Department of Marine Resources hires Ph.D. student as lobster scientist, media report
The Ellsworth American, Saving Seafood and Boothbay Register reported the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has hired a University of Maine Ph.D. student in marine biology as a new scientist to lead its lobster sampling program. Katherine Thompson will be responsible for the coordination, implementation and participation in the lobster sea sampling program in all seven of the state’s lobster management zones, as well as oversee the department’s juvenile lobster ventless trap survey, according to the reports. Thompson’s responsibilities will include supervision of DMR scientific staff and contractors who participate in those programs, the reports state. “I’m excited about working closely with industry, especially here in my home state,” Thompson said.