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Lindsay Forrette, M.S., lab coordinator and chemical hygiene officer in UNE’s School of Marine and Environmental Programs, explained she likely lost her claw in an altercation with another lobster or fish, but she also said the lobster’s lack of dual claws presents a unique opportunity for students to learn about limb regrowth and how lobsters adapt to injury. By comparison, Blue lobsters are a one-in-two million find and split-colored lobsters (like was donated to UNE in 2021) are a one-in-50-million catch.īecause she only has one claw, the orange lobster is known as a cull. The odds of catching an orange lobster are about one-in-30-million. It’s the second rare lobster found by the crew and donated to UNE the first, a Calico lobster named Sprinkles, was captured and then donated to UNE’s Marine Science Center this past winter. Gregg Turner, a Scarborough fisherman, and his crew Sage Blake and Mandy Cyr. This new lobster, who is yet to be named, was caught in Casco Bay by Capt. Research projects include studying the impact of warming in the Gulf of Maine on lobster larvae and their success in growing to adulthood. UNE has long partnered with public and private research entities to study lobsters, including National Science Foundation, Maine Department of Marine Resources, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, as well as other colleges and universities. Girard Marine Science Center over the years for education, outreach, and research. UNE welcomed its latest crustaceous addition on Monday, June 5, joining the spectrum of rare, multicolored lobsters that have been donated to UNE’s Arthur P. “What we have, I believe, is an opportunity to strengthen a policy and awareness while continuing to focus on the important work of the office rather than on a personal, consensual relationship that has found its way into the public eye for reasons only known by a disgruntled family,” she said.Put down that bib - this lobster may be bright orange, but she’s alive, well, and ready to settle into her permanent home at the University of New England. “I believe AG Frey described the recent events best when he admonished himself as having made an ‘error in judgment’,” Whitworth said.

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Her report concludes after a long series of interviews with OAG employees that the office is a “great place to work, replete with a work environment that is generally very positive.” Whitworth praised the OAG for their cooperation, candor and sense of urgency in providing her with information. Whitworth explains in her report that the absence of a report on the internal investigation was “not only understandable, but justified, as there was simply no need for a formal investigation to take place based on the third-party complaint.” However, Whitworth found that no formal written report from Chief Deputy AG Chris Taub’s internal investigation was available. Whitworth and HR Studio group were brought in at the request of Democratic leaders in the Legislature to conduct an independent review of the AGO’s investigation. Whitworth’s report states that the original OAG investigation found “no wrongdoing” due to the subordinate no longer reporting directly to Frey and the fact that it was a consensual relationship, which is omitted in the office’s harassment policy.Īn investigation by the Bangor Daily News found that Frey made this change only after reporters from the newspaper began inquiring about the relationship. The report came from Deborah Whitworth of HR Studio Group, the third-party human resources consulting group hired in April to investigate Frey’s relationship, which at the time Frey called an “error in judgment”-an error he did not disclose for eight months. An independent report released Friday afternoon regarding Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey’s relationship with a subordinate employee found no significant issues with how the AG office handled the situation.