Marine Sciences

VillageSoup, The Free Press advance Aug. 16 clam program led by Beal

VillageSoup and The Free Press advanced a program about clams led by Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute. The free program focuses on the basic biology, ecology and management of soft-shell clams, and their relationship to other organisms in […]

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Marine conservation focus of UMaine alumna talk Aug. 10 at DMC

Amanda Leland, executive vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund, will give a talk titled, “Doom and gloom or ocean optimism? Marine conservation for a rapidly changing planet” at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 10 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. She’ll discuss how overfishing, climate change and pollution put pressure on […]

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Small-scale fisheries threatened: Shared management, communication key to success

Intertidal ecosystems and the small-scale fisheries they support are an important part of coastal economies, environments, and cultures. Globally, fisheries such as the soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) face multiple stresses related to climate change, invasive species and unsustainable land use. In a paper published in Ocean and Coastal Management, University of Maine researchers and colleagues […]

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Media publish release on local ecological knowledge in fisheries

Phys.org, EurekAlert and ScienceDaily carried a University of Maine news release about a study on the role of local ecological knowledge held by Maine fishermen and how they apply it to fisheries management. The study was a collaboration between Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor of marine policy at UMaine and cooperating scientist at the Maine Center […]

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Fishermen’s Voice interviews Stoll about recent lobster trade study

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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DMC to host talk about citizen science, estuarine monitoring

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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Public invited to SEA Fellows Symposium on Aug. 7 at DMC

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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