Phys.org reported on a study co-authored by Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, that highlights the importance of formal and informal collaborations in sustainable fisheries management. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy.
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Integrating local norms and fishermen’s knowledge into fisheries regulations helps increase trust in fisheries management institutions and can make it easier for co-management to work. That was a discovery of University of Maine researchers Kara Pellowe and Heather Leslie, who looked at the interplay between formal and informal institutions and the implications for the co-management […]
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ScienceDaily reported on a study co-authored by Robert Steneck, a professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy at the University of Maine, about the effects of predator loss and climate change on the devastation of living reefs in Alaskan kelp forests. According to the report, the red alga Clathromorphum nereostratum built the limestone reefs, […]
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A University of Maine fisheries scientist and the director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine will participate in the second webinar of the Bangor Daily News Climate Conversation series at 4 p.m. Sept. 17. “BDN Climate Conversations: A Warming Gulf of Maine and our Marine Economy,” will feature a panel of experts that include Yong […]
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News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Mainebiz and New Atlas picked up a University of Maine news story about the Lobster Institute’s efforts to reduce mortality among lobsters as they move through the supply chain from capture to consumer. UMaine researchers are working with scientists at St. Joseph’s College and Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and with lobster […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Sept. 1. Miniature fitness trackers for lobsters and devices to monitor the quality of their shipping conditions are being prototyped as part of an initiative to reduce stress points and improve survival in the lobster supply chain for the Maine lobster industry. The University of Maine Lobster Institute leads the initiative […]
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Richard Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute and the Clare S. Darling Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, led a co-authored chapter on lobster fisheries of the world for the latest volume of the “Natural History of the Crustacea” book series published by Oxford University Press. In 19 chapters the new volume […]
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Richard Wahle, research professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and founder of the Lobster Settlement Index, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article highlighting the changing movement patterns of lobster in New England and the impact on the fishery.
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The Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) awarded University of Maine Printing Services a first-place platinum production award (large institution) for its work on a Darling Marine Center trifold recruitment brochure. “I am very proud of our staff for their outstanding work producing this brochure and for identifying this job as a competition worthy […]
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The Boothbay Register advanced Heather Leslie’s webinar at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 7 about strategies to combat climate change proposed by a Maine Climate Council working group. Leslie, director of the Darling Marine Center, will discuss the climate change initiatives recommended by the Coastal and Marine Working Group, which she serves as co-leader. The virtual talk […]
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