by Chris Bartlett I had the pleasure of assisting the town of Pembroke, Maine with monitoring alewife and blueback herring this spring. These two fish species are jointly known as river herring. They migrate from the ocean to spawn in Maine’s freshwater lakes and rivers during the months of May and June. Alewife and bluebacks […]
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by Esperanza Stancioff I found this little guy on a hike in Camden Hills last summer. It was a thrilling experience and a rare occurrence for me. I remembered my mom telling me as a child that I would get warts from handling them—which is not the case. The American toad does produce a toxin […]
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by Catherine Schmitt May 16, 2014, Endangered Species Day. I went to the Piscataquis River, a major tributary of the Penobscot River, to monitor Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts with state and federal fish biologists. Shadbush and trout lilies bloomed along the stream banks. People sold fiddleheads from the trunks of their cars. Nearly 70 […]
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by Catherine Schmitt Multiple departments from the University of Maine came together on Saturday to discuss Jeffrey Bolster’s book, The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail. Hosted by the History Department, Sustainability Solutions Initiative at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center, School of Marine Sciences, Humanities Initiative, and Maine Sea Grant, […]
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by Catherine Schmitt National Working Waterfront Network steering Committee members Kenneth Walker, Stephanie Otts, Natalie Springuel, and Kristen Grant have received a $9,000 grant from the NOAA Preserve America Initiative. The project, which is intended to build on the Outreach and Education Committee’s case study work, will capture both oral histories on working waterfront issues […]
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by Kristen Grant Maine Sea Grant partners with the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast to host design workshops or “charrettes” that help coastal communities envision how to provide homes for people who work in town – people who earn an average income, like entry level teachers, fire fighters, police, as well as hospital and […]
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by Dana Morse A few years ago my colleague Catherine Schmitt created a Maine Oyster Trail, a tool to help people find where to connect with farmers, and what restaurants they could find, to enjoy Maine oysters. Here’s a brief update and some additional information on Maine oysters, tourism, and why this map is so […]
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A look back at the first day of winter as we approach the first day of spring. by Chris Bartlett I enjoy exploring Maine’s coast during the colder months and the bays around our home in Eastport are really special. High tides in this region cause roiling currents that bring copepods, krill and small fish […]
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Salarius means “of salt” in Latin. Because salt once constituted a form of currency, Salarius also refers to salt money, an allowance, pay. The ocean pays back, sustains us; it provides food, oxygen, and a livelihood for the people of Maine pas, present, and (hopefully) future. For the authors of this blog, Salarius encompasses all […]
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by Natalie Springuel Recently, about 20 tourism industry leaders from Downeast Maine and Southwest New Brunswick piled into a bus and went on a tour of the region. For nearly four days, we traveled from Saint John New Brunswick to Bucksport Maine, on a world wind tour of the target area of the Two Nation […]
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