Collaborative Research Aims to Measure Industry Success in New Ways
On February 14 the state announced that the value of lobster in Maine in 2021 reached an all-time high totaling nearly $725 million. This figure is remarkable and puts the lobster fishery in position...
View Article2021 Water Temperatures Break Records in Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Temperature records were set in two bodies of water last year, one in Canada and one in the United States. The Gulf of Maine experienced its warmest fall temperatures since records for sea surface...
View ArticleNew Type of Buoy Afloat in Maine Waters
This fall, a new sort of buoy will be bobbing in the water in Downeast Maine. Not made of plastic, not made of wood, the new buoy is made of a surprising material: mushrooms. Abby … Continue reading →
View ArticleIn the News – October 2022
New director at Maine Center for Coastal FisheriesAlexa Dayton has been hired as the newly appointed Executive Director of the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) in Stonington. Dayton brings...
View ArticleLobster Institute an International Bridge between Science, Lobster Fishery
For over three decades the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute has pursued its mission to foster communication and research in support of a sustainable and profitable lobster fishery in the US and...
View ArticleAmbitious UMaine Study Examines Link Between Arctic Melting and Lobster Stocks
The University of Maine is leading a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic Program (NNA) in a three-year collaborative research study on the connection...
View ArticleUMaine rockweed harvest study shows smaller impact on beds than expected
A study led by the University of Maine captured how entire rockweed beds recover from harvest, and the practice has a smaller impact than previously thought. The study was published in the Journal of...
View ArticleNew report shows 2022 another hot year in the Gulf of Maine
A report released by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in February ranked 2022 as the second warmest year ever recorded for the Gulf. The report says the Gulf’s average sea surface temperature (SST)...
View ArticleGulf of Maine Escapes “Record-Breaking” Northwest Atlantic Temperatures
First published in Landings, September 2023 The headlines were designed to shock: “Marine Heat Records Shattered” “Unprecedented Temperatures at Sea” or, as NASA put it, “The Ocean has a Fever.” Sea...
View ArticleDMR News: Fall Maine-New Hampshire Trawl Survey Underway
The Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey is a biannual survey of living marine resources in the coastal waters of Maine and New Hampshire conducted by the Department of Marine Resources. Its...
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