Local news report UMaine awarded $236,574 for lobster research
WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine reported the University of Maine has been awarded $236,574 as part of the Sea Grant Lobster Initiative funded by NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program. “Fishing in hot water: defining sentinel indicators of resilience in the American lobster fishery” was awarded $125,808. And “Incorporating changes in thermal habitat and growth to improve the assessment of American lobster stocks and spatial distribution in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Southern New England” was awarded $100,766. Seafood Source published an article about the awards, with a particular focus on funding for a study led by Joshua Stoll, a professor of marine policy at UMaine, about collecting data to find indicators of the health of the lobster industry; and shared the News Center Maine story. Mainebiz and the Mt. Desert Islander and Lincoln County News also reported on the awards, and the Boothbay Register shared the UMaine media release about them.