On May 20, NOAA released its 2019 Fisheries of the United States Report, providing fisheries statistics, including commercial landings and value, for the country. In 2019, U.S. commercial fishermen landed 9.3 billion pounds of seafood … Continue reading
The spring inshore trawl survey is scheduled to begin in New Hampshire waters on May 3, working its way east to finish up about June 4 near Cutler/Lubec. The vessel is a white fiberglass Northeast … Continue reading
My favorite work event of the year just happened. It was the Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables. Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables is an annual opportunity for fishermen and scientists to come together and share notes about the past … Continue reading
A new agreement between NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, England and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, announced in October, will allow a long-running plankton survey in the Gulf of … Continue reading
The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Research Collaborative (LRC) convened virtually for its final meeting on November 9, 2020. The LRC began in 2018 when DMR awarded $340,000 from the Lobster Research, Education, and … Continue reading
The 2020 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment was released in November by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The study, undertaken every five years, presents contrasting results for the two American lobster stock units, with … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
