Scientific American quotes Beal in article on green crabs

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.

October 31, 2019 Forestry and the Environment, UMaine in the News

Scientific American quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, in the article “Harm to Table: Turning an Invasive Crab into a Delicacy.” Local conditions will continue to promote green crab population surges as ocean waters warm faster in the Gulf of Maine than almost anywhere else in the world, the article states. “They have higher predation rates” in warm conditions, said Beal. “They produce more offspring. They have higher survival rates.” While a soft-shell European green crab fishery probably will not mitigate the crabs’ considerable damage to clam fisheries, producing a market for them is a good way to put them to use, according to Beal. And “they taste great,” he said.