Shellfish Focus Day is typically held the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. The event is a rare opportunity for shellfish harvesters, shellfish wardens, municipal officials, nonprofit groups, researchers and others to meet and talk about issues facing the shellfish industry and how to conduct applied shellfish research and other projects to strengthen […]
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A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England. The team — which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine […]
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The Boothbay Register, Centralmaine.com, the Times Record and the Bangor Daily News promoted a virtual lecture by Gayle Zydlewski at 6 p.m. Jan 21 where she will share her research and general information about sturgeon in Maine. More information about this free event, which is sponsored by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT), is online.
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Keri Kaczor, a University of Maine Sea Grant professional with the Buoy Maine project, about promoting oysters from the New Meadows Shellfish Cooperative as a regional brand. The cooperative received a grant of $12,000 from Buoy Maine to develop and implement a marketing plan.
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Buoy Maine, a pitch competition launched by Maine Sea Grant to foster innovation and entrepreneurship that supports the state’s working waterfront and coastal communities, will fund 10 innovative projects and ideas that help better address the challenges of operating a business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for the awards comes from the NOAA-National Sea Grant […]
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The Ellsworth American interviewed Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, about the 2020 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment. The report, which is based on research conducted by several organizations including the Lobster Institute and UMaine’s Sea Grant program, reveals positive and negative trends in the industry, but […]
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The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are participating in and facilitating more virtual meetings. To support this shift in format, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has co-sponsored a new two-session series about building virtual facilitation skills from 10:30 a.m.–noon Nov. 17 and Dec. 1. The workshop, hosted by University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, will […]
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WABI (Channel 5) talked with Kristen Grant, a University of Maine Sea Grant professional, about a new workshop series designed to build virtual facilitation skills 10:30 a.m.–noon Nov. 17 and Dec. 1. Participants will learn fundamental concepts and strategies for applying them in virtual meetings as well as techniques for brainstorming, prioritizing and decision making. […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on stories from the sea and what they reveal about today’s Maine fishing communities 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. Scattered among Maine’s coastal communities in historical societies, museums, libraries, community radio stations and schools, the voices […]
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