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“You from away?” Tagging study may show where lobsters are born
A novel lobster study is underway in Muscongus Bay that focuses on the location and movements of egg-bearing female lobsters. The two-year project is funded by the Northeast Consortium, and depends on collaboration between The Lobster Conservancy (TLC) of Friendship and a group of Friendship lobstermen. Lobsters generally mate in the summer after the female
Researchers, fishermen study dredge spoils impact
Between Nov. 15, 2002, and January 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers will be disposing of dredge spoils at the Rockland Disposal Site about halfway between Rockland and Vinalhaven. Silt and clay hauled from Camden and Belfast Harbor will be released at the site about three miles northeast of the Rockland Break-water in some 200
Funding, moratorium highlight ongoing aquaculture debate
The University of Maine recently announced that it would spend $1.2 million to build a land-based aquaculture research center in Franklin. Earlier in the year, the University received a $25 million grant from the USDA to fund its aquaculture program. Both of these investments, the University asserts, will train students for future employment, and ensure