CCAR Mentioned in Coral Magazine Article

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

September 25, 2014 County, Economic Development, Outreach, UMaine in the News

The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin was mentioned in an article published in Coral: The Reef and Aquarium Magazine. The article focused on Sea & Reef Aquaculture, a company that is housed at CCAR and provides aquacultured tropical marine fishes to the saltwater aquarium trade. Soren Hansen, a Sea & Reef co-founder, spoke about how David Townsend, a UMaine professor of oceanography, was influential in getting the business off the ground by providing funding and an on-campus lab through the School of Marine Sciences. Townsend and Hansen said the relationship between UMaine and Sea & Reef is mutually beneficial. Stephen Eddy, a biologist at CCAR, also spoke about the facility’s mission of promoting, developing and facilitating aquaculture in Maine. “Sea & Reef is an excellent example of how aquaculture is far more than salmon net pens and oyster rafts,” Eddy said. “Sea & Reef broadens the perspective of many of our visitors by helping them recognize that, despite the bad things they may have heard about aquaculture, there is much more to the story.”