News Center Maine featured research from the University of Maine that tracks down sea run rainbow smelt using environmental DNA, or eDNA. “It runs right up against forensics, it’s just, we move outside of crime scenes and into the wild. The nice things about environmental DNA is it only requires somebody to collect a water […]
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Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community. AAAS Fellows are a group of scientists, engineers and innovators recognized for their achievements […]
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The Maine Monitor spoke to Brian Beal, a professor of ecology and at the University of Maine at Machias, about the impact of climate change on Maine’s clam fishery. “Climate change is just that piece of dynamite that’s been thrown into that room. That has just changed everything,” Beal said. News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a short-term online 4-H club about algae and its impact on surrounding ecosystems. Intended for youth ages 12–15, the special interest, or SPIN, club will meet from 3:30–5 p.m. on Tuesdays from March 7–April 11. Required registration closes Feb. 10. The Algae SPIN Club will explore all […]
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The University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab directed by assistant professor Walt Golet has received a five-year, $250,000 commitment from the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund to deploy electronic tags on Atlantic bluefin tuna. The Outdoor Fund is a not-for-profit charity that rallies Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s 200 million passionate customers to […]
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Heather Jones, CEO of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Center in Stirling, Scotland, will be the keynote speaker for the 5th Maine Aquaculture Research, Development and Education (R&D&E) Summit Jan. 27, hosted by the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute and the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center. The R&D&E Summit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center […]
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Jeff Runge, professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, spoke to the Associated Press about how the growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine that is causing a dramatic decrease in the production of phytoplankton will impact marine ecosystems. “There’s mounting evidence that it’s linked to climate change. It’s having […]
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The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander noted that the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine will hold a Feb. 3–4 meeting in Portland for U.S. and Canada fishermen, managers and researchers. The event will discuss the impacts of regulations on harvesters, impacts on markets, solutions and technology and shifting distributions of marine species […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a University of Maine study that aims to quantify the number of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna in New England that die after being caught and released led by Walt Golet, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine science. The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Golet more than $210,800 […]
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In summer 2022, Sophia Pelletier served as an undergraduate research assistant in the lab of professor Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Pelletier, who lives in Davis, California, graduated from University of California, Davis with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife, fish, and conservation biology. She is now applying to graduate programs in marine ecology. Pelletier wrote about her UMaine […]
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