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The School of Marine Sciences is a Center of Excellence for Marine Education, Basic and Applied Research, and

Public Service.

The department was formed in 1996. Currently there are 38 core faculty members and 22 cooperating faculty.

As of May 2005 there were 114 Undergraduate Majors and 63 Graduate Students in Oceanography, Marine

Biology and Marine Policy.

Research activities encompass topics in aquaculture, marine biology, marine biotechnology, oceanography, marine geology, public policy and marine archeology.

Although there is a concentration of topics directed toward understanding the water systems right off the

Maine coast, there are many researchers working on issues all over the globe.

There are several programs underway which address cur- rents, plankton distribution and densities, light transmis- sion, Red Tide, water temperature and affects on com- mercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine (GOM). Remote sensing, Iron fertilization, tropical fish aquaculture, sea weed propagation, ground fish management, beach water quality monitoring; oyster, salmon, halibut, cod, bait worm aquaculture are also being addressed at both on the main campus in Orono and at one of the field research installations along the Maine coast.

The Darling Marine Center, located about an hour from the Orono campus, is a fully equipped, world class coastal research facility with laboratories, various boats for col- lecting samples, dorms for housing visiting professors and students and conference facilities.

This ample and very beautiful campus houses the

Semester-by-the Sea program for undergraduates enrolled in the marine science program.

UMAINE researchers collaborate with colleagues all over the globe and throughout the United States, making it a world renowned center for marine research. — Maggie L. Merrill

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School for Marine Sciences contact: tel: 207.581.4381 or visit them on the web at www.marine.maine.edu

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