Maine Sea Grant

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, […]

Paul Rawson University of Maine School of Marine Sciences 5706 Aubert Hall Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4326 prawson@maine.edu Disease organisms like MSX, Dermo, and Roseovarius can impede the production and marketing of cultured eastern oysters, yet testing for the presence of these harmful organisms is often expensive and extensive. The availability of more "portable" methods would […]

Joseph Zydlewski Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 5755 Nutting Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2862 Striped bass are an important sport fish on the East Coast and are considered to be one of the migratory fishes that will be significantly affected by the proposed Penobscot River Restoration Project. However, the movements […]