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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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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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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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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Maine Sea Grant College Program staff and University of Maine scientists will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which has announced a second round of research funding. The newly funded research will continue to address critical gaps in knowledge about how American lobster (Homarus americanus) is affected by environmental change in […]
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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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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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The Kennebec Journal quoted University of Maine Lobster Institute statistics in a story about a blue lobster found in a shipment to Hallowell Seafood & Produce. The crustacean was caught off Cabbage Island near Boothbay Harbor, and will be returned to the ocean or donated to an aquarium.
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The documentary “2020 Race to Save the Planet: Swing States” premieres at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT June 17 on The Weather Channel. Focused on how climate change is perceived in U.S. swing states, the documentary features the University of Maine’s Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute and a research professor in the […]
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