The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared information about two facilitation trainings through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program. Building Your Virtual Facilitations Skills, an online program, will be held on Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8 and 15 from 1–3 p.m. ET. The cost is $225 per person. Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, an […]
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Maine Sea Grant’s biennial request for research proposals is now open for submissions. Maine Sea Grant seeks proposals that link research to the needs of coastal communities. Total two-year requests are limited to $200,000 in Sea Grant funds (including all direct and indirect costs). The program will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 10, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, MaineBiz, Public News Service, Coastal News Today, Wiscasset Newspaper, Environmental News Network, Maritime Executive and WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) reported that the University of Maine is leading a collaborative research project along with scientists from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Columbia University, Florida State University and Memorial […]
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Kristen Grant, senior Extension program manager for coastal community resilience, and diversity, equity and inclusion at the Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Wells Reserve, was a VIP caller on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling for the final program in a series about resilience.
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Aquaculture experts from across the U.S., South Africa, Norway and Iceland met at the University of Maine for the third annual Recirculating Aquaculture Salmon Network (RAS-N) and first annual Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Atlantic Salmon (SAS2) conference. During the conference, which was held Sept. 27–29, scientists, communicators and educators shared information and explored current challenges […]
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The Mount Desert Islander, Fish Site and Undercurrent News reported that the Maine Sea Grant has received $2.1 million from the NOAA Sea Grant to fund four projects that advance aquaculture research and extension to support sustainable aquaculture in Maine. Investigators from the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, UMaine Center […]
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NOAA Sea Grant has announced $2.1 million to fund four projects that advance aquaculture research and extension to support sustainable aquaculture in Maine. The projects are part of a larger $14 million NOAA Sea Grant investment to strengthen aquaculture across the United States. Investigators from the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute, Maine Aquaculture Innovation […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, and Keri Kaczor, the environmental literacy and workforce development program manager at Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article titled “The environmentalists at the heart of Maine’s booming oyster business.” Steneck said oysters sequester carbon when they […]
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Jaclyn Robidoux, marine extension associate with Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine, was featured as a panelist on Maine Public’s show “Maine Calling” for a segment about the state’s role in the future of the global seaweed industry.
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Brian Beal, cooperating research professor of marine ecology and research director of the Downeast Institute, spoke to the Boston Globe about the soft-shell clam industry in New England. The Boston Globe reported that clams have been disappearing in recent years, and Maine’s $18.2 million soft-shell clam industry is tanking. “We’re at a point where there’s […]
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