For anyone interested in sharks and their ecology

Professor John Mohan and some of his students at the Mohan Shark and Fish Ecology Lab at UNE recently deployed Maine’s first real-time shark detection buoy between Ferry Beach and Old Orchard Beach. Learn about how these students are working to increase safety and awareness by expanding the monitoring of white shark populations along the coast of Maine. They’ll also discuss the innovative technology these students are developing to reduce shark capture in recreational and commercial fisheries.

In the News: the work of the Mohan Shark and Fish Ecology Lab

UNE Group Developing Devise to Reduce Accidental Deaths of Sharks by Fisherman, WMTW, September 20, 2023 

Tagged white sharks can’t hide from 1st buoy of its kind in Maine waters, Portland Press Herald, June 7, 2022

Thomas Memorial Library received a grant from HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, producer of the new IMAX film, Blue Whales: Return of the Giants, and the STAR Library Network, in partnership with the California Science Center and SK Films. This program is part of that grant.

Find out more about our Blue Whale project, and the programs and resources made possible by the grant!