WQHR (Q96.1 in Presque Isle) cited University of Maine experts Robert Steneck and Bob Bayer in a story about whether lobsters experience pain while being boiled. According to Steneck, a professor of marine sciences, and Bayer, the retired director of the Lobster Institute, the lobster’s nervous system is simple, and not likely to register pain.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine students Madison-Riley Powell and Jonathan Warren have received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study in the United Kingdom in fall 2021. Powell is a marine sciences major; Warren is studying business management.
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The Times Record promoted virtual events in February, March and April that are part of the 2021 Maine Fishermen’s Forum, noting that Bridie McGreavy, an assistant professor of environmental communication at the University of Maine, is organizing it and will co-host the shellfish day discussion. The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and […]
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Two University of Maine students have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study in the United Kingdom for the fall 2021 semester. Madison-Riley Powell, a third-year marine sciences major from Leicester, Massachusetts, seeks to enroll at Bangor University in Wales. Jonathan Warren, a business management transfer student from Tacoma, Washington, will study at […]
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Maine and New Hampshire high school students will put their marine science knowledge to the test by competing in the virtual 2021 Nor’easter Bowl hosted by the University of Maine on Feb. 27. Ten teams from five schools will face off from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. through Zoom for the regional round of the 24th annual […]
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The Boothbay Register promoted a panel discussion with Ian Long, director of the 2020 documentary “The Long Coast,” and Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. The virtual event, which is sponsored by the Darling Center and the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 2. Participants will […]
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The Counter interviewed Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy, about the direct-to-consumer model for selling fish in a story about how the COVID-19 pandemic could change the U.S. fish industry. “If we’re interested in learning from this pandemic and responding to it in the seafood sector, we should really think […]
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A report by Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, was cited in a New Hampshire Union Leader story about researchers using historical fish diet data to predict which species will inhabit the Gulf of Maine in the future.
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Centralmaine.com promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H launching its new 4-H Sustainable Fisheries Club. More information can be found online.
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News 5 Cleveland cited research from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about a blue lobster rescued from a Red Lobster restaurant making her debut at the Akron Zoo. According to the institute, “the likelihood of catching a blue lobster is one in 200 million.”
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