UMaine research cited in Press Herald report on Maine lobster haul decline

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.

March 2, 2018 Economic Development, UMaine in the News

University of Maine research was cited in the Portland Press Herald article about Maine’s lobster industry seeing both its value and volume fall sharply in 2017. Landings declined 16 percent in 2017, and the boat value of the statewide catch fell 18.6 percent, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, which released its annual catch data at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport. Recently, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and UMaine published a study that predicted a sharp decline in Gulf of Maine stock over the next 30 years, using a computer model that predicts the population will fall 40 to 62 percent by 2030, depending on the rate of warming, the article states. In 2015, Rick Wahle, a research professor at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center, also tied shrinking larval habitats to ocean warming, the Press Herald reported. The Associated Press also cited Wahle’s research in an article on Maine’s lobster catch. Wahle has warned that the population of baby lobsters in some parts of the Gulf of Maine has fallen to low levels in recent years, the AP reported. San Francisco Chronicle and WTOP carried the AP article.