Grad student to present at ocean life conference, Mount Desert Islander reports

Mount Desert Islander advanced the fourth annual regional Gulf of Maine and Ocean Life Conference May 19–20 in Bar Harbor. The conference, which is hosted by Allied Whale and the Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co., will include 12 spoken presentations on subjects ranging from oceanography to whales and everything in between, according to the article. Among the scheduled speakers is University of Maine graduate student Catlin Ames, who will discuss research on sturgeon in Maine rivers, the article states.