Steneck, Kaczor discuss environmentalism in oyster farming with BDN
Robert Steneck, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, and Keri Kaczor, the environmental literacy and workforce development program manager at Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article titled “The environmentalists at the heart of Maine’s booming oyster business.” Steneck said oysters sequester carbon when they capture particles such as plankton, algae, sediments and other contaminants that they then digest and filter. Kaczor talked about oyster farmers in Maine. “There are real trailblazers in our oyster industry in Maine,” Kaczor said. “You don’t always see such a marriage between science and industry.”