CANBERRA, Australia, July 10 -- The Australian Research Council issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: A new Research Hub based at the University of Tasmania will establish the world's first sustainable onshore lobster aquaculture industry focused on commercial, sustainable and socially responsible lobster production from hatchery to market. Australian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer, Professor Sue Thomas, has welcomed the launch of the ARC Research Hub for Sustainab  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSPol)(TNScapV) -- Common Cause issued the following news release on July 8, 2021: A letter signed by almost 100 small business and community leaders urging Senator Susan Collins to support the "For the People Act" was released at an event at Portland City Hall yesterday. More than four dozen people gathered at a rally sponsored by Common Cause to hear local business leaders explain why the bill needs to become law. According to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, even  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 7 -- Infrastructure Canada issued the following news release: The Government of Canada recognizes the different ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted small and rural communities across Nova Scotia. That's why it's continuing to make strategic investments in infrastructure to meet the specific needs of these communities across the province. Together, federal, provincial, and local governments are taking decisive action to support families, businesses, and communitie  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 8 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills has signed into law LD 1619, which prohibits new offshore wind projects in State waters. The prohibition preserves State waters for recreation and fishing - where up to 75 percent of Maine's commercial lobster harvesting occurs - and cements into law Maine's priority of locating offshore wind projects in Federal waters in the Gulf of Maine. The new law comes after Governor Mills last mo  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 8 -- Marine Mammal Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society for Marine Mammalogy that says it features findings on marine mammals resulting from original research on their form and function, evolution, systematics, physiology, biochemistry, behavior, population biology, life history, genetics, ecology and conservation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2021 edition: ARTICLES: * Gear modifications reduced humpback whale   more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, July 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries has recently welcomed a visiting Fulbright scholar to campus, Dr. Rebecca Lochmann, chair of the department, said. Dr. Rudy Agung Nugroho arrived from his home country of Indonesia in early June and will be conducting research at UAPB until November 2021. Dr. Nugroho is researching the potential to suppleme  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 8 (TNSJou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: A new study demonstrates that lobsters can detect low-frequency sound and suggests that anthropogenic noise could affect lobsters. The study comes out at a time when the construction of more offshore wind farms, with their associated underwater pile driving noise, is being considered in New England. The paper, "Sound detection by the American lobster (Homarus americanus)," foun  more