The latest article in the Portland Press Herald’s “Green Plate Special” column quoted Christopher Bartlett, a research scientist with Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The article focused on experiments farming steelhead trout. While Maine has no steelhead trout farms, UMaine recently conducted a three-year study with Cooke Aquaculture to test […]
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Rockweed is sometimes called an “ecosystem engineer,” because its branched structure alters the surrounding environment, and creates space for other species to find shelter and food. The marine alga also is a valuable source of nutrients and other compounds with commercial purposes. In the past decade, increased harvesting has led to questions about the effects […]
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The Portland Press Herald mentioned an online seafood guide published by Maine Sea Grant, affiliated with the University of Maine, in the article, “We can help you fight fish fraud.” Seafood fraud occurs along the chain of production and distribution when fish and shellfish are intentionally mislabeled, swapped out or plumped up to benefit the […]
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Sen. George J. Mitchell will, for the first time, give the annual Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability at the University of Maine on Oct. 4. Drawing on his decades of work in public service and as a skilled negotiator, Mitchell’s talk, “Healing Our Democracy,” will explore how we can increase our capacity for solving problems through […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Richard Wahle, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, for an article about his recent research on settlement of juvenile lobsters. The American Lobster Settlement Index, a program hosted by Wahle’s lab, has monitored the number of baby lobsters that […]
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Maine fishermen hauled in 110.8 million pounds of lobsters in 2017 with a value of more than $400 million. While still incredibly large, this volume represented a 16 percent decline and $100 million loss compared to previous years of record-setting landings. Since the late 1980s Maine’s lobster landings have multiplied six fold, while the area […]
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Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension have announced the appointment of Jaclyn Robidoux of Kittery, Maine, as Marine Extension Associate. Based in the Portland area, Robidoux will establish connections with the various stakeholders involved in Maine’s seaweed resources. Robidoux is completing a master’s degree in marine biology at the University of […]
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Civil Eats interviewed Dana Morse, an aquaculture researcher with Maine Sea Grant, for the article, “Farmed scallops are coming to a plate near you.” Maine fishery experts believe sea scallop farming offers potential for diversifying the state’s fisheries, as the Gulf of Maine grows warmer, putting the state’s lucrative lobster fishery at risk, the article […]
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The National Marine Fisheries Service and Sea Grant have awarded one of seven fellowships to University of Maine doctoral student Mackenzie Mazur. The fellowship will support Mazur’s research, conducted under advisers Yong Chen and Teresa Johnson, to develop a management strategy evaluation framework for the Maine lobster fishery in a changing Gulf of Maine. […]
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Phys.org carried a University of Maine news release about a new app and educational game inspired by phytoplankton. Developed by Gene Felice, an assistant professor of new media and intermedia at UMaine, the app is called Phyto Heroes and explores phytoplankton as a scientific and artistic research subject through a game designed for third through […]
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