The Sun Journal highlighted collaborative research from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab and Maine Department of Marine Resources in which researchers are monitoring the Gulf of Maine’s great white sharks with cylindrical fish acoustic receivers. Since 2020, receivers have recorded radio tagged great whites in Eastport, Harpswell, Ogunquit, Kennebunk, Higgins Beach, Phippsburg, Hermit […]
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The Harpswell Anchor featured Dana Morse, University of Maine Cooperative Extension program manager and aquaculture lead, in a story about the future of aquaculture in Maine, particularly the opportunity it presents in Harpswell. Morse, a part of the UMaine-run Maine Sea Grant, also co-owns Iron Island Oysters, part of the New Meadows River Shellfish Co-op […]
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Spectrum News interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on how Maine’s clean, running water is contributing to a longer black fly season. “Once the Clean Water Act came into play, the rivers and streams in the state of Maine and other areas got cleaner and cleaner and […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Stefano Tijerina, senior lecturer in management at the University of Maine, following an increase in tariffs on certain imports from Canada, Maine’s biggest trade partner. “The items covered under the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, all those items remain untouched,” Tijerina said.
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Brian Jansen, assistant professor of communication and English at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed published in The Conversation titled, “Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity.” Jansen wrote, “The reasons for professional wrestling’s dangers are largely tied up in the industry’s working conditions. And part of Hogan’s legacy may be his complicity […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Kyle Oliveira about the presence of great white sharks in the Gulf of Maine. Oliveira said their presence is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem and pointed toward the abundance of striped bass, which is prey for the sharks. News Center Maine shared the report from […]
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Spectrum News interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the presence and potential threat of West Nile Virus, a mosquito-borne illness, found in a wild bird in York County. “There are years when we say ‘Oh, it’s a dry year, a concentration of birds near the water […]
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The Harpswell Anchor and News Center Maine covered the annual Casco Bay Bluefin Bonanza at Port Harbor Marine in South Portland, where students from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab took samples and recorded data from tuna caught during the competition to understand more about the highly migratory species. Money raised during the tournament, […]
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News Center Maine referenced a social media post from University of Maine Cooperative Extension warning that larvae of the spotted wing drosophila have been confirmed in several types of berries and now is the time to take preventative action.
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Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine, led New England Public Media on a tour through a section of forest described in his book, “These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.” Charney said the university’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology focuses on getting students outside […]
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