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James Sulikowski quoted in Bangor Daily News article

James Sulikowski, Ph.D., 51小黄车professor of Marine Science, is cited as an expert in a recent Bangor Daily News opinion piece addressing the warming climate鈥檚 effect on Gulf of Maine fisheries.

The author, Edward Reiner, discusses his personal experiences as a lobsterman and points to the rising number of dogfish in Maine waters, which he says are preying on cod, haddock and other fish.

The article quotes Sulikowski, stating: 鈥淭here are an estimated 230,000 metric tons of spawning dogfish in the Gulf of Maine compared with only 10,000 metric tons of spawning cod. That鈥檚 a 23-to-1 ratio.鈥

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