UMaine fishery studies get federal grants
Two University of Maine research projects that seek to benefit the U.S. fishing industry have received a total of nearly $479,000 in federal grants.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded funds to the projects this week from its Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, just as an unrelated University of Maine survey found that Maine’s young lobster population is dwindling.
The first study, funded for nearly $249,516 and led by Heather Hamlin, an assistant professor of aquaculture, will seek to determine if rising ocean temperatures are contributing to the declining lobster population.
The second study, funded for nearly $229,326 and led by Yong Chen, a professor of fisheries population. will seek to identify to improve the survival rate of cusk and cod bycatch discarded from lobster traps.
NOAA also funded just over $373,000 to a collaborative project between UMaine, UMaine at Machias and a Massachusetts laboratory. The project seeks to develop a cost-effective way to produce mussel seeds using experimental hatcheries.
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