UMaine Extension, Sea Grant to offer aquaculture training course Mount Desert Islander reports
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant College Program will partner with the Maine Aquaculture Association, Coastal Enterprises Inc. and the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center to offer a training course for commercial fishermen and fishing families, looking to diversify their income, the Mount Desert Islander reports. The course will take place Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bryant E. Moore Community and Conference Center in Ellsworth. “We’re trying to deliver some pretty good background to new prospective growers,” says Dana Morse, an extension associate with UMaine Extension. The Ellsworth American and Penobscot Bay Press also advanced the course.