Marine Invasives
Maine Sea Grant’s work to address marine invasive species includes applied research, extension, and education initiatives to prevent or mitigate the impacts of marine invasive species through early detection, containment, or improved management practices. We also support research to evaluate opportunities for commercial products and markets for marine invasive species that will help to address their ecosystem impacts while providing economic and cultural benefits.
Research
- Evaluating the northward range expansion of the blue crab through monitoring and collaborative capacity building
- Market development as mitigation strategy for ecosystem damage and predation by invasive green crab (2020)
- Developing a fishery for softshell green crab by improving molt detection (2016)
- Accelerating use of seafloor maps to manage the impacts of invasive species and fishery closures (2008)
- Mitigating invasive ascadian impacts on Maine’s shellfish aquaculture industry (2011)
- Early detection and rapid response plan for the invasive chinese mitten crab (2011 NSI)
Resources
- https://seagrant.umaine.edu/resource/the-effects-of-green-crab-predation-presentation-2013-green-crab-summit/
- Rapid response plan for management and control of the Chinese mitten crab (PDF)
- Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Green Crabs (February 2015)
- Investigating the viability of a softshell green crab industry in Maine (2016 blog)
- Green Crab Summit
- Maine Sea Grant informational testimony resolve, regarding non-native invasive marine species
- Grateloupia tuturu fact sheet