University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias marine experts will give a 90-minute briefing to the 129th Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources during its Jan. 17 meeting that begins at 1 p.m. The intent of the briefing is to provide an overview of the expertise and resources UMaine and UMM have […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Rick Wahle, a professor of marine biology and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article, “Researchers find new way to convert lobster shells into durable plastic.” Researchers at McGill University in Montreal are creating plastic from chitin, a material present in the exoskeletons of […]
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Maine fishermen hauled in 110.8 million pounds of lobsters in 2017 with a value of more than $400 million. While still incredibly large, this volume represented a 16 percent decline and $100 million loss compared to previous years of record-setting landings. Since the late 1980s Maine’s lobster landings have multiplied six fold, while the area […]
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University of Maine marine sciences research professor Richard Wahle has been named director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, effective Sept.1. He succeeds Robert Bayer, who has directed the institute since 1995 and is retiring from UMaine this year. Wahle joined UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences in 2009. He is based at the University’s […]
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WMTW (Channel 8) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on a rare yellow lobster. The lobster was caught by the F/V Short Fuse, of Bremen, off the Maine coast June 20, according to the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, WMTW reports. The odds of catching a yellow lobster […]
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Maine Public interviewed Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article on the impacts the recently imposed steel tariff will have on the lobster industry, specifically on the production of traps. Nearly 100 percent of lobster traps are made of steel mesh, so the raw material […]
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The Associated Press, Metro, Newsweek, Boston magazine, United Press International, WBZ (Channel 4 in Boston) and WHDH (Channel 7 in Boston) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report of a rare orange lobster discovered at a Massachusetts supermarket. Roche Bros. Supermarkets said workers at their Westborough store found […]
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Le Journal de Québec interviewed Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about rare blue lobsters. Bertrand Desbois of the Raymond Desbois de Québec Fisheries reported catching a blue lobster for the second consecutive year near Anticosti Island, according to Le Journal. The lobsters’ rarity […]
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A WABI (Channel 5) report on jewelry made from lobster shells quoted Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute. Bayer was contacted by Giada Giachino, an Italian student studying jewelry design in London, about using lobster shells as a replacement for endangered coral in jewelry, according to the report. Bayer sent […]
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Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the George Hale/Ric Tyler Show on WVOM The Voice of Maine. Bayer spoke about lobster handling laws in Switzerland. Bayer said based on years of studying lobster biology and the nervous system, he doesn’t think the crustaceans […]
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