Maine Sea Grant

Stephen Fegley Maine Maritime Academy 101 Andrews Castine, ME 04420 207-326-2396 sfegley@mma.edu Although sandy beaches in Maine are relatively scarce, they attract tourists and coastal development and generate substantial annual revenues. Unfortunately, beaches and their associated dune systems are fragile and, in many areas, have been reduced or lost through natural events and human activities. […]

Scott Richardson and James Dochtermann Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve 342 Laudholm Farm Road Wells, ME 04090 P. 207.646.1555 Coastal Fishes of Southern Maine and New Hampshire is a field guide to the fish commonly found in the coasts and estuaries of southern Maine and New Hampshire. Dochtermann’s illustrations of each species are accompanied by […]

Aimee Phillippi Unity College 90 Quaker Hill Rd. Unity, ME 04988 207-948-4313, x 282 aphillippi@unity.edu Invasive species can have serious impacts on ecosystems in which they are introduced and on human commercial interests. The Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus , is an invasive species first documented in Maine in 2000. There has been only one […]

Doug McNaught Assistant Professor of Marine Ecology Science 117 University of Maine at Machias 9 O’Brien Ave. Machias, ME 04654 207.255.1206 dmcnaught@maine.edu After a rapid boom-and-bust in the 1990s, the Maine sea urchin fishery continues to rely on a depleted resource, especially in southern Maine. Without urchins, many areas became colonized with kelp and other […]

Theodore Willis University of Southern Maine theowillis06@aim.com Willis and his colleagues analyzed the diets of anadromous fish to assess their role in nearshore food webs. Yet diet analysis only presents a snapshot view of what fish are eating at any given time. Stable isotope analysis, which measures the amount of marine- versus freshwater-derived nutrients, will […]

Alison Sirois Maine Department of Marine Resources P.O. Box 8 West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207-633-2430 alison.sirois@maine.gov The volunteer phytoplankton monitoring program in Maine works as an early warning system for Maine Department of Marine Resources’ Biotoxin Program in detecting harmful algal blooms. Learning to correctly identify Alexandrium cells, the cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, […]

Charles Tilburg Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics University of New England 11 Hills Beach Road Biddeford, ME 04005 207.602.2422 Email Charles Tilburg University of New England researcher Charles Tilburg worked with eighth graders at Biddeford Middle School to map the fate of the freshwater plume out of the Saco River, the fourth largest river […]

Jay Adams Old Fort Western Fund 16 Cony St. Augusta, ME 04330 oldfort@oldfortwestern.org The second annual Spring Running took place on June 2, 2007. The festival, a celebration of the renewed health of the Kennebec River and the rebounding populations of fish resulting from the removal of the Edwards Dam, provides an opportunity to educate […]

Kevin Athearn University of Maine at Machias 25 Kimball Hall Machias, ME 04654 207-255-1216 kathearn@maine.edu Resource managers, regional planners, fishermen, seafood dealers, fish farmers, and others in eastern Maine need information about the economic value of various marine industries, as well as the economic consequences of pollution, red tide closures, conservation or stock enhancement efforts, […]

November 19–22, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina, USA The 11th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration was held in historic Charleston, South Carolina. The meeting provided an opportunity for resource managers, shellfish farmers, community activists, historians, and anthropologists to exchange ideas to inform restoration of molluscan shellfish populations while improving water quality and the environmental health of […]