Maine Sea Grant

Gillian Garratt-Reed Island Institute 386 Main Street Rockland, ME 207.594.9209 ggarratt-reed@islandinstitute.org Community engagement in discussion and decisions related to the marine environment are often hampred because Maine’s coastal residents do not have access to clear, accurate translations of the complex scientific and technical factors needed to make informed decisions. To fill this gap, in 2010 […]

Karen Wilson University of Southern Maine 106 Bailey Hall Gorham, ME 04038 207.780.5395 kwilson@usm.maine.edu Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) are anadromous, migratory, schooling fishes believed to spend most of their life cycle at sea. Adults may return multiple times to their natal rivers to spawn. Blueback herring run at the same time as alewives, and together […]

National Audubon Society www.projectpuffin.org Most information about Atlantic puffins comes from studies of individual colonies. Puffins leave their nesting areas to find food, and little was known about where they travel or where foraging and wintering areas are located; some studies suggested they usually stay within seven kilometers of their colony, but when food is […]

Samuel Truesdell samuel.truesdell@maine.edu Sea scallops are an important resource for Maine communities, at times being second only to lobster in fisheries value. However, fluctuations in the resource and corresponding management have left production at an all-time low. As scalloping provides winter employment for many Maine fishermen, the lack of recent production is of great concern. […]

Gillian Garratt-Reed Island Institute 386 Main Street Rockland, ME 207.594.9209 ggarratt-reed@islandinstitute.org Community engagement in discussions related to the marine environment are often hampered because Maine’s coastal residents do not have access to clear, accurate translations of the complex scientific and technical factors needed to make informed decisions. To fill this gap, in 2010 The Working […]

Cheryl Daigle Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition http://www.penobscotriver.org/content/4074/Penobscot_River_Revival_Festival/ The first Penobscot River Revival, a festival on the Bangor waterfront in July 2008, was imagined as a way to celebrate the restoration of the Penobscot River. The event was modeled after the successful Spring Running event, which Sea Grant has also supported. Well over 500 people attended […]

Malcolm Burson Maine Department of Environmental Protection 17 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 207.287.7755 Email Malcolm Burson Maine has been a leader in addressing climate change and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including being the first state to pass a law with specific greenhouse gas reduction targets. While these mitigation efforts must continue, the […]

George Kidder III Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Box 35, Old Bar Harbor Road Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 207.288.9880 x421 gkidder@mdibl.org Eelgrass is a valued component of shallow-water estuaries that provides habitat for many species, including juvenile mussels and fish, and helps maintain clean water. Eelgrass beds are disappearing in many areas for various and […]