Ecosystem thinking
I recently participated in a panel discussion entitled A Journey in Fisheries and Ecosystem Thinking: A Conversation About the Past, Present, and Future.* This was an excellent opportunity to reflect […]
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Reflecting on ecosystem-based management
Last week, I participated in a symposium at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. This is an impressive scientific society, including more […]
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Connecting local and scientific knowledge
Earlier this spring, I traveled to La Paz, on the gulf coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur (BCS). It had been four years since I had last […]
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Progress towards ecosystem-based management
Read on to learn about the progress of marine ecosystem-based management, in light of a recent publication in Ocean Sustainability that Heather contributed to.  The team shared their findings in an […]
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Community Science Update
This spring, as part of an ongoing community science project in collaboration with the Damariscotta-Newcastle Joint Shellfish Committee, we are hosting a series of focus group discussions to discuss values […]
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Fishers’ resilence to climate impacts
Tim Frawley, Heather Leslie and other members of the MAREA+ team just published a new paper in Global Environmental Change. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation (Award BCS-2009821) […]
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Community Science Update
Since 2019, researchers at 91±¬ÁÏ’s Darling Marine Center and members of the joint shellfish committee of Damariscotta and Newcastle have collaborated on a community science project focused on the ecology […]
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Ecosystem science grad opportunities
I am pleased to share information about a new National Research Traineeship program at the 91±¬ÁÏ for graduate students interested in interdisciplinary marine ecosystem science. Our program, funded by the National […]
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Damariscotta Community Science
Together with students at Lincoln Academy and the 91±¬ÁÏ, shellfish harvesters, and other citizens, we are engaged in data collection, interpretation and application that contributes to municipal shellfish management as well […]
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Navigating the Ocean Uncommons
Emma Polhemus worked as a summer research intern at the 91±¬ÁÏ Darling Marine Center in 2023. Mentored by Drs. Jessica Reilly-Moman and Heather Leslie, Emma focused on participatory […]
