Given its value to the Maine economy, lobster was a major topic of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum. Kathleen Reardon, Department of Marine Resources (DMR) lobster biologist, reviewed the 2018 landings figures for a packed seminar … Continue reading
Category: Management, ScienceAfter a disastrous 2017 for North Atlantic right whales — 17 deaths and no births — we face the question of how to ensure that these iconic large whales survive in our increasingly busy coastal … Continue reading
Category: Science, WhalesUniversity of Maine climate researchers’ new report Coastal Maine Climate Futures documents relationships between regional weather patterns over North America, Maine weather, blueberry crops, and lobster catch. It also identifies the way that the Arctic, … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, ScienceAs conditions continue to change in the Gulf of Maine, it is crucial that biologists and oceanographers work together to generate the science needed to sustainably manage the lobster fishery. The stock assessment model and … Continue reading
Category: Programs, ScienceYou have probably noticed that in the springtime newspapers and other publications are peppered with stories about millions of small silvery fish returning to rivers and lakes from the open ocean. These fish are called … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, ScienceWhat do you do if your business sells bait to lobstermen and suddenly your highest volume product — fresh herring — is in short supply? You adapt. In recent years Maine bait dealers have faced … Continue reading
Category: Management, ScienceThe Department of Marine Resources in July awarded six grants for research programs that will contribute to improved understanding of lobster habitat, stock assessment, monitoring, impacts of management actions on the fishery, and how those can be … Continue reading
Category: Management, ScienceA project in Maine, boosted by a new grant, would establish the first semi-automated commercial scallop aquaculture operations outside Japan. The $300,000 grant to CEI, a Brunswick business development organization, from the Foundation for Food … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, ScienceThe fact that the Gulf of Maine is warming more quickly than the majority of the world’s ocean regions is alarming enough. But with that warming comes an equally threatening change to the Gulf’s waters, … Continue reading
Category: Management, ScienceThe Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, a 15-year old nonprofit in Stonington that works to secure a sustainable future for fishing and fishing communities, has launched a new virtual reality exhibit as part of Discovery … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, Programs, Science