Mainebiz reported on the latest research by Walt Golet, an assistant professor with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, to conserve western Atlantic bluefin tuna and explore new marketing efforts to help fishermen sell it.
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The University of Maine MARINE Initiative will host a panel of leaders in the state to define and discuss the Blue Economy in Maine. This event will be held virtually on Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. and is open to the public. During the event, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will provide remarks. The panel consists […]
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The University of Maine’s collaborative research with the lobster industry will continue thanks to the support of businesses that rely on the fishery. The national restaurant chain Red Lobster, Cranberry Isles Fishermen’s Co-Op in Islesford, Maine, and Ready Seafood Co., a supplier and processor headquartered in Saco, Maine, teamed up to fund this sixth consecutive […]
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A Portland Press Herald article detailing the opportunities and controversies surrounding Maine aquaculture cited a 2016 industry economic impact report from the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute. When he spoke with the Press Herald, Sebastian Belle, director of the Maine Aquaculture Association, also noted the institute and UMaine’s Darling Marine Center as two of […]
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University of Maine assistant professor Walt Golet is helping conserve western Atlantic bluefin tuna and the industry its fishery supports with his latest research. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Golet, a research assistant professor with the School of Marine Sciences, more than $276,000 to lead a team of researchers who will collect and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup shared a news release about new research funding from the NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative coordinated regionally by Maine Sea Grant. The funding will support new studies, including a few from Maine-based researchers, to “address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American lobster (Homarus […]
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News Center Maine highlighted a University of Maine Lobster Institute, Saint Joseph’s College and Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve initiative to improve lobster survival in the supply chain by monitoring the quality of their shipping conditions using proptype minatiture fitness trackers.
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Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which announced its third round of funding. Six newly funded research projects, three of which are led by Maine-based researchers, will address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is being impacted by […]
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Mainebiz and the Mount Desert Islander reported on an effort by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NOAA Fisheries and the University of Maine to devise the first national benchmark survey of direct seafood marketing practices in domestic wild-caught fisheries. “Currently, there is a gap in national-level data on the domestic seafood system,” says Joshua Stoll, […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NOAA Fisheries and the University of Maine have initiated a unique partnership to better understand how U.S. fishermen market their catch. The partnership will increase understanding of the scope and scale of local and regional seafood marketing practices nationwide, and help remove barriers to direct marketing for the commercial fishing […]
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