaluate Climate-related Impacts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Brady (UM), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsors:<\/strong> US Department of Commerce
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2021
\n<\/span>Award Amount:<\/strong> $ 539,957
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Improving Business Practices to Reduce Mortality in the Lobster Supply Chain<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit<\/strong>: Marine Sciences<\/span>
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Bouchard (UM), Brady (UM)<\/span>
\nSponsor:<\/strong> National Marine Fisheries Services Saltonstall-Kennedy<\/span>
\nStarting Date:<\/strong> September 1, 2020<\/span>
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years<\/span>
\nAward amount:<\/strong> $299,106<\/span><\/p>\n

Early life history of American lobsters in coastal Southern NE waters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit<\/strong>: Marine Sciences<\/span>
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)<\/span>
\nSponsor:<\/strong> National Sea Grant Program & ME Dept Marine Resources<\/span><\/span>
\nStarting Date:<\/strong> September 1, 2020 – August 21. 2022<\/span>
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years<\/span>
\nAward amount:<\/strong> $399,000<\/span><\/p>\n

Adapting Science and Management to the Global Rise of Crustacean Fisheries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College:<\/span><\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/span><\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/span><\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/span> <\/strong>Environmental Defense Fund\/ Pew Charitable Trust
\nDuration:<\/span><\/strong> 2 years
\nAward amount:<\/span> <\/strong>$132,727<\/p>\n

Evaluating the effect of thermal habitat on American lobster (Homarus americanus) life history and distributions in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Banks, and Southern New England<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

College:<\/span> <\/strong>Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/span><\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/span><\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/span><\/strong> US Dept of Commerce
\nDuration:<\/span><\/strong> 2 years
\nAward amount:<\/span><\/strong> $161,332<\/p>\n

A Framework to Assess and Forecast Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Fish Stocks in a Changing Environment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

College:<\/span><\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/span><\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> <\/span>Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/span> <\/strong>US Dept of Commerce
\nDuration:<\/span> <\/strong>2 years
\nAward amount: <\/span><\/strong>$201,551<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bridging the Great Disconnect- Linking the Gulf of Maine pelagic food web to lobster recruitment dynamics: Part II – Lab and Field Studies<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Fields & Countway (Bigelow Lab), Lasley-Rasher (USM), Carloni (NH F&G)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA-National Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $399,000<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

Revealing Deepwater Lobster Settlement Across Thermal Gradients in the Gulf of Maine Yr 2<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>College:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Brown (Ready Seafood Co.)
\nSponsors:<\/strong> Ready Seafood Co., Santa Monica Seafood
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\n<\/span>Award Amount:<\/strong> $75,000<\/span><\/p>\n

Omega Lobster Bait Project<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Bouchard (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> Omega Protein, Inc.
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $51,790<\/p>\n

Track 1 – Graduate Support to Enhance Collaborative Research with Maine’s Lobster Industry <\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege<\/strong>: Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture<\/span>
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> <\/span>Brady (UM), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> UMS Research Reinvestment Fund
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $31,132<\/p>\n

RII Track 1: Molecule to Ecosystem: Environmental DNA as a Nexus of Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability for Maine (e-DNA) (Maine EPSCoR)<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Varahramyan & many co-investigators (Wahle share) (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NSF-EPSCoR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $2,877,854<\/p>\n

Aquaculture Workforce Development: Certificate in Applied Sustainable Aquaculture<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Bouchard (UM)
\nSponsors:<\/strong> Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, US Dept. of Commerce
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $123,735<\/p>\n

Adaptation to Change in the Maine Lobster Fishery<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Commerce
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $145,277<\/p>\n

Developing a management strategy evaluation framework for the Maine lobster fishery in a changing Gulf of Maine<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $189,361<\/p>\n

Evaluate effectiveness of current sea sampling ventless trap and ME-NH and NEFSC bottom trawl surveys in monitoring lobster stock in a changing Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $47,214<\/p>\n

Evaluating impacts of conservation measures on lobster population dynamics in a changing Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $87,732<\/p>\n

Project and evaluate impacts of environmental variations on the spatio-temporal distributions of lobster population and suitable habitat in the Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $87,732<\/p>\n

The consequences of a changing environment to the health of American lobsters<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Hamlin (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Commerce
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $154,219<\/p>\n

Are lobster landings about to decline in coastal Maine? A proposal to study multiple lines of evidence for long-term demographic trends<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Steneck (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Commerce
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $229,874<\/p>\n

