Maine Sea Grant

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 […]

Don Hudson Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association The Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association (GOMMEA) hosted the annual conference of the National Marine Educators Association in Portland, Maine, in July 2007. At the sold-out conference, GOMMEA hosted the first meeting of a new Traditional Ecological Knowledge Committee, bringing native and first nations people together […]

Gayle Zydlewski Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition www.covebrook.org/lpwc The first Penobscot River Revival, a festival on the Bangor waterfront in July 2008, was imagined as a way to celebrate the restoration of the Penobscot River. The event was modeled after the successful Spring Running event, which Sea Grant has also supported. Total: $2,000 Please visit the […]

Yong Chen Professor of Fisheries Dynamics School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 ychen@maine.edu Traditional models of fish stock assessments, which are used to regulate commercial fisheries, are often inadequate to evaluate the true status of fish populations because they assume that the spatial distribution of fish in the ocean is not […]

In 1998 and 2000, the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center sponsored the first Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition (NACE™). From 1996 to 1999, the Rhode Island Legislative Commission on Aquaculture sponsored an annual aquaculture meeting sharing interests and information on aquaculture. In 2000 and 2001, the event was expanded into the Southern New England Aquaculture Conference. […]