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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The Economist interviewed Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, for an article titled “Maine relies on its marine life, but climate change will alter what that means.”
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The Press Herald published an op-ed by Richard Wahle and Robert Steneck, professors in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, advocating for collaboration with Canada, scientists, fishermen and the public to save the right whale and other species threatened by climate change.
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The Mount Desert Islander and the Ellsworth American cited a middle school science outreach program initiated by Rick Wahle, the director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, using public grant funds. When grant funds were expended, public companies Ready Seafood and Red Lobster partnered with the Cranberry Isles Fishermen’s Co-op to continue the study […]
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The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (NSFA) at the University of Maine will host a live webinar called “NSFA Unlocked” from 2–4 p.m. Sept. 30. Campus leaders from the college in nursing, marine sciences, economics and more will highlight the science and student experiences that inspire their work. The showcase aims to better […]
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National Public Radio cited a study from the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions about University of Maine Mitchell Center study of resilience in the lobster fishery in the Northeast in a story about changes in the industry that will also impact the communities that depend on lobstering. WFUV (90.7 […]
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