William Ambrose, Jr. Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 207.786.6114 Email William Ambrose Commercial harvesting of bloodworms (Glycera dibranchiata) supports about 1,000 licensed diggers and 48 licensed dealers, making it the fifth-largest wild fishery in Maine. The effects of bloodworm harvest on other species in the mudflat, and on the mudflat itself, are not known. In […]
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William Ambrose, Jr. Bates College Lewiston , ME 04240 207.786.6114 Email William Ambrose In Maine, many people make their living digging clams and worms from tidal mudflats. Commercial harvesting of blood worms alone is a $7.5 million dollar industry, with 269 metric tons of worms harvested in 2004. The effects of blood worm harvest on […]
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Daniel Holland Research Scientist, Resource Economics Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial St. Portland, ME 04101 207.228.1643 dholland@gmri.org The New England groundfish industry continues to struggle despite tightened restrictions on harvest. Stock assessments and harvest guidelines are typically based on the concept of a “fish stock,” which may encompass a very large area. For […]
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Mary E. Davis Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Tufts University 617-627-3394 Email Mary Davis Fishing is a dangerous occupation, and each year in Maine an average of four fishermen die doing their job. In 2010, seven fishing-related deaths occurred just within in Cobscook Bay. Fishermen are subject to stringent federal and state safety guidelines, […]
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Yong Chen 218 Libby Hall School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono , ME 04469 207.581.4303 Email Yong Chen In the U.S., most fisheries are managed on a species-by-species basis. Scientists and fishermen recognize that this conventional approach is often unsuccessful, because it does not account for the complexity of ecosystems, including interactions among […]
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Richard A. Wahle Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences McKown Point West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9659 rwahle@bigelow.org As the groundfish and sea urchin fisheries declined over the last decade, fishing communities became precariously dependent on lobsters, the largest fishery in Maine. Realizing that a collapse of this fishery would have far-reaching effects going well beyond […]
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Vijay Panchang Maritime Systems Engineering Department Texas A & M University P.O. Box 1675 Galveston, TX 77553-1675 409.740.4504 panchanv@tamug.tamu.edu On Maine’s 3,000 mile coastline, surface waves may comprise the most energetic elements of the physical oceanography affecting coastal communities and habitats. Information about wave conditions has many applications, including the safety of boat or ship […]
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William Stevens Isle au Haut Electric Power Company Like many island and remote area residents, Isle au Haut citizens are faced with relatively high electricity costs, nearly three times the mainland average. The high costs created an incentive to be an early adopter of alternative energy. The Isle au Haut Electric Power Company is a […]
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