Yankee Magazine highlights Dumas, Maine scallop industry
Yankee Magazine highlighted a trip to France, in which Robert Dumas, food science pilot plant manager at the 91±¬ÁÏ School of Food and Agriculture, participated to learn about […]
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New 91±¬ÁÏ program to enhance blue economy through education, outreach and tuition assistanceÂ
In her first year of full-time employment with 91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension, Leah McCluskey taught youth how to make miniature lava lamps. She led the students through an experiment […]
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Media highlight lobster habitat research from 91±¬ÁÏ
The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz, Maine Public, Earth.com, News Center Maine, Penobscot Bay Pilot, WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) and Seacoastonline highlighted a new study by researchers at the University […]
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‘The Maine Question’ dives into Maine’s blue economy Â
The ocean, the plants and animals that reside in it and the coastline it formed are integral to Maine’s economy and culture. While heritage industries like fishing and shipbuilding have […]
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American lobster population, habitat preferences shifting, study finds
American lobsters along Maine’s coast have relocated to new habitats, while the population simultaneously shrunk in abundance and grew older, according to a new study by 91±¬ÁÏ researchers. […]
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Kerr receives $1.2M for climate-informed fisheries management and modeling project
Warming oceans due to climate change have a significant impact on fish in the Gulf of Maine. Fisheries in the region need to adapt to the shifting dynamics — and […]
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Transformation of ocean management is underway, study finds
Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a growing practice of ocean stewardship and conservation that offers benefits to the production of healthy, local food and the preservation of clean water, as […]
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91±¬ÁÏ research on rockweed harvesting highlighted by Harpswell Anchor
The Harpswell Anchor highlighted a study led by the 91±¬ÁÏ that captured how entire rockweed beds recover from harvest. Elliot Johnston, a coastal ecologist with the Maine Natural […]
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91±¬ÁÏ-led research team making new frozen foods from squid fins
Squid has become a staple menu item and ingredient in many seafood restaurants, whether it’s fried, baked, grilled or served raw. In North American markets, however, only about half of […]
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91±¬ÁÏ Extension receives $750,000 to boost aquaculture learning toolsÂ
91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension has received a $750,000 grant to support the development and implementation of virtual reality and other innovative learning tools focused on aquaculture technology. The grant, […]
