UMaine Aquaculture Facilities, Research Cited in Free Press Articles

University of Maine aquaculture facilities and research were quoted in articles by The Free Press titled “Farming the Blue Frontier.” One of the articles focused on the growth of Maine sea farms and mentioned the diverse products in the state. The article cited Sea & Reef Aquaculture, a company that is housed at UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) and provides tropical marine fishes to the saltwater aquarium trade. CCAR in Franklin, UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole and the Aquaculture Research Institute in Orono were mentioned as some of the best aquaculture research facilities in North America. Maine Sea Grant, UMaine’s outreach marine education program, was cited in a related article on oysters and mussels. Maine Sea Grant is researching growing mussels and kelp together, with the kelp acting as a filter for the waste produced by the mussels, according to the article. UMaine’s aquaculture facilities and efforts also were mentioned in an Ellsworth American article on the industry.