Nils Haëntjens, research assistant professor in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, has just returned from a two-week trip to the North Pole to study phytoplankton distributions in relation to sea ice properties on-board the cruise vessel Le Commandant Charcot. The vessel, which is also an ice breaker, was on its first voyage with passengers […]
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and Fishing Wire reported that the Local Catch Network, based in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, is working with fisheries scientist and science communicator, Emily De Sousa, to facilitate the second annual Find Your Seafood Week. The social media campaign helps connect community members directly […]
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Michael Horst, visiting scientist at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, spoke to the Portsmouth Herald about epizootic shell disease in lobsters, which is on the rise in the Gulf of Maine. Horst said that the disease causes bacteria and fungi to grow on the lobster’s carapace so that the lobster is unable to […]
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Beals, Maine — Twenty-five students from 15 universities nationwide presented their summer marine research at the sixth annual Science for Economic Impact and Application (SEA) Fellows Symposium, held this year at the Downeast Institute (DEI) in Beals, Maine. More than 50 people, including students and their family members; researchers; local municipal leaders and other community […]
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Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine and internationally recognized researcher on sea lice, is a co-editor and major contributor to “Sea Lice Biology and Control,” published by 5m Books and available in October 2022. The other co-editors are James Bron and Jim Treasurer. Bricknell is one of 69 authors who […]
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In an article about Maine’s burgeoning market of edible seaweed, Real Daily cited an NBC interview with Susan Brawley, professor at the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, where she said, “More people are interested in sea vegetables, and a lot more Americans are a lot more savvy about eating nutritious foods.” […]
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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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