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Bayer Comments on Lobster Price Drops

Comments made by Robert Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, in a recent Wall Street Journal report about falling lobster prices were posted on the New Jersey Newsroom website and Trade Only Today, a website that carries daily news for marine industry professionals. Bayer has said the low prices will be a disaster for […]

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Press Herald Column on Bridge-in-a-Backpack

The news that the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has won national approval from a group of transportation officials as the subject of a column in the Portland Press Herald. The column argued that the technology, which is a composite bridge that can be built faster, lighter and stronger than […]

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BDN Notes Standbrook Honor

A column in the Bangor Daily News noted that former UMaine assistant men’s hockey coach has been inducted into the Manitoba Hall of Fame. Standbrook  served as UMaine’s recruiting coordinator for 18 years, helping the Black Bears to two NCAA Championships and 11 Frozen Four appearances. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777

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Beetle Battles

Are Japanese beetles ravaging your garden? A UMaine Extension expert offers ideas for controlling the summer pest.

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Oceanographer Testifies About Climate Change and Fisheries Management

Andrew Pershing, a biological oceanographer with the University of Maine and Gulf of Maine Research Institute, testified in a July 19 Congressional hearing about the need to consider the role of climate change in marine fisheries management. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs considered three bills, including HR 6096 […]

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