The Maine Shellfish Handbook is now available. An update to the 1998 Maine Clam Handbook, the Maine Shellfish Handbook offers guidance to resource managers and municipalities interested in sustaining Maine’s shellfish species. It also provides information on the history and biology of the soft-shell clam, northern quahog, American and European oysters, and blue mussels. Organized […]
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American lobsters (Homarus americanus) are resilient creatures, but they are experiencing rapid changes to their ocean environment. Three researchers participating in the Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI) have pulled together the latest science explaining how warming waters in the Gulf of Maine impact lobsters at all life stages – from egg to adult. Check […]
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Esperanza Stancioff, Extension professor and climate change lead for UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, has received a 2020 Mitchell Center Sustainability Award. She is recognized for her outstanding contributions toward the development of a solution by a researcher or research team through her work on the Collaborating Toward Climate Solutions project. Read the […]
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A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England. The team — which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine […]
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The Maine Sea Grant Program is proud to announce that four University of Maine graduates were selected for the prestigious 2021 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program sponsored by the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program. The one-year fellowship provides graduate students with a unique educational and professional opportunity to engage in the national […]
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Maine Sea Grant and the Lobster Institute are pleased to announce that University of Maine PhD student Nathan Willse has received a Maine Sea Grant Scholar award, which provides a one-year research assistantship to support his graduate work. Willse is a researcher in the Chen lab, studying lobster gear and the risk it may pose […]
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Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce that Buoy Maine, a pitch competition designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship that supports Maine’s working waterfront and coastal communities, will fund ten innovative projects and ideas that help better address the challenges of operating a business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for the awards comes from the […]
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Maine Sea Grant in partnership with UMaine Cooperative Extension and New Hampshire Extension is offering another two-part training focusing on The Art and Science of Virtual Facilitation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual meetings have become a mainstay for successful communication and collaboration in organizations and communities. Virtual formats bring their own challenges and opportunities, and […]
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Learning sessions facilitated by Maine Sea Grant and hosted by the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) What: Maine Sea Grant and DMR are offering learning sessions for members of the public that wish to effectively engage in the aquaculture lease hearing process. Examples of topics covered include how to provide testimony, an overview of […]
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Aquaculture in Shared Waters, a program that prepares fishermen and others to start aquaculture ventures in Maine, received a Sea Grant 2020 Superior Outreach Programming Award from the Sea Grant Extension Assembly. Superior Outreach Program Awards recognize projects and programs that can serve as an example across the entire National Sea Grant network. “We’ve worked […]
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