Dr. Kevin Stokesbury

UMass Dartmouth marine scientists, in a video based survey, have found an abundance of small scallops on Georges Bank. The survey was conducted from May to July 2014. Dr. Kevin Stokesbury says the survey indicates a 32% increase in the scallop population from two years ago...

The Mass. state budget includes $450,000 for UMass Dartmouth's School of Marine Science and Technology. Its the second year in a row that lawmakers have provided funding to study the ground-fish stocks off New England. Rep. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford tells WBSM...

Scientists and grad students from the UMass School of Marine Science and Technology recently traveled aboard the fishing vessel "Justice" to the southern end of Georges Bank,  to check out a system they hope will give fishing regulators a true picture of groundfish stocks...