Maine company grows California yellowtail at UMaine’s Aquaculture Center

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

December 21, 2015 Economic Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7SwvL3wPQ&feature=youtu.be

Transcript

The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) is a leading resource for startups and established companies in aquaculture. Located on Taunton Bay in Franklin, Maine, CCAR’s extensive facility houses a variety of fish hatcheries and aquaculture business incubators where entrepreneurs can get help with their business plans, secure investment capital, and design full-scale commercial fishery farms.

One company that had its beginnings at CCAR is land-based indoor fish farm Acadia Harvest Inc. The company used the facilities to experiment with novel sustainable feeds and develop advanced recirculating aquaculture systems. In partnership with CCAR, Acadia Harvest produces high-quality sustainable marine seafood, such as California yellowtail and black sea bass, which it sells to distributors in Maine, Boston and San Francisco. The company is in the process of designing a large-scale production facility in Hancock County that would produce 1 million pounds of fish a year, bringing several million dollars annually in revenue and creating more than 20 new jobs. In this video, Acadia Harvest chair and CEO Ed Robinson talks about the company and how its early partnership with CCAR was essential to its success.

To learn more, visit ccar.um.maine.edu.

For more information about these and other innovation and economic development initiatives at UMaine, visit umaine.edu/econdev.