Current Projects

DV-16-14 International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy Symposium

Haley Viehman University of Maine Offshore renewable energy has the potential to contribute to the resilience of coastal communities. Realizing this potential requires a transition from pilot projects to commercial-scale deployments. Collaboration between researchers from multiple disciplines, project developers, regulatory agencies, local industry, and communities is becoming recognized as a prerequisite to these larger projects, […]

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DV-15-08 Sediment flux of nutrients and trace metals associated with marine aquaculture

Aria Amirbahman Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 5711 Boardman Hall University of Maine 207.581.1277 Addressing the sustainability of aquaculture requires knowing something about the impacts of aquaculture facilities on water quality. As part of the SEANET project, UMaine researcher Aria Amirbahman is studying the influence of aquaculture on sediment biogeochemical processes. Intact sediment cores […]

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DV-16-09 Downeast Whale Watch Training Program

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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DV-15-10 Building knowledge to benefit Maine’s working waterfronts: scallop aquaculture

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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E-16 Arctic surf clam: A new candidate species to diversify and advance sustainable domestic aquaculture in Maine and the Northeast U.S.

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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Maine Sea Grant Research Symposium

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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R-16-02 Deepwater lobster settlement across thermal gradients in the Gulf of Maine

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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DV-14-13 Climate Solutions Mapping Project

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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