Maine Sea Grant

SEA GRANT COMMUNITY SCIENCE NETWORK MEETING May 14, 2020 3pm Eastern, 2pm Central, 12 noon Pacific, 9am Hawaii (2 hour duration) In a true demonstration of resilience, the agenda for the in-person Network meeting has been revised, and we’re looking forward to joining the conversation with Network members virtually via Zoom on May 14. The […]

The goal of this project, led by the Maine Department of Marine Resources, is to conserve and restore wild populations of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax), within the U.S. Gulf of Maine watershed. This anadromous fish is listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as a species of concern as a result of over-harvest, water quality […]

Maine Climate Change Adaptation Provider’s Network Marine Ocean and Coastal Acidification Partnership (MOCA) Collaborating Toward Climate Solutions Coastal Community Adaptation Strategies in a Changing Climate Cost-Efficient Adaptation Planning in the North Atlantic Preparing for a Changing Climate: The State of Adaptation Planning in Maine’s Coastal Communities R-12-08 Coastal infrastructure resilience in a changing climate Coastal […]

Thank you for joining us at Coastal Access in Southern Maine, one of a series of workshops hosted by Maine Sea Grant in 2006. One goal of the forum is to provide resources and tools to help participants take action in addressing local coastal access issues. Below you will find downloadable files that summarize the […]

Working Waterfront Access: A Forum on Challenges and Solutions, University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, December 17, 2003 On December 17, 2003, the Gulf of Maine Foundation, Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Team (MET), Maine Coastal Program, and Island Institute co-sponsored a forum, Working Waterfront Access 2003, at the Darling Marine Center in […]

From hundreds of small fishing villages to several ports, Maine’s waterfronts are unique resources that offer social, cultural, economic, and environmental benefits. People need access to these waterfronts for different reasons; many depend on access to the waterfront to earn their living, including members of the fishing and aquaculture industries as well as those working […]

Development patterns in coastal communities during the housing boom of the 1990’s and early 2000’s often favored construction of residences featuring large homes on large lots. This approach resulted in the availability of housing stock in those coastal communities that was unaffordable to much of the communities’ workforce. In response, the firefighters, police officers, teachers, […]

Extension Associate Dana Morse is working with Boothbay Harbor fishermen Kelo Pinkham and Stanley Coffin, in their efforts to reduce bycatch, improve energy efficiency, and improve mesh size enforceability in trawl nets. The study, entitled “Sea Trials to Assess Knotless Mesh Codend Selectivity,” is enabled through a $46,180 grant from the Northeast Consortium. The size, […]

Research and extension colleagues in the northeast have teamed up with shellfish farmers to create a network of commercial farms that are doubling as research stations, with the goal of improving shellfish production equipment and husbandry. The NARF-Net project is funded through NOAA Office of Aquaculture and the National Sea Grant program; the Project Leaders […]