More than 70 students, researchers, fishermen, aquaculture entrepreneurs and other marine professionals recently gathered at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for the 2nd annual SEA Fellows Summer Science Symposium. Undergraduate students from across Maine — including UMaine, the University of Maine at Machias and Colby College — shared their research on topics ranging […]
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The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently announced a $1.5 million award to the University of Maine to support a major waterfront infrastructure investment at the Darling Marine Center (DMC), UMaine’s marine laboratory in Walpole, that will benefit marine industries statewide. Together with matching funds from UMaine and state marine bond funds, the EDA award […]
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The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper published a story about squid research hosted at the Darling Marine Center (DMC). Throughout the summer, the DMC hosted a team of researchers from across the nation who were studying the muscles that control the unique and highly maneuverable movement of Atlantic longfin squid. Among the researchers was Joe […]
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The Free Press reported the public is invited to the second annual SEA Fellows Summer Science Symposium at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole on Aug. 16. The SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows program, initiated by UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias, “is a venue for undergraduate […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing Rhian Waller, a UMaine marine scientist and fellow in the international Explorers Club, will speak about Gulf of Maine cold-water corals at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Her research focuses on the reproduction and development of cold-water and […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center, aquaculture industry partners and the Damariscotta River Association invite community members to “Science for the People: Damariscotta Estuary Marine Science Public Forum” at 7 p.m. Monday, July 17 at Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta. Presenters will provide synopses of research being conducted by the Sustainable […]
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“Are we going to be dissecting something?” a Great Salt Bay third-grader asked as he entered the classroom. When he got a whiff of the empty petri dish in front of him, he announced, seemingly pleased with his guess: “Yup, this smells dissected.” For the next 45 minutes, he and other students learned about oyster […]
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A hole in the ice is more than a mark of traditional Maine ice fishermen. It’s also a passageway to a beautiful underwater world. Divers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, including Ashley Rossin and Sean O’Neill, recently earned their ice diving certification to broaden their skills as marine science researchers. Rossin is […]
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Research professor Rick Wahle and graduate student Carl Huntsberger are testing a technique at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to determine the age of lobsters. Unlike fish, mollusks and trees, Wahle says lobsters and other crustaceans molt — or cast off their skeletons thereby discarding external signs of growth. That means a lobster’s […]
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Nine undergraduate and graduate students recently earned their scientific diving certification at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Scientific divers use scuba or other diving equipment to study the underwater environment, says UMaine diving safety officer Christopher Rigaud. “Our students spend many hours learning about diving physics, physiology, equipment, first aid and […]
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