Maine Sea Grant

Kate Beard-Tisdale University of Maine No comprehensive, fine-scale temporal-spatial coverage of the lobster fishery currently exists that supports navigating a marine environment that is rapidly changing with respect to human use and ocean climate. This project aims to fill the gap by developing a standardized procedure for constructing accurate spatial and temporal representations of the […]

Heather Leslie University of Maine To successfully site ocean renewable energy in the US Northeast, we need to know how values and beliefs influence people’s responses to ocean renewable energy development and how those values and beliefs differ by place. Yet limited baseline social data exists to support states, developers, and communities to understand where […]

Paul Rawson University of Maine Huijie Xue University of Maine Caitlin Cleaver FB Environmental Associates Phoebe Jekielek Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership The sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fishery is the third most lucrative fishery in the United States, and in Maine, sea scallop aquaculture is a largely untapped industry that presents aquaculturists and […]

Jennifer Perry University of Maine Denise Skonberg University of maine Marissa McMahan Manomet Gabriela Bradt University of New Hampshire The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is an invasive species that was first detected in New England in the early 1800s. European green crabs are contributing to the decline of wild and farmed populations of bivalves […]

Laurie Connell University of Maine Christopher Davis Maine Aquaculture Institute Meredith White Mook Sea Farm Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp), a bacterial pathogen found in brackish and marine environments, can cause illness in humans when it is present in raw, consumed oysters. Vp and other Vibrio pathogen species are becoming more abundant in warming waters, and current […]

Carrie Bryon University of New England Kristin Burkholder University of New England Seaweed aquaculture is a growing industry in New England, with sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) being one of the top three species grown by commercial producers in Maine. While seaweed has antimicrobial properties, there is little data available that assesses bacterial exposure, or lack […]

Brian Beal Downeast Institute Sara Randall Downeast Institute Maine is one of the top producers of soft shell clams (Mya arenaria) in the United States. However, with rising ocean temperatures, state-wide clam landings have decreased 75% since the 1980s. Juvenile soft shell clams are particularly vulnerable to warming waters and predation by invasive species, such […]