Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce and Innovation Center

March 23, 2023

Lead PI: Deborah Bouchard

PI Email: deborah.bouchard@maine.edu

Co-PI: Meggan Dwyer

Project Team: Deborah Bouchard, Meggan Dwyer, Heather Hamlin, Robert Harrington, Matt Hawkyard

Abstract: The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute proposes to build a state-of-the-art, 15,000-square-foot aquaculture workforce training and commercialization facility in Orono. The Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce and Innovation Center will fill a gap in the existing University of Maine infrastructure to provide much-needed training and innovation space with a focus on using real fish, real systems, and real problem-solving.

Project Dates: July 2022- Dec 2024

Project Funding: MEJRP award