Do small female lobsters produce lower quality eggs?<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Fields (Bigelow Laboratory), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Commerce
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2019
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $59,711<\/p>\n

2018<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bridging the spawner-recruit disconnect: Investigating linkages between larval lobster and the pelagic food web: Part I – Time Series Analysis<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $40,000<\/p>\n

Technical Assistance to Small Fisheries and Aquaculture-related Business in Maine’s Easter Coastal Counties<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Bartlett (UM), Morse (UM), Springule (UM)
\nSponsor<\/strong>: NOAA – Maine Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $26,161<\/p>\n

Reconciling multiple stakeholders in rockweed habitats: Science to help achieve intersecting goals of a fishery and coastal wildlife<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Klemmer (UM), Olsen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – Maine Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount<\/strong>: $49,085<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

Deepwater settlement across the Gulf of Maine’s steep thermal gradients<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Brown (Ready Seafood Co.)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> Ready Seafood Co.
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration<\/strong>: 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $75,000<\/p>\n

Monitoring juvenile American lobster to forecast productivity in the growing Newfoundland lobster fishery<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Le Bris (Memorial University Newfoundland), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> MEOPPAR Canada
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2018
\nDuration<\/strong>: 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $ 75,000<\/p>\n

Enhancing profitability of Maine’s lobster fishery<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Brown (Ready Seafood Co.), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsors:<\/strong> MTI-MTAF Grant, Ready Seafood Co.
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $50,000<\/p>\n

Do small female lobsters produce lower quality eggs?<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Fields (Bigelow Laboratory), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – SK
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $59,711<\/p>\n

A Proactive Approach to Addressing Lobster Health Yr. 2<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/span><\/strong> School of Food and Agriculture
\nInvestigator<\/strong>: Bayer (UM), Hamlin (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2016
\nDuration: <\/strong>2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $1,671<\/p>\n

A new era in stock assessment of the American Lobster – Yr 5<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2013
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $28,438<\/p>\n

A Proactive Approach to Addressing Lobster Health Yr 2<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> President’s Office
\nUnit:<\/strong> Cooperative Extension
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Bouchard (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $28,418<\/p>\n

2017<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Assessing the potential for sustainability of fishing-dependent communities in coastal Maine in the face of environmental and socioeconomic<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Leslie (UM), Stoll (UM), Anderson (UM), Wilson (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $275,308<\/p>\n

Genetic and phenotypic response of larval American lobster to ocean warming and acidification across New England’s steep thermal gradient\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Fields (Bigelow Laboratory)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – OA Program & Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $153,099<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

A Proactive Approach to Addressing Lobster Health<\/strong> <\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Engineering
\nUnit:<\/strong> Civil and Environmental Engineering
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Bouchard (UM), Hamlin (UM), MacRae (UM), Bayer (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $33,431<\/p>\n

Incorporating Environmental Variables to improve assessment and predictive capacity for American lobster in a Changing Gulf of Maine and Southern New England<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – SK
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $173,287<\/p>\n

RRF Undergrad Internship: Increasing the value of Maine’s lobster fishery by improving shell quality and meat yield<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> UMS Research Reinvestment Fund
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $ 7,000<\/p>\n

Do small female lobsters produce lower quality eggs?<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Fields (Bigelow Laboratory), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – SK
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $59,711<\/p>\n

A new era in stock assessment of the American lobster – Yr 4<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2013
\nDuration:<\/strong> 4 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $40,525<\/p>\n

Evaluating Maine Lobster Monitoring Program<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $28,670<\/p>\n

Maine Lobster Collaborative: Bridging the great disconnect- Linking the Gulf of Maine food web to larval recruitment<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> US Dept. of Marine Resources
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $45,788<\/p>\n

Revealing Deepwater Lobster Settlement Across Thermal Gradients in the Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor<\/strong>: NOAA
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2017
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $93,176<\/p>\n

Genetic and phenotypic response of larval American lobster to ocean warming and acidification across New England\u2019s steep thermal gradient<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Fields (Bigelow Laboratory)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – OA Program & Sea Grant
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2017
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $153,099<\/p>\n

Assessing the Impact of Environmental Change on the Recruitment of Lobsters off Southeastern New England<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2017
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $48,356<\/p>\n

