Tag Archives: University of New Hampshire
How warming ocean temperatures wiped out Maine’s shrimp industry
Since 2014 fishing for northern shrimp has been banned in the United States. The stock in our area has decreased to the point where they are not reproducing. This is not due to overfishing; it is directly due to the temperature of the water. They have simply moved north to colder Canadian waters. Back in 2007, when there was a robust northern shrimp fishery in the Gulf of Maine, scientists were looking for net modifications that would catch shrimp but not have any bycatch of finfish. Since shrimp fisheries throughout the world have some of the highest bycatch of any fishery, this was a priority worldwide. At that time the Northeast Consortium at the University of New Hampshire helped fund research by Dr. Pingguo. He and David Goethel developed a trawl net, named “The Topless Trawl,” that drastically reduced bycatch in the northern shrimp fishery. >click to read< 10:21
Multi-organization effort believes Cashes Ledge deserves to be permanently protected
The team’s efforts of four years ago, including holding roundtables and giving talks across the region, were undertaken in hopes Cashes Ledge would be awarded a monument designation. The effort failed, but it did play a part in the creation, three years ago, of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the only national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. Lamb, who now works with the Witman Lab and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute on various marine issues, believes Cashes Ledge deserves the same protection, especially since the Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest-warming bodies of salt water in the world. >click to read<09:37
Scientists, academics to lead groundfish study
A group of scientific and academic institutions is leading a researching initiative about the groundfish stocks in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank. The federal New England Fishery Management Council is giving $800,000 to the Northeast Consortium for the project. Read the rest here 08:11
Biomedical bleeding may be hurting horseshoe crab population
Electronic data recorders called accelerometers that measure the crabs’ speed and direction were strapped to their backs and the crabs were placed in running wheels in tanks filled with seawater. Read more here 07:35
Shoals Marine Laboratory announces new director
DURHAM — Wildlife ecologist Jennifer Seavey is the new executive director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, the University of New Hampshire and Cornell University announced. Read more@fostersdaily 06:55
Coastal mapping vessel Fredinand R. Hassler, to map the ocean floor along East Coast
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s newest coastal mapping vessel, the Fredinand R. Hassler, commissioned in 2012, will be homeported at the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex, part of the University of New Hampshire. From there, it is expected to chart the seafloor up and down the East Coast, paying particular attention to the Northeast, including a wide swath of the Seacoast. more@seacoastonline
