Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with Seacoastonline for an article about shell disease becoming an increasing problem for lobstermen in Kittery. Lobster shell disease has been prevalent in southern New England for more than 20 years, according to the article. Although less than 1 percent of […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Daily Astorian article about the Dragonfly Mercury Project that relies on national parks partnering with citizen scientists, such as students, to compile data. Biology students at Astoria High School in Astoria, Oregon have been collecting dragonfly larvae for the National Park Service project, according to the article. […]
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The Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) was recognized as a Champion of Innovation at the Maine Development Foundation’s 37th annual meeting in September. Maine INBRE is a collaborative network of Maine educational and research institutions led by the MDI Biological Laboratory and sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) covered the launch of buoys by scientists, students and aquaculture business owners to monitor water conditions in the Damariscotta River and Saco Bay. The buoys are part of a National Science Foundation’s Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) project geared to assist the aquaculture sector maintain an environmentally and economically sustainable production path. […]
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A three-state study that includes researchers from the University of Maine was mentioned in the Greenhouse Management article, “New Hampshire consumers will pay more for locally grown produce.” The project, “Sustaining and Enhancing Local Agriculture in Rural Areas: Assessing Key Producer and Consumer Issues in Northern New England,” is funded by USDA/AFRI and includes UMaine […]
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Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, is leading a research project to deepen her interdisciplinary investigations of ecological and human dimensions of small-scale fisheries in Mexico’s Baja peninsula. A $1.79 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Coupled Natural and Human (CNH) Systems Program funds the three-year project. “My studies […]
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Rachel Lasley-Rasher wanted to learn more about highly mobile shrimp that are important food for baleen whales and commercial fish along the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras to Nova Scotia. Because of their significance in the marine food web, she said a better understanding of shrimp migration patterns could fill knowledge gaps and help predict […]
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University of Maine marine scientists Bob Steneck and Rick Wahle, as well as their research, were cited in the Quartz article, “The enigma behind America’s freak, 20-year lobster boom.” Maine’s lobster business is the only fishery that has endured for more than a century and yet produces more volume and value than ever before, according […]
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The University of Maine report, “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” was cited in a Washington Post article on the increase in winter ticks in Maine and New Hampshire as winters warm. Conditions over the past few years have been almost perfect for winter tick population booms in the two states, according to the article. During […]
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Jesica D. Waller, a graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was interviewed for an Al Jazeera English television piece about ocean acidification and lobsters. “The cause for worry is really we don’t know enough to worry,” says Waller, whose research focuses on how American lobster larvae develop in acidic ocean conditions. […]
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