2016<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Understanding the effects of changing ocean ecosystems on lobster health and susceptible to disease in the context of rising water temperatures<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Cooperative Extension
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Bouchard (UM), Hamlin (UM), MacRae (UM), Bayer (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $127,482<\/p>\n

Evaluating Lobster Sea and Port Sampling Programs and Effectiveness of Conservation Measures<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $25,000<\/p>\n

Supporting decision-making under climate variability and change: multi-scale forecasting of the Maine lobster fishery<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration: <\/strong>2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $58,053<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

Enhancing the value of the American Lobster Settlement Index<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Maine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Brady (UM), Shank (NMFS)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> UMS Research Reinvestment Fund
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $100,000<\/p>\n

Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Larval Connectivity and Recruitment of the American Lobster off of Southern New England<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Churchill (WHOI), Wahle (UM), Cowles (UMA, Dartmouth), Pugh (MA, DMF)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $48,356<\/p>\n

Revealing Deepwater Lobster Settlement Across Thermal Gradients in the Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Reardon (ME DMR)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA – Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2016
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $150,000<\/p>\n

2015<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Maine EPSCoR: The Nexus of Coastal Marine Social-Environmental Systems and Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege<\/strong>: Natural Sciences, Forestry
\nUnit: <\/strong>Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Anderson (UM), Brady UM), Bricknell (UM), Hamlin (UM), Bouchard (UM)
\nSponsor<\/strong>: NSF
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2015
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $600,000<\/p>\n

Improving survivability of cusk and Atlantic cod bycatch discarded in the Gulf of Maine lobster trap fishery<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Chen (UM)
\nSponsor<\/strong>: NOAA-SK
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2015
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $229,243<\/p>\n

Using the American Lobster Settlement Index and Environmental Indicators in Fishery Forecasting and Stock Assessment<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Pershing (GMRI), Shank (NMFS)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA-FATE
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2014
\nDuration:<\/strong> 3 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $134,827<\/p>\n

Supplementary support for Maine DMR lobster growth and age determination project<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit<\/strong>: Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA-Maine, Sea Grant
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2015
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $46,550<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2015
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

The effects of regional temperature cycles on the development and disease susceptibility of the American lobster (Homarus americanus)<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Hamlin (UM), Bricknell (UM), Bayer (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2015
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount<\/strong>: $199,613<\/b><\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/b>Supplementary support for Maine DMR lobster growth and age determination project<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Wahle (UM), Kilada (UNB), Ambrose (Bates College)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2013-2018
\nDuration<\/strong>: 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $250,000<\/p>\n

American Lobster Settlement Index Oversight<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege<\/strong>: Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor<\/strong>: ME DMR
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2014
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 year
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $5,000<\/p>\n

Collaborative Research: Strengthening the scientific basis for decision-making: Advancing knowledge-action capacities in a coupled coastal-inland system<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit<\/strong>: Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Anderson (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NSF
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2014
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $120,000<\/p>\n

Coastal SEES (Track 2), Collaborative Research: Resilience and Adaptation of a Coastal Ecological-Economic System in Response to Increasing Temperature<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators:<\/strong> Chen (UM), Thomas (UM), Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NSF
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2014
\nDuration:<\/strong> 4 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $139,713<\/p>\n

The effects of regional temperature cycles on the development and disease susceptibility of the American lobster (Homarus americanus)<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigators: <\/strong>Hamlin (UM), Bricknell (UM), Bayer (UM), Bouchard (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA-SK
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2014
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $249,516<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Revealing Deepwater Lobster Settlement Across Thermal Gradients in the Gulf of Maine<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2013
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $93,176<\/p>\n

A new era in stock assessment of the American lobster<\/strong> <\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit: <\/span><\/strong>Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ME DMR
\nStarting date<\/strong>: 2013-2018
\nDuration:<\/strong> 5 years
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $250,000<\/p>\n

Evaluating the American Lobster Settlement Index in Fishery Forecasting<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Wahle (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> ALSF
\nStarting date: <\/strong>2013
\nDuration:<\/strong>
\nAward Amount:<\/strong> $12,000<\/p>\n

Aquaculture in Shared Waters<\/strong><\/span>
\nCollege:<\/strong> Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
\nUnit:<\/strong> Marine Sciences
\nInvestigator:<\/strong> Johnson (UM)
\nSponsor:<\/strong> NOAA
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 2013
\nDuration:<\/strong>
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