UMaine, Bigelow Laboratory win grant to aid oyster fishery, Press Herald reports
The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay were awarded two grants totaling $574,000 to fund a joint study of a marine protozoan parasite that infects oysters. The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation, according to the article. Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King made the announcement in a joint statement. “This funding will support the innovative collaboration between Bigelow Lab and the University of Maine and further our knowledge of Maine’s marine ecology,” Collins and King said.