The Associated Press, News Center Maine and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) reported the University of Maine will receive part of a $164,000 NOAA grant to study and respond to marine mammal strandings. This initiative comes after a summer of unusually high sightings of dead seals washed up on beaches in Maine — so far, read more UMaine to receive NOAA grant to study marine mammal strandings, media report