Sustainable development

Ocean Smart Farm: Mechanizing Biofouling Control in Oyster Farming

Lead PI: Keith Butterfield PI Email: keith@butterfieldshellfish.com Project Team: Austin Donnelly, Butterfield Shellfish; Karen Butterfield, Butterfield Shellfish; Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant; Chris Davis, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center; Aaron Pannell, FlipFarm Abstract: The ultimate goal of this project is to completely transform oyster farming in the U.S. by implementing mechanical devices to control biofouling and […]

Liposome-based microparticles for improved nutrition and production efficiency of marine fish larvae

Lead PI: Chris Langdon (OSU) PI Email: chris.langdon@oregonstate.edu Co-PI: Matt Hawkyard (UMaine/ARI), Kevin Stuart (HSWRI), Mark Drawbridge (HSWRI) Project Team: UMaine/ARI, Oregon State University, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Zeigler Bros. Abstract: Currently available commercial-type microdiets have not been able to eliminate the Need for live feeds in marine finfish hatcheries. This is largely due to 1) low ingestion rates of […]

Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce and Innovation Center

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 […]

Developing new techniques to detect off-flavor in water and Atlantic salmon tissues

Lead PI: Robert Harrington PI Email: robert.harrington@maine.edu Co-PI: Deborah Bouchard Project Team: Robert Harrington and collaborators from the USDA ARS NCWMAC Abstract: This project aims at developing a cost-effective and quicker method to detect off-flavor in Atlantic salmon grown in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). ARS and UMaine will examine methodologies to optimize off-flavor detection in […]

Sustainable US cleaner fish production: developing a lumpfish broodstock program

Lead PI: Elizabeth Fairchild (UNH) PI Email: elizabeth.fairchild@unh.edu Co-PI: Heather Hamlin, Michael Chambers (UNH), Todd Guerdat (USDA) Project Team: Greg Lambert and Geoff McBriarty (Cooke), Danny Boyce (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and Scott Flood (Blue Water Fisheries) Abstract: Lumpfish, a species native to the Gulf of Maine, are proven successful cleanerfish that can delouse salmonids […]

Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Atlantic Salmon

Lead PI: Dr. Yonathan Zohar, Deborah Bouchard Co-PI’s: Deborah Bouchard, Damien Brady, Heather Hamlin, Meggan Dwyer, Scarlett Tudor Date: 2021 Abstract: The Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Atlantic Salmon (SAS²) is a USDA-NIFA- funded project directed by Dr. Yonathan Zohar that includes a total of 17 objectives in three areas of focus: (1) Research, led by Dr. Yonathan Zohar, (2) Education, […]

Maine seafood distribution system mapping

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 […]

Scallop farm business and production planning

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 […]

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 […]

Can 1-year Old Spisula Solidisima (Atlantic Surf Clam) be a Cherry Stone Alternative? A New Aquaculture Species for Maine?

Project Description A healthy and diverse shellfish aquaculture industry in Maine is important to local economies, seafood production, job creation, and ecosystems. This project evaluates the Atlantic surf clam, S. solidissima, as a potential species worthy of introduction into the Maine shellfish aquaculture industry. As the aquaculture industry continues to grow, shellfish farmers are interested […]

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