Marine Sciences

Kerr named first female scientist to earn American Fisheries Society’s Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award

Lisa Kerr, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, received the American Fisheries Society’s 2023 Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award at their annual meeting in August in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The award is presented to an individual or organization, professional or nonprofessional, for outstanding contributions to the conservation of fishery […]

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Maine Monitor quotes Gilbert in article about salmon escape impact on seals

In an article about the recent escape of 50,000 juvenile salmon from a fish farm off Cutler, The Maine Monitor quoted James Gilbert, professor emeritus at the University of Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, about the impact of the escape on local seals. Gilbert said that coastwide surveys in Maine from 1981 […]

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Media cite UMaine role in monitoring algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine

The Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald and National Fisherman noted the University of Maine’s role in an informal consortium to share observations and data about an unusually large and long-lived algae bloom extending more than 100 miles across the Gulf of Maine. Maine Public, News Center Maine, the New Hampshire Bulletin and WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) […]

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PenBay Pilot quotes Steneck, Jekielek in Hurricane Island center story

In a story about the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, Maine’s newest field research station, the Penobscot Bay Pilot quoted Robert Steneck, professor with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, and UMaine doctorate candidate and the center’s lead scientist Phoebe Jekielek. “What I’m seeing now through […]

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WFVX cites Lobster Institute information about blue lobsters

In an article about a rare blue lobster caught off Beal’s Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) noted information from the University of Maine Lobster Institute explaining the blue hue comes from a genetic defect that causes the lobster to make excessive amounts of a protein that creates the color.

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Media interview Boss about ocean color change and warming world

Emmanual Boss, University of Maine professor of oceanography, spoke to Eos, Science News and Hunan TV’s program “Seeking Truth in News” about a new global study he co-authored showing that the ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, likely as a consequence of human-induced climate change. “The bacteria are very happy. There […]

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UMaine researchers awarded 2023 CERF Achievement Award

The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) announced that associate professors Lauren Ross and Sean Smith received the 2023 Donald W. Pritchard Outstanding Physical Oceanography Paper Award for “Coastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine: a Model Study.” Ross and Smith co-authored the paper with Sohaib Alahmed, former UMaine student […]

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BDN shares Zydlewski presentation at sturgeon at mural dedication ceremony

The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine professor of marine sciences and director of Maine Sea Grant Gayle Zydlewski will present about sturgeon at the dedication ceremony for a new mural on the Belfast Waterfront by artist David Hurley, who consulted Zydlewski for background on the sturgeon’s historical presence in the region. The […]

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NPS features Brawley’s research in Acadia National Park

The National Park Service featured Susan Brawley, professor emerita of plant biology and marine biology at the University of Maine, and her research career studying seaweed and algae in Acadia National Park for the Summer 2023 issue of Park Science magazine. “The rocky shores of Acadia National Park harbor a thriving community of marine algae. […]

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