Maine Sea Grant

This year I had the privilege to travel to the Netherlands as part of my sabbatical research on the topic of stakeholder engagement in community planning for flood defense. The process included interviews with 15 Dutch practitioners from all levels of government, as well as private contractors, community groups and non-profit organizations. The result was […]

NOTE: This blog was written by Nicole Ramberg-Pihl, a graduate student at the University of Maine, working on a Sea Grant-funded project with Dr. Hamish Greig, Dr. Stephen Coglan, and Dr. Joseph Zydlewski. Atlantic salmon have a vibrant history woven into that of Maine’s culture. After spending about one to three years in freshwater, they migrate to […]

Effects of temperature and ocean acidification on larval lobster development – UMaine graduate student, Jesica Waller, along with Dr. Rick Wahle and colleagues published a paper on the joint effects of ocean acidification and rising temperature on larval lobster development. Their results suggest that elevated temperatures associated with projected end-century warming trends cause larvae to develop faster but […]

NOTE: This blog was written by Jacque Miller, a graduate student at the University of Maine, working on a Sea Grant-funded project with Dr. Alice Kelley I left Kansas in June of this year to begin a Master’s program in Earth and Climate Sciences at UMaine, Orono with Dr. Alice Kelley. The project I work on is titled […]

Along the coast of Maine are places where, twice each day, rivers flow backwards and then forwards in an everchanging diorama of freshwater, saltwater, rollocking rapids and tranquil calms. These are the eight “tidal” or “reversing” falls, found where rivers and bays make a narrow passage to meet the sea. These places are not many. In Harpswell, […]

NOTE: This blog was written by Thew Suskiewicz, a graduate student at Université Laval in Quebec working on a Sea Grant funded project with Dr. Robert Steneck  These are dynamic times for the Gulf of Maine. Over the past decade, water temperatures here have risen faster than almost anywhere on the planet, and already fishermen and researchers are noticing drastic […]

The following story on Signs of the Seasons: A New England Phenology Program was published on the NOAA Education and Outreach Facebook page on August 9, 2016. By NOAA Education and Outreach  Signs of the Seasons is a New England #CitizenScience program with two purposes: to train and support volunteer observers to collect robust phenology […]

A new publication by Dr. Yong Chen and colleagues, “An evaluation of underlying mechanisms for ‘fishing down marine food webs‘” takes a closer look at a metric, mean trophic level, commonly used to evaluate fishery sustainability. This paper adds to a long list of publications by Dr. Chen addressing the emergent patterns and underlying processes involved in the management […]

NOTE This blog post was written by Marissa McMahan, a graduate student at Northeastern University, working on a Sea Grant funded project to explore the potential for a soft-shell green crab seafood industry in Maine. The idea for this project began with a conversation at a Christmas party last year. A friend of mine, Jonathan […]