Commercially valuable tuna, swordfish, sharks and other “highly migratory species” will be the focus of research to be conducted by a consortium that includes the University of Maine.
The consortium was awarded $1.6 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a news release.
The funds came through NOAA’s 2019 Sea Grant Highly Migratory Species Research Initiative.
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