The Maine ten is a list of seaweed species that are currently wild harvested or cultivated in Maine. All of these “top ten” species can be used as food, but the main sea vegetables that are currently harvested or grown for sale are the kelps (Saccharina, Laminaria, and Alaria), the reds (Palmaria, Porphyra and Chondrus), […]
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Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) was the first commercial kelp crop to be cultivated in Maine in 2010, with other native species under development since then. Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) has played a critical role in the development of this new industry, supporting a variety of […]
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Building on Promise: Continued investigation in using a 4-seam bottom trawl to improve escapement of small haddock and cod. This collaborative research project is a product of an idea from the late Stanley Coffin, a fisherman from Edgecomb, and Kelo Pinkham, a fisherman from Boothbay. The goal of the project is to modify a trawl […]
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Kelp Aquaculture Marine aquaculture in Maine is managed by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Our coastal waters are a public resource, and managed by the state through the DMR. The DMR requires a lease or license for any cultivation activity that takes place in marine coastal waters. This is a process that includes applications, […]
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This project is a collaboration with Capt. Kelo Pinkham of Boothbay, and aims to modify a bottom trawl and associated gear to reduce the contact with the seabed, and to decrease the retention of flatfish in catches targeting cod and haddock. Dana Morse and the team will travel to the Flume Tank facility at Memorial […]
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Project website Signs of the Seasons is a citizen science environmental monitoring program which began in 2010. Participants help scientists document the local effects of global climate change by observing and recording the phenology (seasonal changes) of common plants and animals living in their own backyards and communities. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and […]
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