Maine Sea Grant

Jennifer Brewer Penobscot East Resource Center PO Box 27 Stonington, ME 04681 207.367.2708 brewerj@ecu.edu Traditional fishery management approaches have failed to sustain a diverse fishing industry in eastern Maine. New approaches are attempting to increase participation of fishing communities in management, by enhancing local leadership and knowledge. The Penobscot East Resource Center developed the Community […]

Rob Snyder Island Institute P.O. Box 648 386 Main Street Rockland, Maine 04841 207.594.9209 www.workingwaterfront.com Recognizing an increased demand for scientific and technical information about current issues facing coastal communities, and a concomitant fragmentation of media outlets, the Island Institute and Maine Sea Grant are collaborating on a new science feature in The Working Waterfront […]

Dick Clime Coastal Enterprises, Inc. 36 Water St., PO Box 268 Wiscasset, ME 04578 207.882.7552 x191 Email Dick Clime Maine’s commercial fishermen are confronting declining stocks of many fish species and stagnant prices for others, while costs of bait, ice, and fuel have increased. This situation has resulted in decreased incomes and greater risk. Maine […]

Barry Costa-Pierce Rhode Island Sea Grant South Ferry Road Narragansett, RI 02882 401.874.6800 bcp@gso.uri.edu The development of offshore renewable energy systems is an international priority driven by the need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and decrease human impacts on global climate. This symposium was an opportunity to document progress toward a new vision […]

Patrice McCarron Maine Lobstermen’s Association 21 Western Ave. #1 Kennebunk, ME 04043 207.967.4555 patrice@mainelobstermen.org The Maine lobster fishery is experiencing serious economic challenges due to a combination of poor lobster prices and escalating operating expenses. The Maine lobster fishery is comprised of 5,500 commercial license holders with landings valued at more than $244 million in […]

Christie Mahaffey 5711 Boardman Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.433.0200 christie.mahaffey[at]umit.maine.edu With so many diverse uses and activities in the waters of the Gulf of Maine, avoiding conflict or reducing impacts on rare native species like whales is a priority. This project aimed to study the physiological contraints in deep-diving cetaceans in the […]

Scott Hall Research Coordinator Audubon Seabird Restoration Program Belfast, ME 04915 Most information about Atlantic puffins is derived from studies of their breeding colonies on Maine's outer coastal islands. Where they go during the winter, when they are thought to roam the ocean from the Gulf of Maine to Greenland and Iceland, however, is still […]

Heather Koopman Biology and Marine Biology University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 S. College Road Wilmington, NC 28401 910.962.7199 koopmanh@uncw.edu This project continued exploratory work funded by Sea Grant in 2007 (DV-07-009) to evaluate various factors influencing the quality of eggs produced by American lobsters. Larger lobster eggs have been shown to have higher lipid […]

Jean MacRae Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2137 Jean.macrae@umit.maine.edu Marine and freshwater environments are vulnerable to pollution from spills, shipping and boating activity, runoff, and waste discharge. Many organic contaminants accumulate in sediment where they can affect habitat and the health of marine organisms. Once in the sediment, […]