Marine Sciences

Media reports on Townsend receiving Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award

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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SEA Fellows Science Symposium scheduled for Aug. 9

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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Cammen speaks to ABC News about seal population growth

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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Townsend receives Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award

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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Media shares Darling Marine Center shellfish event

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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Professor emeritus Acheson passes away

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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Community invited to participate in shellfish discussion at Darling Marine Center

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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Darling Marine Center annual science seminars continue July 29 and August 12

The Darling Marine Center will host its second and final annual science seminars from 10:30–11:15 a.m. on July 29 and Aug. 12.  On July 29, Damian Brady, professor of oceanography and associate director for research and graduate studies at the School of Marine Sciences, will discuss the development and future of scallop aquaculture in the […]

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Wahle interviewed by UPI about changes in Gulf of Maine fishing stocks

Richard Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke to UPI about recent research suggesting the Gulf of Maine is not only warming, but also getting saltier, more acidic and increasingly stratified — raising concerns for its fish stocks. “It’s important to think about these climate effects on the gulf as […]

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