Marine Sciences

Staudinger receives Honorable Mention for the 2023 Climate Adaptation  Leadership Award for Natural Resources

Michelle Staudinger, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and Darling Marine Center, was awarded an honorable mention for the 2023 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources. Staudinger was recognized in the “Federal Government” category for demonstrating exemplary leadership in reducing climate related threats and promoting adaptation of the nation’s […]

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CNN interviews Stoll about mussels and their health benefits

CNN interviewed Josh Stoll, University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy, about the health benefits of eating mussels. “Think about it this way: Mussels take about as long to cook as a hot dog but have more than two times more protein as well as a diverse array of micronutrients,” Stoll said. WSILTV (Channel […]

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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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