The installation of offshore wind energy (OSW) facilities is fast becoming one of the biggest concerns for the fishing industry throughout the nation. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has leased over 3,500 square … Continue reading
Ambitious 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 between the warming Arctic Ocean … Continue reading
Waves of the future at the University of Maine
First published in UMaine Today, Winter, 2016. Reprinted in Landings, February, 2016, with permission. A new wind-wave research facility to strengthen marine-related economic development in Maine, including boat building, opened at the University of Maine … Continue reading
Bristol objects to undersea electricity cable
First published in Landings, November, 2014. At a special town meeting held on October 1, Bristol residents voted against allowing the University of Maine’s floating wind turbines, once planned for installation off Monhegan Island in … Continue reading
Predicting the future a complicated task
First published in Landings, April, 2014. Despite the best efforts of mediums and psychics, we still don’t have the ability to predict the future. Fishermen take note of what they observe at sea throughout the year as a means to … Continue reading
Guest Column: The University of Maine and offshore wind energy
First published in Landings, August, 2013. It seems wind energy is all the rage just now. There’s been a lot of activity in particular in the offshore wind arena. In recent weeks, I’ve been out … Continue reading
Remarkable Person: Dennis Damon, state senator, businessman, and fisherman
First published in Landings, August, 2013. Dennis Damon likes to tell stories. Which is a good trait for a fisherman, state politician and businessman. Get him talking about his childhood or his eight years in … Continue reading
So You Want to Know: What happens when lobsters get crowded?
First published in Landings, July, 2013. Each season Maine lobstermen are setting new records for the pounds of lobster landed in the state. Last year a total of 126 million pounds were landed, an all-time … Continue reading
Signs of the Season: A Maine phenology program
First published in Landings, July, 2013. Signs of the Seasons is a citizen science program that engages children and adults in science through observation of plant and animal phenology. What is phenology? It is the … Continue reading
In the News: May 2013
First published in Landings, May, 2013. New elver bill goes into force The Maine Marine Patrol issued a summons on Tuesday, April 9 to Dale A. Boyington, 35, of Rockland for illegal possession of 11 … Continue reading