From the Bangor Daily News: “UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is working on a buoy-based light detection and ranging system, or LiDAR, which it hopes to deploy in the Gulf of Maine by late May or early June, according the center’s director, Habib Dagher. “The technology uses a laser to measure the speed...
NPR had a story, and a response, from the Marine Stewardship Council, regarding the effectiveness of sustainably harvested seafood. Here’s the NPR story: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171376509/is-sustainable-labeled-seafood-really-sustainable Here’s the Marine Stewardship Council’s response to it: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/13/171897814/marine-stewardship-council-responds-to-npr-series-on-sustainable-seafood Print
From Bloomberg regarding renewable energy in the Bay of Fundy: Atlantis Resources Corp., a London- based ocean-turbine maker, won $5 million from the Canadian government to build and install a machine at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy test site in the Bay of Fundy. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-19/atlantis-wins-grant-to-test-ocean-turbine-in-bay-of-fundy.html Print
From the Bangor Daily News: In the latest round of closures in Maine’s scallop fishery this winter, state officials have decided to shut down three more areas to scallop harvesting. The areas being closed to scallop fishing include a portion in outer Penobscot Bay immediately west of St. George, Union River and Union River...
Announcing NEClimateUS.org, a searchable online database that provides a gateway to climate information for the Eastern US. The website is collaborative effort of NOAA, the North Atlantic LCC, National Wildlife Federation, and EPA. http://www.neclimateus.org/ Print
The Portland Press Herald‘s story on restoring alewives to the St. Croix River. http://www.pressherald.com/news/rival-measures-would-restore-alewives-into-the-st_-croix-_2013-02-17.html Print
