Tanya Lubansky Allied Whale and Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company Since 2004, Allied Whale and Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company have collaborated to provide recent college graduates with research internships on Bar Harbor Whale Watch tours. During tours, interns collect data and photographs of all large marine mammals, and act as educational assistants to the […]
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Dick Clime Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Wiscasset, ME 207.882.5191 Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture staff with Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) address the needs of Maine’s working waterfront interests through several programmatic initiatives, one of which is leveraging Maine’s longstanding relationship with our Japanese sister prefecture, Aomori. Sea Grant funds supported travel of CEI to Japan to accelerate […]
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Brian Beal Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research & Education University of Maine at Machias The goal of this project is to increase the supply, quality, and species diversity of U.S. seafood through pilot and commercial-scale culture of Arctic surf clams. Arctic surf clams are bivalve mollusks with a delicious flavor and notable bright red […]
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Please join us for the 2024 Maine Sea Grant Biennial Research Symposium! Wednesday, October 9, 2024 • 1:00-5:00 Buchanan Alumni House 160 College Avenue Orono, ME 04473 Highlights include research presentations and discussion, a poster session, and informal networking time to facilitate new collaborations and partnerships within and among Maine research institutions, industry groups, […]
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Monique Coombs Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association Email Monique Coombs Shellfish landings are a significant contributor to Maine’s economy: in 2015, the value of landings from clams, mussels, and oysters was more than $29 million dollars according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. This value could be even higher if we addressed threats to the […]
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Richard Wahle School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Email Richard Wahle Kathleen Reardon Maine Department of Marine Resources Fishing Industry collaborators: Curtis Brown, Portland, ME Matt Parkhurst, Boothbay Harbor, ME Norbert Lemieux, Cutler, ME The American lobster, Homarus americanus, supports the most valuable single-species fishery in New England and Atlantic Canada. In recent years, […]
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Malcolm Burson & Karen Marysdaughter Climate Solutions Communication & Outreach Working Group 161 Stovepipe Alley Monroe, ME 04951 207.525.4538 The University of Maine played a key role in producing the Department of Environmental Protection’s 2010 publication, "People and Nature: Adapting to a Changing Climate." Despite the challenges noted by the University and other stakeholders in the report, […]
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Hamish Greig School of Biology & Ecology University of Maine Email Hamish Greig 207.581.2648 Stephen Coghlan University of Maine Joseph Zydlewski University of Maine Maine rivers harbor the last remaining wild population of sea-run Atlantic salmon in the United States. On the federal Endangered Species List and a NOAA Species in the Spotlight, salmon are […]
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Sarah Gladu Damariscotta River Association 110 Belvedere Road Damariscotta, ME 04543 207.563.1393 Ocean acidification, driven by greenhouse gas emissions, has been observed worldwide. The trend can be enhanced in coastal waters where nutrient runoff causes overproduction of organic matter, which then decomposes, consuming dissolved oxygen and producing carbon dioxide. Impacted coastal locations may show decreasing […]
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Alice R. Kelley School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute University of Maine Joseph T. Kelley University of Maine Daniel F. Belknap University of Maine Arthur Spiess Maine Historic Preservation Commission Archaeologists have documented approximately 2,000 Native American shell middens along the coast of Maine. The piles of oyster and clam shells, […]
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