The Lobster Institute‘s “Red Claws and Roses Soiree” lobster and wine feast a la Francaise will be held Thursday, Feb. 13 at Buchanan Alumni House. A seafood and champagne reception begins at 6 p.m. Dinner featuring Lobster a L’Armoricaine by French chef Marie-Christine Crabos and introducing the new Big Claw Sparkling Pinot Grigio is at […]
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Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the American lobster’s earliest life stages to its most rigorous test yet as an early warning system for trends in New England’s iconic fishery. The studies point to the role of a warming ocean and local differences in oceanography in […]
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University of Maine professor Ivan Fernandez has been appointed to serve on the Maine Climate Council, and will serve as co-chair of the Science and Technical Subcommittee. Numerous other experts from UMaine and University of Maine at Machias have been invited to serve on the Science and Technical Subcommittee, as well as working groups. Climate […]
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Mount Desert Islander cited the 2018 update of the American Lobster Settlement Index released by Rick Wahle, professor and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article “Downturn in lobster numbers could be coming.” Studies of the settlement of post-larval baby lobsters at a variety of locations off the coast […]
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A $75,000 gift from two seafood companies will fund a fourth field season for a University of Maine deepwater lobster settlement monitoring program. The deepwater research is an extension of the American Lobster Settlement Index, which was initiated in 1989 by Rick Wahle, a research professor in the School of Marine Sciences and director of […]
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The Associated Press covered this year’s Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting April 5 and 6 in Portland. The University of Maine Lobster Institute hosted this year’s event, which had a theme of “Two Nations, Two Fisheries: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities” and attracted lobstermen, dealers, processors, scientists and others from both countries, according to the article. News […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed the 15th Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the University of Maine Lobster Institute April 5 and 6 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel. First held in 2004, the meeting alternates between the two countries each year. This year’s theme is “Two Nations, Two Fisheries: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities.” Lobstermen, dealers, […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Lobster Institute is hosting the 15th annual Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting on April 5 and 6 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel in Portland. Fishermen in both countries harvest the same species, commonly called the “American lobster” or “Maine lobster,” according to AP. The event alternates between […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup previewed a screening of the award-winning, feature-length documentary film “Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds” at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Richard Wahle, director of the UMaine Lobster Institute and one of the researchers interviewed for the […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated March 11. The 15th Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the University of Maine Lobster Institute, will be held April 5–6 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel in Portland, Maine. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Two Nations, Two Fisheries: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities.” Lobstermen, dealers, processors, scientists and policymakers […]
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