Gary Edwards Down East Resource Conservation & Development Council 87 Milbridge Road PO Box 210 Cherryfield, ME 04622 207.546.2368 gary.edwards@me.usda.gov The extensive mudflats and coves along the eastern Maine coast provide habitat for clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters, which in turn sustain the economies of coastal communities. However, recent habitat loss and harvest decline has […]
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David Townsend School of Marine Sciences Aubert Hall 355 University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4367 davidt@maine.edu Lewis Incze Bioscience Research Institute University of Southern Maine 96 Falmouth St. Portland, ME 04106 207.228.8070 lincze@usm.maine.edu Daniel Schick Bureau of Resource Management Department of Marine Resources West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9528 dan.schick@maine.gov The northern shrimp, Pandalus […]
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Stephen Miller Islesboro Islands Trust P.O. Box 182 Islesboro, ME 04848 Phone: 734-6907 iitsmill@midcoast.com The Town of Searsport is currently updating its comprehensive plan and writing new land use ordinances. This project will provide the town with a rigorous comparative cost-benefit analysis of three development scenarios for Sears Island : marine ecology, marine history, and recreational. […]
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Jonathan Grabowski Gulf of Maine Research Institute PO Box 7459 Portland, ME 04112 207.563.3146 jgrabow@maine.edu W. Lindsay Whitlow Department of Biology and Environmental Studies Bowdoin College 6500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 207.725.3213 lwhitlow@bowdoin.edu Each year, 20 million tons of crude oil are transported into Casco Bay, representing a real possibility of an oil spill. […]
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Jon Kachmar Maine State Planning Office 38 State House Station Augusta , ME 04333 207-287-1913 Jon.kachmar@maine.gov The Habitat Restoration Subcommittee of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment identified the need to produce and distribute science-based information about 1) salt marsh ecology, human impacts, monitoring, and habitat restoration and 2) American eel natural […]
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Brian F. Beal University of Maine at Machias 9 O’Brien Avenue Machias, ME 04654 207.255.1314 Cobscook Bay hosts the closest North Atlantic port to Europe and Canada. Approximately 25% of all cargo shipped into Maine goes through the deepwater Port of Easport. Cobscook Bay is also a robust, diverse marine ecosystem. Recently, the Maine Oil […]
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Andrew J. Pershing Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial St. Portland, ME 04101 607.255.5552 Email Andrew Pershing Portland is the third largest oil terminal port in the United States, a major portion of the oil arriving in New England comes through Maine. To enter these ports, tankers must traverse some of the most lucrative […]
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Dr. Jennifer Dijkstra 342 Laudholm Farm Road Wells, ME 04090 207.646.1555 dijkstra@wellsnerr.org Mercury is a natural element and toxic metal that has increased in the global environment as a result of human activities. A potent neurotoxin, mercury affects the brain and nervous system in humans, who are exposed primarily through the consumption of contaminated fish. […]
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Ken La Valley New Hampshire Sea Grant 219 Nesmith Hall 131 Main Street Durham, NH 03824 603.862.4343 Email Ken LaValley Northern shrimp stocks are healthy, but due to historic declines and market volatility, regional shore-side infrastructure (i.e., processing facilities) is reduced. To compete in this market, fishermen have tried to improve quality and consistency to […]
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Paul Mayewski Climate Change Institute University of Maine 303 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg Orono, ME 04469-5790 207.581.2190 Email the Climate Change Institute CC21 provided an opportunity for the public, students from academic institutions across Maine and beyond, policymakers, and the private sector to experience first hand perspectives on: the basis for the scientific concensus on […]
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