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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Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a story titled “Lobster Dealers, Processors Say They Were Left Out Of Federal Aid Deal — And Some Blame Politics.” According to the story, the federal government awarded Maine lobstermen $50 million to compensate for financial losses that resulted […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) incorporated information about calico lobsters from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a story about a Kittery lobsterman catching two of them in one day. According to the institute, the chance of finding a live calico lobster is 1 in 30 million, rarer than spotting blue or live red […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine reported the University of Maine has been awarded $236,574 as part of the Sea Grant Lobster Initiative funded by NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program. “Fishing in hot water: defining sentinel indicators of resilience in the American lobster fishery” was awarded $125,808. And “Incorporating changes in thermal habitat […]
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The Enterprise and Fox News mentioned the University of Maine Lobster Institute in their stories about 13-year-old Adam Carpenter trapping a blue lobster in Plymouth Bay. According to the Lobster Institute, about one in 200 million lobsters is blue. “I might give it to the New England Aquarium. They’ll give it a good home,” Carpenter […]
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