Sept. 17, 2012
The University of Maine-based Lobster Institute is celebrating its 25th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 21, with a research showcase at UMaine's Memorial Union.
The showcase, which will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free and open to the public. It will feature more than 20 poster presentations and displays of a range of projects focusing on issues such as lobster health sampling; bait amounts; stock
assessment; and value-added product development.
Displays include a model of the Habitat Mooring System, a new concept in moorings that was developed at UMaine; a mounted lobster shell nearly 30 inches long; lobster traps and tools; and an exhibit tracing the history of the institute.
The showcase will be held in the atrium area in front of the UMaine bookstore in the Union.
There will be a special hour from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. for news media interested in interviewing Lobster Institute officials such as Robert Bayer, who has served since 1995 as executive director of the institute, associate director Cathy Billings and
researchers affiliated with the institute.
The anniversary celebration continues Friday night at an awards ceremony and dinner on the UMaine campus. The dinner is sold out.
The Lobster Institute, which was founded in 1987, focuses on sustaining the American lobster resource and a viable lobster fishery. Its core functions include conservation, outreach, research and education.
About UMaine: The University of Maine, founded in 1865, is the state’s premier public university, located in the town of Orono. As Maine’s land-grant university and the flagship institution in the University of Maine System, it is among the most
comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast, attracting students from across the U.S. and more than 60 countries. It currently enrolls 11,168 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking
research working with world-class scholars. Students are offered more than 90 undergraduate majors and programs, 75 master’s degree programs, 30 doctoral programs and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university
promotes environmental stewardship on its campus, with substantial efforts aimed at conserving energy, recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction.
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