Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine and member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, and Alice Kelley, research associate professor at the Climate Change Institute, co-authored a study showing that oyster fisheries were intensively yet sustainably harvested by Indigenous peoples long before European settlers arrived. The study, co-led by Smithsonian’s National […]
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Efforts to reduce the risk of entanglement in lobster trap lines for the endangered North Atlantic right whale may need to consider more factors than just line strength if they want to be safe, effective and economical, according to new research led by the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR). […]
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Heather Leslie was interviewed by the Lincoln County News about her role as director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. “I like to call this the Woods Hole of the North. … you have hundreds of people, trained scientists and other professionals, working on marine science and education issues. We’re spread […]
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The Maine Oyster Trail received a Growth and Leadership Award at the 2022 Governor’s Conference on Tourism. First launched in 2017 to educate consumers about oyster farming in Maine, the Maine Oyster Trail was reimagined in 2020 by Maine Sea Grant and the Maine Aquaculture Association in response to market changes during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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David Townsend, director of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, was interviewed for Scientific American about innovative fish farms in Maine. Townsend said that Maine has two important attributes for fish cultivation: cold, nutrient-rich water and extremely vigorous tides that distribute those nutrients throughout the water column. According to Townsend, mussels […]
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Alexis Stanley, undergraduate laboratory assistant at the University of Maine from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, was awarded the President’s Award at the 60th annual Northeast Algal Society (NEAS) meeting in Burlington, Vermont. NEAS is a regional phycological society dedicated to furthering algal research and education in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. The President’s Award is […]
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Emmanuel Boss and Lee Karp-Boss, professors at the School of Marine Sciences, were interviewed for Hakai Magazine about their role collecting data about ocean microbes on the Tara expedition. From 2009–13, the Tara traversed the globe as scientists aboard sampled the ocean’s microbes and studied how fast those microbes sank. Boss and Karp-Boss have both […]
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Political science major Dominique DiSpirito of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is the 2022 University of Maine valedictorian and Maxwell Burtis of Brunswick, Maine, a mechanical engineering major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the UMaine Honors College. “Dominique and Maxwell are truly outstanding members of our community and their UMaine student experiences are what […]
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The Island Institute shared information about the Maine Aquaculture Hub’s 2022-2032 Roadmap, which outlines a series of tangible and attainable steps to help meet the rising demand for seafood, particularly seafood that is high in quality and sustainably grown. The report was developed by the Maine Aquaculture Hub, which is a collaboration between Maine Sea […]
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The World Ocean Explorer DEEP SEA exhibit, a first-of-its-kind immersive virtual aquarium showcasing deep-sea discoveries, has been launched by the World Ocean Observatory and Schmidt Ocean Institute. The virtual aquarium allows users to explore deep-sea ecosystems that cannot be observed in a traditional aquarium setting, such as hydrothermal vents, whale falls and interactions with 3D […]
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