A project undertaken in 2019 at the University of Maine hopes to maximize the value of Maine’s lobster harvest. Researchers have created a FitBit for lobsters, dubbed the “FitBug,” and a fake lobster made up … Continue reading
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Satellites May Help Track Elusive Whales Olivia Pisano, a Ph.D. student in marine biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, has developed technology that would scan satellite imagery and relay the whereabouts of North Atlantic right … Continue reading
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DMR Joins Massachusetts to track Great White Sharks
The Maine Department of Marine Resources will join the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) in a research effort that will provide information about the presence of great white … Continue reading
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Climate Council Seeks Public Input on Strategies to Protect Coastal Communities, Economies
In June, the Maine Climate Council released 35 draft strategies in six different topic areas for the state’s Climate Action Plan, due to the Legislature in December. The Council is charged with developing a plan … Continue reading
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Great White Shark Numbers Increase in Atlantic Canada
First published July 8 and reprinted with permission. Climate change, a supply of seals to eat and effective conservation in the United States are all possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks … Continue reading
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Drifters on the Loose
Scientists at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, and Saint Joseph’s College of Maine are trying to determine how warming ocean waters might influence … Continue reading
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Our Changing Gulf: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Take a look at your coffee cup when you add a teaspoon of milk. The cold milk sinks to the bottom of the cup. Blow across the top of the coffee cup. The top layer … Continue reading
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Lobster Initiative Projects Underway
In 2019, Maine Sea Grant was awarded a $2 million grant to fund research aimed at understanding physical and chemical changes affecting lobster in the Gulf of Maine as well as a regional lobster extension … Continue reading
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Our Changing Gulf: When the water rises
Fishermen live by the tides. They know when the high and low tides occur each day. They track the phases of the moon to be ready for the monthly neap and spring tides. The range … Continue reading
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Our Changing Gulf: More Precipitation is Muddying the Waters
The image doesn’t properly reflect the beauty of the Gulf of Maine but, for the purposes of this article, think of the Gulf as a great big bathtub. Like a bathtub, the Gulf of Maine … Continue reading
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