Maine Sea Grant

Damon Gannon Bowdoin College 6500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 207.798.4267 dgannon@bowdoin.edu Coastal and marine policy in the United States is a patchwork of laws under the jurisdiction of many different agencies within local, state, and federal levels of government. As ocean policy reform continues to chug along in Washington, ecosystem-based management is being touted […]

Charles Curtin Antioch University PO Box 418 North Haven, ME 04853 ccurtin@earthlink.net In many coastal communities, local populations of sea-run alewives have gone extinct because they cannot access their spawning habitat due to dams, fishing pressure, pollution, and land use change. Curtin is working with local fishermen and other community members to restore alewives to Fresh […]

Robert Rocha Conference Chair New Bedford Whaling Museum 18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, MA 02740 508.997.0046 x149 Email Robert Rocha The National Marine Educators Association Conference is the biggest yearly event in North America dedicated to the teaching and discovery of oceans, marine life, estuaries and coasts. More than 400 educators, researchers, advocates and […]

Ruth H. Carmichael University of Maine at Machias 9 O’Brien Ave. Machias, ME 04655 207.255.1206 Email Ruth Carmichael Maine is home to the northernmost population of the Atlantic horseshoe crab. Species at the edge of their range are often considered unique and potentially fragile. If Maine’s horseshoe crabs are at the fringe of their viable […]

Laura Taylor Singer Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101 207.772.2321 Gulf of Maine Research Institute The Gulf of Maine ecosystem is among the most complex and well-studied bioregions in the world. However, the groundfish fishery that was once the mainstay of many coastal communities remains vastly diminished. In response, some […]

Robert Vadas Department of Biological Sciences and School of Marine Sciences 209 Deering Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2974 vadas@maine.edu Peter Larsen Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences PO Box 475 West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9600 plarsen@bigelow.org Project funds will be used to produce the publication, "Ecosystem Modeling of a Macrotidal Estuary," which […]

The Maine Coastal Waters Conference returned in 2009. This all-day event featured informative talks about issues of concern to those who manage, study and love the Maine coast. A morning plenary session introduced attendees to the major conference themes, while afternoon breakout sessions allowed participants to delve into topics of interest in greater detail. Lunch, […]

Brian F. Beal Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education PO Box 83 Beals, ME 04611 207.255.1314 bbeal@maine.edu One strategy used by fisheries managers seeking to enhance wild lobster stocks is to raise lobsters in a laboratory and then release the larvae in large numbers. An experimental approach at the Downeast Institute transfers hatchery-grown […]