Now here’s something you don t see every day. A yellow lobster!
And, of course, its name is Banana. Banana arrived last night at UNE’s Marine Science Center (MSC) on the Biddeford Campus.
Banana comes to UNE courtesy of Marley Babb, a lobsterman from Tenants Harbor who caught and kindly donated her to the MSC.
You re safe now, Banana!
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According to our friends at UNE, Babb first contacted the Maine Department of Marine Resources. DMR’s Jessica Waller is working on a lobster research project with UNE’s Markus Frederich.
She contacted him and asked whether UNE might be interested in housing the lobster.
Now here’s something you don t see every day. A yellow lobster!
And, of course, its name is Banana. Banana arrived last night at UNE’s Marine Science Center (MSC) on the Biddeford Campus.
Banana comes to UNE courtesy of Marley Babb, a lobsterman from Tenants Harbor who caught and kindly donated her to the MSC.
You re safe now, Banana!
UNE
According to our friends at UNE, Babb first contacted the Maine Department of Marine Resources. DMR’s Jessica Waller is working on a lobster research project with UNE’s Markus Frederich.
She contacted him and asked whether UNE might be interested in housing the lobster.
Maine lobsterman catches 1 in 30 million yellow lobster, donates it to UNE Share Updated: 2:48 PM EST Feb 4, 2021 UNE Share Updated: 2:48 PM EST Feb 4, 2021 A Maine lobsterman caught a rare one in 30 million yellow lobster and donated it to the University of New England.The lobster, named Banana, arrived at UNE Wednesday night.Tenants Harbor lobsterman Marley Babb caught the lobster and reached out to the university after first contacting the Maine Department of Marine Resources.The Department of Marine Resources’ Jessica Waller is working on a lobster research project with UNE’s Markus Frederich. She contacted him and asked whether UNE might be interested in housing the lobster. The University of New England is sharing an $860,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and Hood College in Maryland to study the impact that a warming Gulf of Main
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A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be used to explore how kelp aquaculture can remediate negative effects of climate change. The international project is funded by World Wildlife Fund with support from the Bezos Earth Fund.
The newly funded project will lay the scientific foundations for a new tool to help restore the health and productivity of our oceans.