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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In an article about a community-supported fishery called Fishadelphia in Philadelphia, Hakai Magazine noted that the organization’s founder Talia Young’s interactions with Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, helped inspire her to establish the group. Stoll previously founded a community-supported fishery in eastern North Carolina called Walking Fish.
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In a story about Maine’s scallop farming industry, News Center Maine spoke to Christopher Noren, graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, about his research into the best ways to grow scallops to farm. Noren said that climate change warming Maine’s waters can pose a potential risk to the scallop industry, both […]
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Quantifying the number of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna in New England that die after being caught and released is the goal of a new University of Maine-led study. The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Walt Golet, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine science, more than $210,800 for the project. For their research on […]
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The Maine Policy Matters podcast will launch its third season on Jan. 17 with an episode about offshore wind development, followed by an episode about the future of Maine’s lobster industry on Jan. 30. The premiere episode on Jan. 17 focuses on the Maine Policy Review article “Maine and Offshore Wind Development: Using the Coastal […]
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The Fish Site noted that Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, is the co-editor of a new book about sea lice biology and control.
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Maine Sea Grant’s biennial request for research proposals is now open for submissions. Maine Sea Grant seeks proposals that link research to the needs of coastal communities. Total two-year requests are limited to $200,000 in Sea Grant funds (including all direct and indirect costs). The program will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 10, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, MaineBiz, Public News Service, Coastal News Today, Wiscasset Newspaper, Environmental News Network, Maritime Executive and WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) reported that the University of Maine is leading a collaborative research project along with scientists from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Columbia University, Florida State University and Memorial […]
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Investigating how a rapidly warming Arctic will affect American lobster populations and the communities that depend on them in New England and Atlantic Canada will be the focus of a University of Maine-led study backed by a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic Program (NNA). Richard Wahle, director of […]
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Kristen Grant, senior Extension program manager for coastal community resilience, and diversity, equity and inclusion at the Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Wells Reserve, was a VIP caller on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling for the final program in a series about resilience.
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