Maine Sea Grant

Touch Tank for Sea Farmers: Healthy Coastal Communities Through Sea Food, Sea Farms, and Education

Lead PI: Sara Randall PI Email: srandall@downeastinstitute.org Abstract: The Downeast Institute has proposed this project to enable the purchase of a state-of-the-art portable marine touch tank and associated supplies. This touch tank will be taken to outreach events across the state by DEI staff and available to rent by aquaculturists for the same purpose. The […]

A tagging study to understand sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) growth and movement in the Lower Penobscot Bay rotational management area

Lead PI: Phoebe Jekielek Co-PI: Amber Lisi Project Team: Hurricane Island, ME Department of Marine Resources Abstract: This project will further several priorities of the Department of Marine Resources’s scallop program and inform parallel work by Hurricane Island assessing local wild scallop populations and rotational closed areas. It will also provide comparative wild scallop growth […]

Can it, Maine! Adding Value and Resilience to Maine’s Shellfish Seafood Sector

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 […]