The Baltimore Fishbowl and What’s Up magazine reported on a grey seal named Louis Armstrong that was released at Assateague Island National Seashore on June 3 after rehabilitation at the National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore. The article noted that a DNA sample from Louis was shared with the researchers at the […]
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The Associated Press reported that the 13th biennial Beaches Conference, which is hosted by the Maine and New Hampshire Sea Grant and focuses on the health of the Maine and New Hampshire coasts, is scheduled for June 10 at Berwick Academy in Maine after a three-year hiatus. UMaine officials said the conference themes this year […]
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The 13th biennial Beaches Conference will take place on Friday, June 10 at Berwick Academy. Returning after a three-year hiatus, this event brings together residents; beach monitors; artists; scientists; students; local, state and federal agencies; youth; and anyone else who cares about the beaches and coasts to discuss the latest science, arts and culture, management […]
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NBC 10 Boston, the Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz and the Mount Desert Islander reported that University of Maine is leading an innovative new research project to collaborate with Maine’s lobster industry to explore the potential to use data owned by commercial lobstermen to map fishing efforts. Kate Beard-Tisdale, a professor in the School of Computing […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported that Walt Golet, assistant professor at the School of Marine Sciences and research scientist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, presented at the seventh annual “Walk the Working Waterfront.” Golet dissected a tuna head in front of a crowd at the event on Saturday with the assistance of a […]
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The Lincoln County News reported that Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will lead a team of undergraduate and high school students to study the shellfish species living at several sites along the upper Damariscotta River and document local knowledge of the estuary held by fishermen and […]
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The University of Maine is leading an innovative new research project to collaborate with Maine’s lobster industry to explore the potential to use data owned by commercial lobstermen to map fishing effort. These data may be used to minimize conflict from potential future offshore wind development. The state of Maine has set an aggressive goal […]
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Jennifer Perry, a professor of food microbiology at the University of Maine, was featured by the Bangor Daily News about the challenge of developing well-fitting food safety regulations for harvested seaweed. Perry has been working with seaweed food safety for years and said there are a number of factors that make it hard to craft […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot featured several UMaine graduate students who completed their work at the Darling Marine Center during the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic who have stayed to work in Maine after graduation. Struan Coleman studied the economics of scallop farming in Maine, which led him to working for an environmental research […]
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When he arrived at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in the summer of 2018, Struan Coleman did not expect to spend several years living in rural Maine. Coleman was recruited to Damian Brady’s research group and tasked with investigating the growth rates of oysters living in different parts of the Damariscotta River. The […]
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