Gayle Zydlewski Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition www.covebrook.org/lpwc 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. Total: $2,000 Please visit the […]
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Yong Chen Professor of Fisheries Dynamics School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 ychen@maine.edu Traditional models of fish stock assessments, which are used to regulate commercial fisheries, are often inadequate to evaluate the true status of fish populations because they assume that the spatial distribution of fish in the ocean is not […]
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Jonathan Rubin Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.1528 jonathan.rubin@umit.maine.edu Deirdre Mageean University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.1506 Deirdre.mageean@umit.maine.edu Kevin Boyle Dept. of Resource Economics & Policy University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.3163 kboyle@maine.edu The port of Portland, located in the southern part of Maine, is […]
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In 1998 and 2000, the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center sponsored the first Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition (NACE™). From 1996 to 1999, the Rhode Island Legislative Commission on Aquaculture sponsored an annual aquaculture meeting sharing interests and information on aquaculture. In 2000 and 2001, the event was expanded into the Southern New England Aquaculture Conference. […]
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Mary Jane Perry School of Marine Sciences and Darling Marine Center University of Maine 193 Clark’s Cove Road Walpole, ME 04573-3307 207.563.3146 Email Mary Jane Perry The Damariscotta River Estuary is home to the most intensive shellfish farming in Maine, a result of the river’s excellent water quality and ideal temperature conditions. Oyster farms on […]
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Dr. Pamela Morgan University of New England 11 Hills Beach Road Dept. of Life Sciences Biddeford, ME 04005 207.283.0171 pmorgan@mailbox.une.edu Dr. Matthew Bampton University of Southern Maine Geography and Anthropology Bailey 300 Portland, ME 04102 207.780.5184 bampton@usm.maine.edu Dr. Michele Dionne Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve 342 Laudholm Farm Rd Wells, ME 04090 207.646.1555 michele.dionne@maine.edu Dr. […]
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James Wilson School of Marine Sciences 214 Libby Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4368 jwilson@maine.edu David Hiebeler Department of Mathematics and Statistics 326 Neville Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.3924 hiebeler@math.maine.edu Yong Chen School of Marine Sciences 225 Libby Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4303 ychen@maine.edu Maine’s most valuable […]
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Aria Amirbahman Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Maine 5711 Boardman Hall Orono, ME 04469 207.581.1272 aria@umit.maine.edu Estuaries are dynamic environments. As rivers flow toward the sea and freshwater meets salt, the changes in salinity and channel widening cause sediment to accumulate in the estuarine zone. As a result, estuaries may function as […]
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Yong Chen School of Marine Sciences 225 Libby Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4303 ychen@maine.edu James Wilson School of Marine Sciences 214 Libby Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4368 jwilson@maine.edu Dr. Carl Wilson Dept. of Marine Resources PO Box 8 McKown Point W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9500 carl.wilson@state.me.us Dave Courtemanch […]
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James Sulikowski Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences University of New England 207.602.2730 Email James Sulikowski Shallow coastal waters provide nursery habitat for larval and juvenile stages of fish and invertebrates. These early life stages are the most vulnerable, and environmental conditions must be just right for the young animals to survive. Less is known about […]
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