August 1, 2014 — A federal agency has awarded a University of New England researcher and his colleagues $1.7 million for a research project they hope will help increase revenues for the fishing industry.
UNE announced the award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday, saying the project will research the mortality rate of winter skates, a cartilaginous fish closely related to stingrays, when discarded from catching nets.
James Sulikowski, a professor in UNE's department of marine sciences, will be accompanied by commercial fisherman Captain Ted Platz and researchers from the New England Aquarium in Boston, Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the NOAA-backed research project.
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