Marine Sciences

Riess speaks to BDN about exploring, preserving shipwrecks

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Warren Riess, a research professor emeritus of history, anthropology and marine sciences at the University of Maine, about exploring and preserving shipwrecks. “When you approach an archaeology site you have to be more ethical than any other science,” he said. “At an archaeology site, you really have to be guided […]

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AP News reports on funding for UMaine baby lobster research

The Associated Press reported on University of Maine scientists receiving $400,000 to expand research into baby lobsters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative awarded the funds, which will help researchers, including UMaine Lobster Institute director Rick Wahle, investigate the relationship between baby lobster’s food supply and both changes in ocean […]

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From hatch to catch, industry and UMaine scientists collaborate on lobster research 

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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Aquaculture Research Institute report cited in Press Herald

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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NOAA funds Golet’s latest Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna research

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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Media highlight funding coordinated by Sea Grant for lobster research

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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Lobster fitness tracker research cited in News Center report

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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