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BDN AQUACULTURE EDITORIAL

June 16, 2008

Wednesday's Bangor Daily News includes an editorial http://bangornews.com/news/t/viewpoints.aspx?articleid=165484&zoneid=34examining the current state of Maine's aquaculture industry. The editorial includes references to UMaine's Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin and the work of UMaine Prof. Ian Bricknell's leadership role in UMaine's aquaculture education and research activities.

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Distinguished Service Award

June 11, 2008

Peter A. Jumars

Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, ME USA

SERVICE AS A MEMBER BENEFIT: CHOOSING SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES ACCORDINGLY

Service is generally viewed as a sacrifice on the part of the server. Two functions have endured in scientific societies from the outset: meeting of people with common interests and publishing of peer-reviewed research results. Even these core society functions have ample room for service that empowers the server as well as the society. As I can...

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STENECK IN SCIENCE DAILY STORY

June 6, 2008

The Science Daily Web site features a story (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604141019.htm) about a new report that includes Prof. Bob Steneck from UMaine's School of Marine Sciences as one of its authors. Steneck and other scientists developed a United Nations University report, presented Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York, calling for significant changes in coastal management practices. The scientists warn of potential "disaster" potentially affecting coastal marine...

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