Scallops

A Farmer to Farmer Exchange Program to Support Innovation in Maine’s Aquaculture Sector

Lead PI: Chris Davis PI Email: christopher.v.davis@gmail.com Co-PI: Anne Langston Noll, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center Project Team: Chris Davis & Anne Langston Noll, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center Abstract: Small aquaculture businesses tend to operate using locally-derived processes and technologies, often without regard to practices conducted elsewhere, resulting in frequent “reinvention of the wheel”. An aquaculture-specific […]

Scallop Equipment

Lead PI: Hugh Cowperthwaite PI Email: Hugh.Cowperthwaite@ceimaine.org Co-PI: Dana Morse Project Team: Hugh Cowperthwaite, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.; Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant Abstract: Atlantic sea scallops are growing in popularity for Maine growers to cultivate and offer new species. Since no hatchery exists, growers must collect seed themselves or purchase from one known Casco Bay grower who […]

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 […]

Developing Hatchery Methods to Consistently Produce Sea Scallops to Promote Scallop Aquaculture: Husbandry, broodstock, and nursery trials

Lead PI: Dr. Brian Beal PI Email: bbeal@maine.edu Co-PI: Kyle Pepperman Project Team: Dr. Brian Beal, Downeast Institute; Kyle Pepperman, Downeast Institute; Alex de Koning, Hollander & de Koning Mussel Farm; Sara Randall, Downeast Institute Abstract: A major bottleneck exists in the development of a sea scallop aquaculture industry. Currently, the only supply of scallop […]

Reducing cost of biotoxin testing in scallop aquaculture

Lead PI: Nate Perry PI Email: nate8959@yahoo.com Co-PI: Damian Brady Project Team: Nate Perry, Pine Point Oyster Company; Damian Brady, University of Maine School of Marine Sciences; Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant; Titan Fan, Beacon Analytical Services; Jingping Xie, Beacon Analytical Services; Thomas Kiffney, University of Maine; Struan Coleman, University of Maine Abstract: A 2019 […]

Testing the efficiency of the net washing machine for intermediate culture of the Atlantic sea scallop

Lead PI: Caitlin Cleaver PI Email: caitlin.cleaver@maine.edu Co-PI: Marsden Brewer, Maine Aquaculture Co-Op President Project Team: Alex de Koning, Marsden and Bobby Brewer, Andrew Peters, Hannah Twombly & Connor O’Neil, Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, Peter Miller, Merritt Carey, Skip Connell, Jason Witham, Paul Savoy Abstract: Lantern nets are widely used as an […]

Economic Impact Assessment of the Maine Aquaculture Sector

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 […]