Maine native and University of Maine alumna Christina Cash has been named assistant director for outreach and communication at the Lobster Institute at UMaine, effective May 17. Cash joins the university from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay, where she had been an advancement officer since 2018. Her experience includes serving as program and […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, about lobsters produced in a laboratory through cell culture competing with wild, live-caught lobsters as a food source. Wahle said he believes that cultured lobsters will not impact the fishery in the near future. Centralmaine.com and the […]
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Marin Skincare is a Maine story. It started in 2013 when co-founders Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding met on the first day of their first year as biomedical engineering undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Nearly eight years later, the pair has relocated to Portland, launched a specialty skincare product made with lobster glycoprotein, […]
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CNN and ClickOrlando.com cited University of Maine Lobster Institute statistics in reporting that a rare yellow lobster was caught off the coast of Maine. MSN and ABC 57 (in South Bend) shared the CNN story.
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The Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) has awarded Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine policy in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, a two-year fellowship in quantitative fisheries and ecosystem science. Funding from the fellowship will be used to support a post-doctoral researcher who will work with Stoll […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Village Soup, Penobscot Bay Pilot and the Mount Desert Islander advanced an online screening of the film “Entangled” on Dec. 11. The film, which chronicles regulators’ efforts to balance commercial fishing interests and protections for endangered right whales, is hosted by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. More information about the […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will host a free online screening of the award-winning documentary, “Entangled,” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11. The film, which will be shown online, will be introduced by filmmaker David Abel and followed by a Zoom discussion featuring a panel of researchers and industry experts. “Entangled” is an […]
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Lobsters are synonymous with Maine, defining it alongside lighthouses, forests, rocky coasts, blueberries and potatoes. Beyond its reputation as a delicious meal, the iconic crustacean propels a major industry, draws tourists from around the world and serves as a bellwether for climate change and environmental health. Few people know lobster from all angles better than […]
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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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National Fisherman, a publication focusing on the U.S. commercial fishing industry, shared a media release about Cathy Billings retiring from her position as associate director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine on Sept. 21 after 20 years of service.
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