August 11, 2017 — ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine is slated to receive more than $220,000 from the federal government to support research of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will help with UMaine’s research about the tuna’s age, growth and population in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
UMaine researchers will work with dealers, fishermen and other stakeholders from Maine to North Carolina on the work.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at the U.S. News & World Report