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EVENT | Razor Clam Aquaculture Workshop

A shellfish growers’ meeting is set for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Darling Marine Center to discuss the development of razor clam aquaculture.

EVENT | Razor Clam Aquaculture Workshop

A shellfish growers’ meeting is set for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Darling Marine Center to discuss the development of razor clam aquaculture.

Seaweed Production on Mussel Farms in Maine

A Pilot Project to Stimulate Seaweed Production on Mussel Farms in Maine

Seaweed is a $6 billion-dollar industry worldwide. Different types of seaweed (also called sea vegetables or marine macroalgae) are harvested for a variety of uses including fertilizer, food ingredients, and nutritional supplements.

Maine’s established seaweed companies are industry leaders, and more people are looking to grow seaweed as a business or for supplemental income.

Shellfish Upweller Page

The following links and documents are intended to be resources for shellfish growers and others, relative to upwellers.  There is still a lot of innovation in the field, and new ideas coming along for techniques, materials, operations, siting and construction.

Cooperative State of Maine Survey of Atlantic Halibut in Groundfish Closed Areas in the Eastern Gulf of Maine


The overall objective of the program is to contribute to the protection and rebuilding of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, by enabling the collection and analyses of basic biological and ecological data essential for the long-term sustainable management of this species.

Building on Promise

Building on Promise: Continued investigation in using a 4-seam bottom trawl to improve escapement of small haddock and cod.

Use of Positively Buoyant Ground Cables and Sweep to Reduce Seabed Contact and to Enhance Species Selectivity

This project is a collaboration with Capt. Kelo Pinkham of Boothbay, and aims to modify a bottom trawl and associated gear to reduce the contact with the seabed, and to decrease the retention of flatfish in catches targeting cod and haddock. Dana Morse and the team will travel to the Flume Tank facility at Memorial University in Newfoundland for testing of a model trawl system, and then build a full-scale prototype. Field trials will commence in the spring of 2007 from Capt. Pinkham's boat, F/V Jeanne C.