In an article about a rare orange lobster rescued from a Red Lobster restaurant in Mississippi, Newsweek cited information from the UMaine Lobster Institute stating that though most lobsters are a brownish color, some can be different colors, like yellow or white. MSN and DNYUZ shared the Newsweek report.
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This summer, five undergraduate students are gaining experience in sea-run fish research and management as participants in Maine Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s (NOAA) Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Undergraduate Internships in Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program. The program, which launched in 2020, pairs student interns with mentors who are practitioners in the […]
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Lucia Liet was working as an ocean rescue lifeguard on the Jersey Shore when she decided that she wanted to study ecology. Now, she has moved up the East Coast to become a marine protector of a different sort: a researcher at the forefront of using eDNA to try and save the Atlantic cod. After […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald reported that the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment awarded David Townsend, professor of oceanography in the School of Marine Sciences, one of its 2022 Visionary Awards. The awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations from each state and province bordering the Gulf of Maine for […]
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Twenty-seven undergraduate and recent post-baccalaureate students from the University of Maine, University of Maine at Machias, University of Southern Maine, College of the Atlantic and 12 other institutions across the state and nation will share the results of their summer marine research at the 2022 SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows Symposium on […]
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Kristina Cammen, assistant professor at the School of Marine Sciences, was interviewed by ABC News about the threat to fish stocks posed by the rebound in gray seal populations. Fishing groups contend the seals could threaten cod stocks that regulators are struggling to rebuild after decades of overfishing. “Gray seals are certainly this case where […]
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The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment awarded David Townsend, a University of Maine professor of oceanography, one of its 2022 Visionary Awards. The awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations from each state and province bordering the Gulf of Maine for their innovation, creativity and commitment to protecting the marine environment. The organization […]
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The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper shared information about an event where community members are invited to join researchers and local students at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for a conversation about emerging results of an ongoing community science program in the Damariscotta River estuary. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. […]
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A memorial service will be held this fall for University of Maine professor emeritus James Acheson, who held a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the School of Marine Sciences. Acheson passed away June 28 at the age of 84. He joined the UMaine anthropology faculty in 1968 and retired in 2013. Acheson was […]
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Interested community members are invited to join researchers and local students at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for a conversation about emerging results of an ongoing community science program in the Damariscotta River estuary. The conversation will focus on the results from the first full year of the community science program studying shellfish […]
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