Marine Sciences

Times Record features Nixon’s aquaculture research and business

The Times Record featured Matt Nixon, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine and owner Muddy River Farm Aquaponics, and his work in designing the world’s first 3D-printed, closed-loop, oyster-farming tank made from sustainable materials, the prototype of which was printed at UMaine. “Muddy River farm is the first company in the state to use […]

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UMaine shows water temperature impacts bacteria present on lobsters shells

The health of Maine lobsters is always top of mind, and is becoming even more tenuous as the climate warms and changes the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. A University of Maine study found that the bacteria present on lobster shells is highly dependent on water temperature, indicating that climate change may have a direct impact […]

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Media report on UMaine ARI funding for recirculating aquaculture systems research

The Bangor Daily News, The Ellsworth American, the Mount Desert Islander, Aquafeed.com, RASTech Magazine, the Fish Site and Intrafish reported that the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) has been awarded $2.25 million per year of congressional programmatic funding for recirculating aquaculture systems research. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, […]

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Media notes UMaine role in Camp Mummichog summer day camp

In an article about the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s Camp Mummichog summer day camp, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper noted that campers ages of 9–12 who are participating in “Marine Adventures” July 31–Aug. 4 will conduct their own experiments, dissect a squid, visit a lab at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to […]

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UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute awarded $2.25 million for recirculating aquaculture systems research

The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) has been awarded $2.25 million per year of congressional programmatic funding for recirculating aquaculture systems research.  The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), and supports studies ARI scientists will conduct at the National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center.  Recirculating aquaculture […]

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French and Italian media cover latest Tara expedition, Tara-Europa

French media outlets, including La Provence, Ouest-France, Le Télégramme, Paris Match, France 24, Les Echos, and Le Figaro, and the Italian media outlet The Map Report reported on the latest Tara Ocean Expedition, Tara-Europa, which recently left the port of Lorient for a pan-European study of land-ocean interaction. Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss, professors at […]

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