Maine Public cited the University of Maine as co-leader of an ocean monitoring project funded by the National Science Foundation in an interview with co-investigator Dave Emerson, a senior research scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The project involves capturing and sequencing organismal DNA in ocean water to assess species movement and to […]
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CNN Health interviewed University of Maine researchers Mary Ellen Camire and Joshua Stoll about what seafood is the healthiest for the human body and planet. Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition, said “fattier fish from cold water are a better source of omega-3s,” and because it has the highest number of these […]
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Vancouver Is Awesome cited a University of Maine-led alternative seafood network study in a story about how one in the British Columbia-based city is thriving.
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Mainebiz reported that the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and the Maine Business School have introduced the “UMaine Blue Economy” program to deepen partnerships between science and business experts in the state’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors and other working-waterfront industries. A $50,000 award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund supports the initiative, which seeks […]
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Phoebe Jekielek, director of research at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership and a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, and Dana Morse, a UMaine Cooperative Extension scallop specialist with Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the New York Times about scallop aquaculture in Maine. Jekielek is investigating the impact of scallop farming on […]
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The Boothbay Register noted that the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Downeast Institute, a marine science field station for the University of Maine at Machias, co-hosted the annual Science for Economic impact and Application (SEA) Fellows Summer Science Symposium virtually on Aug. 10. More than 70 people participated in the virtual event, which […]
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In an effort to support Maine and the nation’s growing finfish aquaculture industry, University of Maine scientists seek to develop more effective, safe, sustainable and affordable fish vaccines using nanocellulose produced from Maine’s renewable wood pulp industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a team of UMaine aquaculture […]
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The Counter interviewed Damian Brady about the growth of aquaculture in Maine and concerns surrounding upcoming large-scale operations. Brady, an associate professor of marine sciences, says there could be unintended consequences of an operation like a massive kelp farm, but “the fundamental tension in all this is that it’s up to the stomach of the […]
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Good Morning America spoke with Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy, about the Local Catch Network, a cooperative that supports sustainable fisheries and seeks to link consumers directly with local fishermen. Stoll, who created the seafood finder with colleagues in the Local Catch Network, is encouraging consumers to think about […]
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Twenty five undergraduate and recent post baccalaureate students from the University of Maine, University of Southern Maine and 10 other institutions will share the results of their summer marine research on Aug. 10 in the virtual 2021 University of Maine SEA Fellows Symposium. The SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows program is coordinated by UMaine’s Darling Marine Center […]
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