Blog Entry Archives - Maine Sea Grant

Accessing the Maine Coast: Everything you wanted to know about rights and responsibilities of accessing the coast of Maine

Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine is thrilled to announce the comprehensive update and re-release of Accessing the Maine Coast, a long-standing web resource containing information to help waterfront users, coastal communities, businesses, landowners, and others address issues related to coastal access and working waterfronts in Maine. The intent of this website is […]

A collection of fellows and I standing next to marine science activist and legend, Dr. Sylvia Earle!

The Knauss Fellowship: It Is What You Make of It

Contributor: Kara Chuang, University of Maine graduate supported by Maine Sea Grant and former Knauss Fellow If you ask any previous Knauss Fellow what their time in the fellowship was like, they’ll most likely use a number of words to describe it: intense, fast-paced, energetic, extraordinary, profound. And how can it be anything else? The […]

From Methane Emissions to Carbon Sequestration: The Stories Tidal Marshes Tell

How Maine scientists are reading the carbon story in salt marshes—and why restoring tidal flow may be a key to climate resilience. In 2022, Maine Sea Grant funded a study led by Beverly Johnson (Bates College) and Claire Enterline (Gulf of Maine Research Institute), measuring carbon gas emissions (methane) and carbon absorption in marshes along […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Wild Bird Chase Part Two

Coastal Conversations show: June 25, 2025WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Catherine Devine, Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early Career Fellow in Science Communication, Schoodic Institute This episode Naturalist Laura Sebastianelli has dedicated her summers to recording all the bird songs in Acadia National Park. We follow Laura on her chase […]

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Marine Science for Maine People: Supporting Innovation in the Lobster Industry

Contributor: Alicia Gaiero, Maine Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Associate, Outreach Coordinator for the Innovative Gear Library Since joining Maine Sea Grant in January, I’ve had the opportunity to support a forward-looking project in Maine’s lobster fishing industry: the Innovative Fishing Gear Library. This initiative was launched by the Maine Department of Marine Resources in response […]

Some of the 2024 Cohort of the Rhodes Academy at the Acropolis in Lindos, Greece.

From Washington, DC to Rhodes, Greece

Contributor: Emily Nocito, University of Maine graduate supported by Maine Sea Grant and current Knauss Fellow “You should apply!” my Knauss Fellowship mentor told me in one of our first meetings together. She was referring to the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, a summer program dedicated to the law of the sea. Each […]

A year in the life of a Knauss fellow

Contributor: Aubrey Jane, University of New England graduate supported by Maine Sea Grant and current Knauss Fellow The first eight months of my time as a Maine Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have been eventful. I’ve developed skills in the social sciences, explored the nexus of fisheries and […]

Gabby Hillyer in front of the Capitol Building.

Finding the Ocean in Washington DC

Contributor: Gabrielle Hillyer, University of Maine graduate supported by Maine Sea Grant and former Knauss Fellow As a Knauss fellow, I took a leap of faith – stepping all the way from Orono, Maine to Washington, DC (11 hours driving, just over 600 miles), to find new opportunities and learn more about the National Oceanic […]

Maine Sea Grant Learning Landscapes Internship – Summer 2024

Contributor: Tori Harris, University of Vermont undergraduate student and Maine Sea Grant Learning Landscapes Intern supported by the National Sea Grant Community Engaged Internship Program. During the Summer of 2024, I was the Maine Sea Grant Learning Landscapes Intern, a program supported by the National Sea Grant Network’s Community Engaged Internship for Undergraduates. This internship […]

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Aquaculture Bootcamp 2024

by Maine Sea Grant’s Annie Fagan As an outdoor educator and now a marine extension associate with Maine Sea Grant, I love when my passions for experiential learning and aquaculture can collide. This is exactly what happened at the end of May at our inaugural Aquaculture Bootcamp. Aquaculture in Shared Waters is a longstanding seminar-style […]