Blue mussels, the predominant species used in aquaculture in Maine, may be more resilient than other cultivated species to the increased seawater acidity and storms predicted to hit the Gulf of Maine as a consequence of climate change, according to a University of Maine research team. A study led by Tim Bowden, an associate professor […]
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The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute will host Yuan Liu, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nov. 27 as part of the 2018–2019 SEANET Speaker Series. Liu will speak about “Application of Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding in Aquaculture Science,” 11 a.m.–noon in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107. The talk is free […]
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The Associated Press quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute, in an article about the impacts of coastal warming on shellfish populations. The article focused on a study by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and […]
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The Mount Desert Islander spoke with Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and director of research at the Downeast Institute, for the article “Weather, not overfishing to blame for clam decline.” A recent study out of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the Maryland Department of Natural […]
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Heather Hamlin, an associate professor of aquaculture at the University of Maine, spoke with Mainebiz about her recently funded research on ways to address the issue of sea lice in salmon farming. Hamlin, Deborah Bouchard and Ian Bricknell of UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Institute were awarded $725,365 by National Sea Grant College, a program of the […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will receive funding from NOAA Sea Grant, which supports fishery and coastal projects, for aquaculture research. Three researchers at UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Institute will receive more than $700,000 to work on ways to address the issue of sea lice in salmon farming, according to AP. Another UMaine […]
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NOAA Sea Grant announces the award of $1.4 million in grants to the University of Maine for two projects to further advance the development of a sustainable marine and coastal aquaculture industry in the United States. The National Sea Grant College Program awarded $725,365 to Heather Hamlin, Deborah Bouchard and Ian Bricknell of the Aquaculture […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed a talk about soft-shell clams by Brian Beal, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal will speak about his decades worth of research on the clams at a public meeting of the Lamoine Conservation Commission at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Lamoine Consolidated School. […]
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The New York Times quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, in an article about green crabs. A Canadian variety of green crab, noted as being “highly aggressive,” poses a threat to Maine’s soft-shell clam population and to eelgrass, a habitat for other marine creatures, according to […]
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Mainebiz cited the 2017 Maine Aquaculture Economic Impact Report published by the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute in the article, “Size of proposed oyster farm draws opposition.” An application by Mere Point Oyster Co., in Brunswick, for a 40-acre oyster farm in Maquoit Bay has raised concerns among nearby residents, according to the article. […]
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