This summer, University of Maine Ph.D. student Chris Noren leads the third year of Atlantic sea scallop data collection in Damian Brady’s lab, an affiliate faculty member of the Aquaculture Research Institute. The wild scallop catch was valued at $488 million in 2020, rivaling lobster ($563 million) and exceeding salmon ($478 million). The rise of read more Research Spotlight: Maine’s Emerging Scallop Aquaculture Sector Reinforced by Brady Lab Ph.D. Student Research