Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce Aimee Whitman has joined our team as a communications specialist. In this new position, Whitman will support Maine Sea Grant staff and partners in creating communications products. She will also help develop Maine Sea Grant’s digital footprint by writing blogs, social media posts, and e-newsletters, among other things. […]
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Maine Sea Grant is seeking a Maine Aquaculture Hub Coordinator to help in the planning, development and implementation of the Maine Aquaculture Hub (Hub). The functions of the Hub are to: Situate aquaculture as a diversifying and strengthening industry for coastal economies, through multiple levels of integration to strengthen Maine’s working waterfronts. Address barriers, including […]
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Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce Bobby MacLeod has joined the team as a senior grants manager and fiscal officer. MacLeod is responsible for managing Maine Sea Grant finances as well as coordinating proposal submissions and managing financial activities after receiving awards. “I’m excited to join the Maine Sea Grant team,” says MacLeod. “It’s […]
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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 2022 cohort will be […]
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The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium—in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center—today announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast United States. This funding opportunity, first announced in March 2021, seeks to […]
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Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce four new research projects funded through our most recent biennial research competition. Led by scientists from research and education institutions in Maine, the two-year projects focus on tracing PFAS chemicals in our marine ecosystems, measuring carbon emission and absorption in salt marshes, identifying key indicators for ecosystem-based fisheries […]
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On behalf of the Maine Aquaculture Hub, Maine Sea Grant and the Maine Aquaculture Association today released The Maine Aquaculture Roadmap, 2022-2032, a ten-year plan that proposes four major goals and identifies over $15 million in estimated resources needed to strengthen Maine’s aquaculture sector and working waterfronts over the next decade. Maine’s aquaculture sector has […]
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Maine Sea Grant and partners celebrated the successes of Buoy Maine, a pitch competition designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship and support coastal communities during the global pandemic. At a special outdoor event held at Marshall Wharf Brewery in Belfast, representatives of each of the ten funded projects shared progress details and future directions for […]
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In 2021, Maine Sea Grant and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center invited seven undergraduate students from across the country to participate in the Undergraduate Internships in Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program. The research program paired undergraduate student interns with mentors from University of Maine, Penobscot Nation, Maine Department of Marine Resources, USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and […]
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Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which announced its third round of funding. Six newly funded research projects, three of which are led by Maine-based researchers, will address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is being impacted by […]
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