Sea Grant

BDN shares Zydlewski presentation at sturgeon at mural dedication ceremony

The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine professor of marine sciences and director of Maine Sea Grant Gayle Zydlewski will present about sturgeon at the dedication ceremony for a new mural on the Belfast Waterfront by artist David Hurley, who consulted Zydlewski for background on the sturgeon’s historical presence in the region. The […]

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New findings revealed on how climate change impacts lobster ecology

New information is emerging on how climate change is impacting American lobster populations and their connections to other species in the marine food web in the earliest stages of their life cycle. New research conducted by two graduate students at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) has revealed more information about how these […]

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UMaine receives $3.5M from NOAA Sea Grant to address marine debris 

Maine Sea Grant College Program, University of Maine researchers and partners throughout the state will receive funding for three projects that address the prevention and removal of marine debris in the Gulf of Maine. Using Sea Grant’s partnered approach to bring science together with communities for solutions that work, the projects will support transformational research […]

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Civil Eats cites UMaine working waterfront data in article about oyster farmers

In an article about the challenges faced by young oyster farmers as working waterfronts disappear, Civil Eats cited 2019 data from the University of Maine that shows only 20 miles of Maine’s 5,300-mile coastline supports working-waterfront activities, a number that has decreased 20 percent since 2002. The data also show that working waterfronts generate more […]

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Bisson featured on Maine Public discussing phenology

Beth Bisson, associate director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program and coordinator for Signs of the Seasons program, was a panelist on a segment of Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about how studying phenology reveals the impacts of climate change on nature’s cycles.

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