AUGUSTA The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Project Canopy, Maine’s urban and community forestry program led by the Maine Forest Service, has named the selected grant proposals for the 2023 funding cycle. This year’s review process, marked by careful evaluation and alignment with program goals, resulted in funding all submitted proposals, totaling $121,798. […]
A recent research that makes use of historical data has discovered exceptional evidence in favor of the "safety in numbers" theory, according to which Pacific salmon living in bigger groups are less likely to be eaten by predators.
In a recent meta-analysis published in Global Change Biology, an international research team led by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Literature (UFZ) synthesized the internationally accessible research on this issue. This research proposes new strategies for better water management.
Researchers in Finland have used genetic methods to pinpoint how fish feed from aquaculture to fisheries, and changes in salmon fisheries may be related to changes in the size of wild salmon.