Andrew McCullough Brunswick High School Email Andrew McCullough To become good environmental stewards and gain knowledge of viable economic opportunities, students need opportunities to learn about their local ecosystem and natural resources. The project leader will provide Brunswick High School students with the hands-on experience and curriculum to directly learn about an important local marine […]
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Sara Rademaker American Unagi, LLC Maine has unique access to juvenile wild American eels (glass eels or elvers), which support a global eel aquaculture industry. Maine’s multimillion dollar elver fishery currently ships its glass eels to farms in Asia. Growing out glass eels to market size here can increase the value of eels nine-fold. In […]
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Carrie J. Byron University of New England 207.602.2287 Pseudoterranova decipiens, also known as codworm or sealworm, is a parasitic marine nematode that affects invertebrates (such as copepods), seals, and more than 75 species of fish including commercially important species such as Atlantic cod, halibut, yellowtail flounder, and windowpane flounder. Infection of these fish species presents both […]
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Colleen Haskell Downeast Institute Email Colleen Haskell In the Downeast Institute’s Coastal Science Academy, teachers and educators from Washington County learned various methods to engage their students in marine science projects that preserve natural marine and coastal resources. Nine participants made their own sediment sieving boxes and core sampling tools, learned to use these tools, […]
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Alison Sirois Shellfish Growing Area Supervisor Maine Department of Marine Resources Bureau of Public Health 207.633.9401 In order to protect people from consuming potentially dangerous shellfish, European Union countries are required to monitor for all harmful algal bloom (HAB) species and have extensive identification protocols and programs. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration […]
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Jesica Waller School of Marine Sciences University of Maine 646.573.3230 The input of carbon into the atmosphere from human activities has caused ocean warming and acidification on a global scale. The Gulf of Maine is warming at an alarming rate, with the warmest year on record having occurred in 2012. It is not certain how […]
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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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Deborah Bouchard Animal Health Laboratory University of Maine 207.581.2767 deborah.bouchard@maine.edu MSX (Happlosporidium neslonii) is a parasite that infects adult oysters, killing as much as 30% in a single oyster bed. Although MSX has been present in Maine before, in 2010 a large-scale outbreak occurred in the Damariscotta River, the heart of Maine’s oyster growing […]
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Ian Bricknell Aquaculture Research Institute University of Maine Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) combines the cultivation of finfish, which require food additions, with species such as shellfish and seaweed. The concept is that orrganic particulate wastes like uneaten fish food are removed by the filter-feeding shellfish, and nutrients are taken up by the seaweeds. In this […]
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Esperanza Stancioff University of Maine Cooperative Extension & Sea Grant 377 Manktown Road Waldoboro, ME 04572 207.832.0343 Email Esperanza Stancioff Shaleen Jain & Alex Gray University of Maine Nirajan Dhakal Auburn University Maine Sea Grant’s work with town and city officials in the Building a Resilient Coast project affirmed their need to address the effects […]
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