The health of Maine lobsters is always top of mind, and is becoming even more tenuous as the climate warms and changes the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. A University of Maine study found that the bacteria present on lobster shells is highly dependent on water temperature, indicating that climate change may have a direct impact […]
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The Robb Report interviewed Nils Haëntjens, research assistant professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, about conducting Arctic research on the luxury ice breaker, Le Commandant Charcot.
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The Climate Daily podcast noted that Maine Sea Grant will host the 2023 National Seaweed Symposium in Portland.
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WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) granted $3.5 million to the University of Maine and other research partners to address the issue of marine debris.
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The Bangor Daily News, The Ellsworth American, the Mount Desert Islander, Aquafeed.com, RASTech Magazine, the Fish Site and Intrafish reported that the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) has been awarded $2.25 million per year of congressional programmatic funding for recirculating aquaculture systems research. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, […]
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In an article about the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s Camp Mummichog summer day camp, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper noted that campers ages of 9–12 who are participating in “Marine Adventures” July 31–Aug. 4 will conduct their own experiments, dissect a squid, visit a lab at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to […]
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The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) has been awarded $2.25 million per year of congressional programmatic funding for recirculating aquaculture systems research. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), and supports studies ARI scientists will conduct at the National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center. Recirculating aquaculture […]
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French media outlets, including La Provence, Ouest-France, Le Télégramme, Paris Match, France 24, Les Echos, and Le Figaro, and the Italian media outlet The Map Report reported on the latest Tara Ocean Expedition, Tara-Europa, which recently left the port of Lorient for a pan-European study of land-ocean interaction. Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss, professors at […]
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A Times Record column about gefilte fish and food waste reduction highlighted the University of Maine Dr. Matthew Highlands Pilot Plant, with a particular focus on its research to make food products from green crabs. “With the help of a deboning machine, they can separate the not-so-meaty crabs from their meat, resulting in a pile […]
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In an article about the challenges faced by young oyster farmers as working waterfronts disappear, Civil Eats cited 2019 data from the University of Maine that shows only 20 miles of Maine’s 5,300-mile coastline supports working-waterfront activities, a number that has decreased 20 percent since 2002. The data also show that working waterfronts generate more […]
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