Sea Urchins

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 […]

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 […]

Expanding green sea urchin production by removing key aquaculture challenges

Lead PI: Coleen Suckling, University of Rhode Island PI Email: coleensuckling@uri.edu Co-PI: Stephen Eddy Project Team: Coleen Suckling, University of Rhode Island; Stephen Eddy, University of Maine CCAR; Luz Kogson, University of Maine CCAR; Dana Morse, University of Maine Sea Grant; David Quinby, Ocean Resources, Inc.; Jordan Kramer, Winnegance Oyster Farm; Sarah Redmond, Springtide Seaweed Abstract: This proposal […]