The Lincoln County News reported on end-of-semester presentations by students in the University of Maine’s Semester by the Sea program at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Five groups of undergraduate students in an estuarine oceanography course explored why the Damariscotta River is known for the quality, size and quantity of its oysters. Each group […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Fish Farmer magazine article about an oral vaccine being developed for sea lice by a team of Scottish and international aquaculture experts. Sea lice are estimated to cost the Atlantic salmon production industry about $550 million a year. The new approach will use advanced nanoparticle technology to […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited two University of Maine-led studies that indicate warming waters off Maine have changed the dynamics of the lobster population in its story about Jeremy Tyler. The Blue Hill lobsterman is developing a “Plan B” for his economic livelihood that includes opening a coffee and sandwich shop to sell baked goods […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are pooling their expertise and resources for the Maine-eDNA initiative. Researchers on both sides of the Damariscotta River will be ocean forensic scientists as they track the health of Maine’s fisheries and coastal ecosystems and seek solutions for challenges. More information […]
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Maine Public interviewed Rick Wahle, a research professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine, about two new studies of lobsters along the northeastern Atlantic coast. Wahle is an author of both studies, which look at possible reasons for the dramatic rise in Gulf of […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot published a University of Maine news release about research by Bob Steneck, a University of Maine professor of marine sciences, that found even with ocean warming, coral bleaching and an intense hurricane, local conservation actions helped a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem rebound in about a decade. Steneck began studying coral reefs off […]
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Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the American lobster’s earliest life stages to its most rigorous test yet as an early warning system for trends in New England’s iconic fishery. The studies point to the role of a warming ocean and local differences in oceanography in […]
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Even with ocean warming, coral bleaching and an intense hurricane, local conservation actions helped a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem rebound in about a decade. Bob Steneck began studying coral reefs off the island of Bonaire, near Venezuela in the Dutch Caribbean in 2002. And for more than 15 years, the University of Maine professor of […]
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University of Maine Semester by the Sea students from the Darling Marine Center ran the touch tank Sept. 29 at the Pemaquid Oyster Festival. The Pemaquid Oyster Com. and Schooner Landing Restaurant host the annual festival in Damariscotta at the restaurant’s Main Street location. The free festival includes educational exhibits, vendors, music and plenty of […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz and WABI (Channel 5) reported a $1.6 million grant from NOAA Sea Grant will fund a new research consortium led by Walt Golet at the University of Maine. The Pelagic Ecosystem Research Consortium (PERC) will focus on improving stock assessment, management and sustainability of highly migratory species such as tuna, swordfish […]
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