Karina Nielsen will talk about “Bringing an ocean perspective to an urban estuary” at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Nielsen directs the San Francisco State University Estuary and Ocean Science Center. Her scientific research focuses on how oceanographic, climatic and anthropogenic factors influence the functioning of coastal […]
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Trade Only Today reported Hinckley Yachts partnered with the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center to create a 3D printed electric boat. The company worked with the center to design parts and choose materials that would withstand the sun, and to print a console to a higher level of accuracy made possible with […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Richard Wahle, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, for an article about his recent research on settlement of juvenile lobsters. The American Lobster Settlement Index, a program hosted by Wahle’s lab, has monitored the number of baby lobsters that […]
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Maine Public interviewed Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, about a new ocean conservation database she helped create. Leslie worked with a team of researchers to design the Conservation Planning Database after realizing there was no central location to share information about ocean conservation, Maine Public reported. “This […]
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Maine fishermen hauled in 110.8 million pounds of lobsters in 2017 with a value of more than $400 million. While still incredibly large, this volume represented a 16 percent decline and $100 million loss compared to previous years of record-setting landings. Since the late 1980s Maine’s lobster landings have multiplied six fold, while the area […]
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Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension have announced the appointment of Jaclyn Robidoux of Kittery, Maine, as Marine Extension Associate. Based in the Portland area, Robidoux will establish connections with the various stakeholders involved in Maine’s seaweed resources. Robidoux is completing a master’s degree in marine biology at the University of […]
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The climatic and cultural history of El Niño in Ancient Peru will be the focus of the 17th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at the University of Maine on Sept. 19. Daniel Sandweiss, a UMaine professor of anthropology and climate studies, will give a lecture titled “Climate, Catastrophe, Collapse? Using Climatic and Cultural History to […]
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An international team of researchers, including Heather Leslie of the University of Maine, has released a new tool for assessing ocean conservation. The Conservation Planning Database project is a free, peer-reviewed online resource for conservation scientists and practitioners to understand how marine conservation has been approached in various places throughout the world. “This database gives […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper and Fisherynation published a University of Maine news release announcing the new director of the Lobster Institute. Richard Wahle, a UMaine marine sciences research professor, has been named director of the institute, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Robert Bayer, who has directed the institute since 1995 and is retiring from UMaine this year. […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper published a University of Maine Darling Marine Center news release about the third annual SEA Fellows Symposium. The August event featured the work of 22 undergraduate students and was attended by more than 80 scientists, industry professionals, resource managers and interested citizens. SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows is an undergraduate […]
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