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Maine Sea Grant welcomes Fisheries Extension Associate

Maine Sea Grant is excited to welcome Alicia Gaiero to the Marine Extension Team as a Fisheries Extension Associate. Gaiero will be responsible for helping to coordinate a community engagement program for an Innovative Fishing Gear Library project led by the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), focusing on the American lobster industry. She will […]

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Maine Sea Grant welcomes new Lobster Research and Extension Coordinator

Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce that Michelle Brown has joined the team as the Lobster Research and Extension Coordinator. In her new role, Brown will be working on the American Lobster Initiative (ALI), helping to lead the Regional Lobster Research Program with Northeast Sea Grant members, and connecting harvesters, scientists, and managers in […]

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Bringing the Sea to Inland and Rural Youth with Maine Sea Grant

As the Casco Bay Cat made its way out into a foggy morning in Casco Bay, a student from Sacopee Valley High School shrugged her shoulders up near her ears and pulled her hood over her head. “What lake are we on?” she grumbled. But after visiting Bang’s Island Mussel and Kelp Farm and the […]

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Congratulations to our 2025 Knauss Fellow

Kara Chuang, University of Maine graduate, has recently been selected as a member of the 2025 cohort of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship! Chuang is one of 88 students chosen nationwide, and the only graduate in Maine to receive this honor.  “This year’s Knauss Fellowship cohort exemplifies the passion and expertise necessary to […]

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University of Maine Graduate Student Selected for NOAA/Sea Grant Fellowship

Maine Sea Grant is excited to announce that Jerelle Jesse, a doctoral student in marine biology at the University of Maine, is a recipient of the 2024 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship!  As a NMFS-Sea Grant Population Dynamics Fellow, Jerelle will focus on evaluating how biological reference points, which help determine stock […]

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Maine Sea Grant announces 2024 undergraduate scholarship recipients

Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce that 12 students will receive a 2024 Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences to support tuition or other academic or research-related expenses. Scholarship recipients will join a statewide network of undergraduate scholars doing exemplary academic work on marine and coastal issues. Award recipients will also be […]

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Meet the 2023 Sea Run Fish Interns

This summer, three undergraduate students are gaining experience in sea-run fish research and management as participants in Maine Sea Grant and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Undergraduate Internships in Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program. The program, which launched in 2020, pairs student interns with mentors who are practitioners in the field. The 2023 cohort will be working with […]

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Five Undergraduate Students Gain Experience though Sea-run Fish Internship

This summer, five undergraduate students are gaining experience in sea-run fish research and management as participants in Maine Sea Grant and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Undergraduate Internships in Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program. The program, which launched in 2020, pairs student interns with mentors who are practitioners in the field. The 2024 cohort will be working with […]

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Maine Sea Grant Announces New Biennial Research Projects

Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce five new research projects recommended for funding through our competitive biennial research program (pending final approval by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Led by scientists from research and education institutions in Maine, the two-year projects will support scientific research focused on offshore wind interactions, the role of […]

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