Monat never saw underwater prior to this past summer, however, was a 60-plus degree thermometer reading at the bottom of the bay. For much of the year, coastal waters in the Gulf of Maine generally are expected to waver between the mid-30s and mid-50s Fahrenheit, including at depths of 40-50 feet, where Monat...
Republicans in the Senate moved Wednesday to strip funding for New England’s struggling groundfishing industry from a Hurricane Sandy disaster relief package that they claim was loaded with money unrelated to the October superstorm. http://www.pressherald.com/news/184210361.html Print
“A report to be released Tuesday by the Biodiversity Research Institute in Gorham evaluates the amount of mercury in fish species around the world and suggests that levels of the toxin previously deemed safe are probably not.” The Portland Press Herald has the story here: http://www.pressherald.com/news/Gorham-institute-Mercury-in-seafood-more-harmful-than-believed.html Print
“Scientists from throughout the northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, and even a few from Europe, are gathered in Portland this week to discuss the venerable Homarus americanus, also known as the American lobster.” The Bangor Daily News has the story on the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/29/business/climate-changes-effects-on-lobster-fishery-among-topics-addressed-in-portland-symposium/?ref=latest Print
“University of Maine graduate student Noah Oppenheim and advisor Dr. Rick Wahle presented work at “The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem” symposium in Portland, Maine this last week, that showed lobsters prey on themselves in the wild.” Read a summary of the finds at the National Geographic: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/03/cannibal-lobsters/ Print
Maine’s “$70 million shrimp industry, which employs 1,500 fishermen, boat crew, shippers and processing workers, will open later than usual and face a catch-limit of less than one-third of last season’s level.” Here is the story at the Portland Press Herald: http://www.pressherald.com/news/Panel-to-set-dates-of-New-England-shrimp-season-.html Print
