WQHR (Q96.1 in Presque Isle) cited University of Maine experts Robert Steneck and Bob Bayer in a story about whether lobsters experience pain while being boiled. According to Steneck, a professor of marine sciences, and Bayer, the retired director of the Lobster Institute, the lobster’s nervous system is simple, and not likely to register pain.
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Marin Skincare, owned by University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, and how it is operating in the New England Ocean Cluster waterfront business incubator in South Portland. The company, which earned a funding award from Maine Sea Grant through its Buoy Maine competition, makes skin hydration […]
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News 5 Cleveland cited research from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about a blue lobster rescued from a Red Lobster restaurant making her debut at the Akron Zoo. According to the institute, “the likelihood of catching a blue lobster is one in 200 million.”
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor with the School of Marine Sciences, was interviewed for a story in Hakai Magazine about testing two new sensor technologies designed to monitor the health of lobsters as they move through the supply chain after capture. Aquatic animal health specialist and assistant professor Deborah Bouchard noted that […]
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The Ellsworth American interviewed Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, about the 2020 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment. The report, which is based on research conducted by several organizations including the Lobster Institute and UMaine’s Sea Grant program, reveals positive and negative trends in the industry, but […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, New England Cable News (in Boston) and WABI (Channel 5) reported that University of Maine graduates Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding have co-founded a new small business in South Portland that is marketing a skin hydration cream made with lobster hemolymph. While Marin Skincare’s first commercial product was not developed at UMaine, Boutiette and […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy at the University of Maine, spoke with BBC News about the Sipekne’katik First Nation’s lobster fishery, which it launched in September. The Sipekne’katik created the fishery, which operates outside of the Nova Scotia’s commercial fishery, in response to what the tribe says is a […]
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The Weather Network cited University of Maine Lobster Institute statistics in a story about rare lobsters caught this year by a Canadian fisherman. Yahoo News shared the Weather Network story.
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Fosters.com and Seacoast Online cited research from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about a blue lobster caught near Kennebunkport. According to the institute, fishermen have a one in 2 million chance of catching a blue lobster. According to the institute, fishermen have a one in 2 million chance of catching a blue lobster.
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The University of Maine Lobster Institute, Maine Sea Grant and the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) will partner for a series of free monthly Zoom chats featuring marine scientists, researchers and fishermen discussing collaborative efforts in the lobster industry. The webinar series, Successful Research Projects in the Lobster Industry, will feature discussions of research […]
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