Maine Sea Grant

William Ambrose, Jr. Bates College Lewiston , ME 04240 207.786.6114 Email William Ambrose In Maine, many people make their living digging clams and worms from tidal mudflats. Commercial harvesting of blood worms alone is a $7.5 million dollar industry, with 269 metric tons of worms harvested in 2004. The effects of blood worm harvest on […]

Mary E. Davis Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Tufts University 617-627-3394 Email Mary Davis Fishing is a dangerous occupation, and each year in Maine an average of four fishermen die doing their job. In 2010, seven fishing-related deaths occurred just within in Cobscook Bay.  Fishermen are subject to stringent federal and state safety guidelines, […]

Richard A. Wahle Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences McKown Point West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9659 rwahle@bigelow.org As the groundfish and sea urchin fisheries declined over the last decade, fishing communities became precariously dependent on lobsters, the largest fishery in Maine. Realizing that a collapse of this fishery would have far-reaching effects going well beyond […]