Centralmaine.com advances 4-H Sustainable Fisheries Club
Centralmaine.com promoted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H launching its new 4-H Sustainable Fisheries Club. More information can be found online.
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News 5 Cleveland cites Lobster Institute research in blue lobster story
News 5 Cleveland cited research from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about a blue lobster rescued from a Red Lobster restaurant making her debut at the Akron Zoo. According to the institute, “the likelihood of catching a blue lobster is one in 200 million.”
Read morePress Herald opinion cites Darling Center aquaculture research
A Portland Press Herald opinion column cited aquaculture research conducted at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in calling for faster turnaround on shellfish aquaculture licenses from the Maine Department of Marine Resources, and a return to scoping and public hearing practices impacted by the pandemic.
Read morePress Herald, AZO Cleantech advance research exploring genetic response of lobsters to ocean warming, acidification
The Portland Press Herald and AZO Cleantech reported on research exploring the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American lobster. The study from a team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and Maine Department […]
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Research reveals genetic response of ocean warming and acidification in American lobster
A team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and Maine Department of Marine Resources in West Boothbay Harbor recently published their research on the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American […]
Read moreEddy cited in coverage of grant to develop urchin aquaculture
Maine Public and the Portland Press Herald talked with Steve Eddy, director of the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute, about Maine’s budding urchin industry and a recent grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will support development of methods for hatching and growing urchin seedlings. WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Eddy and Dana Morse, Maine Sea […]
Read moreBDN reports on Boss’ selection as oceanography fellow
The Bangor Daily News reported that Emmanuel Boss, a University of Maine professor of oceanography and director of the Sound & Color Lab in the School of Marine Sciences, has been named as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society.
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UMaine and Maine Sea Grant support effort to boost sea urchin farming in New England
A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England. The team — which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine […]
Read morePershing study cited in BBC story about whales’ role in carbon sequestration
The BBC cited a study by Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine marine scientist affiliated with the Climate Change Institute, in reporting about the role of whaling in releasing carbon into the atmosphere and how restoring whale populations could be a powerful tool for addressing climate change through carbon sequestration.
Read moreBoss named Fellow of The Oceanography Society
University of Maine professor of oceanography Emmanuel Boss, an internationally recognized researcher in ocean biogeochemistry and phytoplankton ecology, has been selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society. Boss was cited for his “contributions to and his leadership in ocean optics and its use in mapping biogeochemical processes in the ocean, for his inspirational teaching, […]
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