Lincoln County News reports on Semester by the Sea presentations
The Lincoln County News reported on end-of-semester presentations by students in the University of Maine’s Semester by the Sea program at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Five groups of undergraduate students in an estuarine oceanography course explored why the Damariscotta River is known for the quality, size and quantity of its oysters. Each group studied a particular characteristic of both the Damariscotta and Kennebec rivers to determine which is better suited for shellfish cultivation, the article states. Based on the students’ research, Damian Brady, an assistant research professor at the DMC and instructor for the course, said that all conditions appear to be more conducive to shellfish aquaculture in the Damariscotta River, except for a portion of the lower Kennebec that showed higher concentration of saltwater.