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Social benefits of restoring historical ecosystems and fisheries: alewives in Maine [PDF]

Ecology and Society, 2015
Restoration of coastal ecosystems provides opportunities to simultaneously restore historical fisheries and ancillary ecosystem and social benefits that were historically derived from functioning ecosystems.
Loren McClenachan, Samantha Lovell, Caroline Keaveney   +2 more
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How do human actions affect fisheries? Differences in perceptions between fishers and scientists in the Maine lobster fishery

FACETS, 2022
The degree to which human actions affect marine fisheries has been a fundamental question shaping people’s relationship with the sea. Today, divergences in stakeholder views about the impacts of human activities such as fishing, climate change, pollution,
Loren McClenachan, Nicholas R. Record, Jesica Waller   +2 more
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Options for Managing Maine’s Fisheries: Traditional Fisheries Management

Maine Policy Review, 1996
Ralph Townsend discusses the historic evolution of fisheries management as well as more current trends toward co-management in Maine’s groundfisheries. Looking at successful experiences with co-management, he wonders whether current efforts in Maine’s lobster industry will be successful without tackling the tough issue of access limitation.
Ralph Townsend
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Habitat‐Based Predictions of Bridle Shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) in the Northeastern United States [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
We sought to assess bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) habitat associations at local and regional scales across southern Maine and New Hampshire. We used local habitat data at 95 Maine sites to predict occupancy with classification and regression trees (
Lara S. Katz, Stephen M. Coghlan Jr., Matthew A. Carpenter, Michael T. Kinnison, Joseph D. Zydlewski   +4 more
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Retroviral Infections Affect Survival and Clutch Size of Female Wild Turkeys [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Pathogens can regulate or decimate free‐ranging wildlife populations. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), which are widespread across the United States, southern Canada, and northern and central Mexico, are a prized upland gamebird that has experienced ...
Stephanie A. Shea, Matthew Gonnerman, Erik Blomberg, Kelsey Sullivan, Pauline L. Kamath   +4 more
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Integrating small mammal personality and population abundance into forest regeneration predictions for a managed, mixed species forest in Maine, USA [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Understanding forest regeneration is critical for predicting the future of forests, but most forest growth models overlook the animals responsible for driving regeneration dynamics. Scatter-hoarding small mammals are critical for the regeneration of many
Margaret R. Merz, Allison M. Brehm, Brigit R. Humphreys, Sydne Record, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Alessio Mortelliti   +5 more
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Adaptive capacity of the Maine lobster fishery: insights from the Maine Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables

FACETS
The Gulf of Maine in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean is one of the world’s fastest warming marine regions. Changes in ocean conditions are affecting growth, survival, and distribution of American lobster (Homarus americanus), which supports iconic ...
Ellie Mason, Anne H. Beaudreau, Suzanne N. Arnold, Sam Belknap, Emma D. Scalisi   +4 more
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Lessons for the Future from 50 Years of Maine Fisheries

Maine Policy Review, 2023
Fifty years of technological advances in fishing and the differing consequences of state and federal scientific and regulatory methods are examined to discern lessons for the future of Maine’s fisheries. This examination suggests that Maine’s fishery management is consistent with the governance approach recommended from study of social-ecological ...
Robin Alden
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Developing a Cooperative Research Agenda for Maine’s Commercial Fisheries

Maine Policy Review, 2000
This past year the Maine Department of Marine Resources sponsored a unique series of meetings involving fishermen, academic and government scientists, and fishery managers. The goal was to define a shared research agenda for Maine’s marine fisheries. Robin Alden and Linda Mercer summarize the results of these meetings.
Robin Alden, Linda Mercer
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Options for Managing Maine’s Fisheries: Fisheries Management from an Ecological Perspective

Maine Policy Review, 1996
Jim Wilson counters the concerns raised by Ralph Townsend [this issue].The current policy course set by Marine Resources Commissioner Robin Alden is based on an approach to fisheries management which redefines the sustainability problem as an ecosystem problem. Wilson argues that, within this new paradigm, questions such as “how, when, and where†to
James A Wilson
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