Fishermen’s Voice interviewed Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor with the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, for an article about Stoll’s recent research on lobster trade. The study maps global trade routes for lobster and analyzes their effects on the relation between those who […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Rick Wahle, a professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, and UMaine graduate student Maura Niemisto, are collaborating on research with senior research scientist David Fields at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. The lab houses a “time machine” device that allows […]
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The Free Press quoted several University of Maine faculty members in an article on the future of the Penobscot Bay: James Wilson, a professor emeritus of marine science and economics, David Townsend, an oceanographer, and Robert Steneck, a professor in the School of Marine Sciences. Penobscot Bay has a history of boom-and-bust cycles across different […]
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To understand and promote the ecological health of Maine’s estuaries and coastal watersheds, residents organized the Maine Coastal Observing Alliance (MCOA). Alliance leaders Kathleen Thornton and Sarah Gladu will share success stories and findings during their talk titled “Working together for Maine’s Estuaries: Citizen Science Groups Collaborate with University of Maine Scientists” at 10:30 a.m. […]
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Students, researchers, fishermen, aquaculture entrepreneurs and other marine professionals will gather at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center 2-4:30 p.m. Aug. 7 for the third annual SEA Fellows Symposium. UMaine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will welcome participants to the student-centered symposium at 2 p.m. in Brooke Hall on the […]
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Editor’s note: This event has been rescheduled for Aug. 17. Elvers are a valuable fishery in Maine, but a lot of the catch is shipped to Asia, grown to maturity, then sold back to U.S. markets. But Sara Rademaker, founder of American Unagi, keeps some profit here in Maine. Using business incubator facilities at the […]
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A blog chronicling the recent international teaching experience of two professors in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences is now available online. Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss just returned from teaching in the Sentinel North International Ph.D. School at the Université Laval in Québec City, Canada July 12–24. Students and mentors from 12 […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Fish Information and Services, The Weekly Packet, The Ellsworth American and the Associated Press reported several research projects at the University of Maine will receive funding obtained by the Maine Department of Marine Resources from the sale of lobster license plates. The funding will go to five UMaine projects led by […]
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Winter 2018 in New England was one for the record books in terms of coastal flooding. Portland, Maine recorded high-water levels not experienced since the Blizzard of 1978. University of Massachusetts associate professor Jon Woodruff will talk about “High water, extreme floods and coastal systems” at 10:30 a.m. July 20 in Brooke Hall at the […]
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In a paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers, including lead author Joshua Stoll of the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, map the global trade routes for lobster and quantify the effect they have on obscuring the relation between those who catch the valuable crustacean […]
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