Lead PI: Kelly Cole PI Email: kelly.cole@maine.edu Co-PI: Ian Bricknell, Mike Pietrak & Damian Brady Project Team:Ellie Ghlan Abstract: Over 90% of Maine aquaculture landed value comes from farmed Atlantic Salmon. One of the more limiting and potentially environmentally destructive factors associated with salmon aquaculture in Maine is salmon, or sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer […]
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Lead PI: Christian Brayden PI Email: christian@maineaqua.org Co-PI: Sebastian Belle Project Team: Christian Brayden, Sebastian Belle, Annie Langston, Chris Davis, hired consultant Abstract: This study, led by the Maine Aquaculture Association’s (MAA) Christian Brayden and Sebastian Belle, will source data from the Department of Marine Resources and a survey of Maine aquaculture producers to collect production, financial, and labor […]
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Lead PI: Christian Brayden PI Email: christian@maineaqua.org Co-PI: Sebastian Belle Abstract: The Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA) will conduct a consumer preferences survey pertaining to seaweed processing and product development. The work is a direct response to the roadmap action item “Increase funding for market research on aquaculture products, including processing, distribution, product development, and customer […]
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Lead PI: Struan Coleman Date: 2021 Abstract: Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector in the world. In the Northwest Atlantic, interest in Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) (hereafter scallop) aquaculture has grown rapidly in the last decade. In the U.S., scallops support a ~$1 billion USD industry with nearly $500 million coming from imports. By comparison, the […]
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Lead PI: Adam St Gelais Authors: Adam St-Gelais, David Fredriksson, Tobias Dewhurst, Zachary Miller-Hope, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Kathryn Johndrow, Date: 2022 Abstract: For over 50 years, government fishery agencies have recognized the need to transition excess fishing capacity in coastal waters to aquaculture. For the most part, investment strategies to move wild capture and harvest efforts into […]
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Lead PI: Meggan Dwyer Co-PI: Phoebe Jekielek Abstract: The Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fishery is the largest and most valuable wild scallop fishery in the world (NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, 2019). In Maine, the sea scallop fishery has been a source of income for Maine’s fishing communities, second in value only to the state’s […]
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Lead PI: Christian Brayden Co-PI: Kanae Tokunaga Project Team: Sebastian Belle, Denise Gurshin Abstract: This project focuses on identifying current and future distribution options for Maine seafood, including wild capture products along with aquaculture products such as scallops. Innovative methods will be considered, in tandem with an analysis on the logistics, capabilities, costs, and potential […]
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Lead PI: Christian Brayden Co-PI: Sebastian Belle Project Team: Maine Aquaculture Association Abstract: This project focuses on the business and production planning aspects of scallop farming. The growth rates used in this project are based on Maine growth data. Business and production plans were designed for scallop farmers to use them for financial and production […]
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Lead PI: Meggan Dwyer Project Team: Rob Dumas, Jeffrey Swada, Kirk Dolan Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for research into diversified markets that increase resilience in the seafood sector and support working waterfronts hit hard by the economic downturn. In April, the Maine farmed shellfish industry was severely impacted by social measures […]
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healthyProject Description Clam harvest epitomizes the problem of collective action in common pool resource settings. Open access to a subtractable resources can lead to overfishing. Municipalities with shellfish ordinances approved by the state can control access to the resource by implementing access rules and can increase the resource through conservation work, including reseeding habitat with […]
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