Watch the latest SEANET Spotlight Video featuring stakeholder advisor, Nell Halse. Nell is the VP of Communications at Cooke Aquaculture, a family-owned aquaculture company based on the East Coast of Canada with facilities all over the world. As a stakeholder, Nell is interested in R&D innovations that can help finfish aquaculture grow in a sustainable […]
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Watch the latest SEANET Spotlight Video featuring one of our stakeholders, Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association. Belle shares his thoughts on the aquaculture landscape in Maine and how SEANET is contributing to the research occurring in this ever changing field.
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Cilantro, basil and kale, oh my! Vine Street School in Bangor harvested fresh herbs and greens grown in the lobby aquaponics tank for students and parents to take home for the holidays. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture — fish or other aquatic animals being raised — and hydroponics — plants being grown in water. […]
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The SEANET program invites proposals for research projects that create industry/academic partnerships and contribute to the performance metrics of the SEANET/EPSCoR program and the National Science Foundation. The proposals may either be submitted by a PI from an academic or other research institution in collaboration with an industry or regulatory partner or vice versa. It […]
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Meet the student behind the new virtual reality exhibit at the Maine Discovery Museum!
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BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Discovery Museum is unveiling a sea farming exhibit that uses virtual reality technology and interactivity to bring aquaculture to life. The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute and Maine EPSCoR Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) program provided support for the first dedicated interactive aquaculture exhibit in the country. “It’s perfect […]
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Farming of finfish, shellfish and plants in fresh and saltwater is the fastest-growing food production sector in the world and it’s growing in Maine, too. From 2007 to 2014, the total economic impact of aquaculture in Maine — including sales revenue, full- and part-time jobs and labor income — nearly tripled from $50 million to […]
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Join us on Monday, January 23rd at 5:00 pm in the Bangor Room at Memorial Union. The Island Institute and the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) are presenting four short films about the future of fisheries and the changing ocean. This free screening will be followed by a Q & A with the Island Institute’s Heather […]
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The latest issue of UMaine Today features an article on the work of the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) and how the data we’re collecting is helping farmers. Farming the sea
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Applications for the Maine EPSCoR High School Internship program are now available for the summer of 2017. Through this program, students experience a paid, hands-on opportunity to participate in cutting edge research with faculty, postdocs, and graduate students at the University of Maine in Orono. Students can gain real-world experience in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics […]
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