Aquaculture

Explore Maine’s aquaculture industry with new virtual field trips from 4-H

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has launched virtual field trips for youth learners who wish to explore Maine’s thriving aquaculture industry.  These immersive online experiences bring aquaculture to life, offering participants the chance to step inside cutting-edge facilities and learn directly from industry experts, all without traveling to them. Through virtual reality and accessible […]

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Mainebiz reports on $10M grant for jet fuel and fish feed research

Mainebiz reported on a $10 million federal grant awarded to University of Maine researchers and their colleges to investigate using low-value wood to make sustainable jet fuel and fish feed. In partnership with UMass Lowell, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Arbiom, researchers aim to turn wood waste into valuable products and improve forest management.

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USDA backs research into making sustainable jet fuel and fish feed from wood

Millions of pounds of low-value wood, such as small diameter trees and branches, have been left behind in Maine’s forests due to the decline in pulp and paper production, stymied by drought, fire suppression and dropping demand. While there are very few existing market opportunities for this low-quality woody biomass, University of Maine researchers believe […]

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Media report on new aquaculture innovation center coming to UMaine

Maine Public, Mainebiz and WFVX (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine’s upcoming Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce Innovation Center (SAWIC), the development, design and engineering for which will commence this fall. SAWIC will advance aquaculture talent development and innovation for Maine and beyond. The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees approved moving forward […]

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UMaine to propel aquaculture innovation and workforce with new facility

Development, design and engineering of the University of Maine’s Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce Innovation Center (SAWIC) will proceed this fall. SAWIC will advance aquaculture talent development and innovation for Maine and beyond. The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees approved moving forward with the design process for the 14,200-square-foot facility during its regular meeting […]

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Ellsworth American highlights NSF grant for Downeast Institute

The Ellsworth American highlighted a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the Downeast Institute, a marine science field station for the University of Maine at Machias. The institute in Beals will use the grant funding to renovate four cottages for staff to use year-round. The cottages are adjacent to its […]

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‘Maine Calling’ features Skonberg in sustainable seafood segment

An episode of “Maine Calling” featured Denise Skonberg, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine The special segment from Maine Public focused on what approaches need to be taken to harvest seafood with minimal harm to the environment and to ensure seafood species will continue to be plentiful into […]

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Mainebiz covers aquaculture program hosted by Darling Marine Center

Mainebiz covered a five-day training program hosted by the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center to help participants gain hands-on experience in aquaculture business. Held for the first time from May 20-24, the program had 22 participants that included farm owners, farmhands, apprentices and students in aquaculture workforce programs. It was free of charge and […]

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Dumas featured in Press Herald for scallop trip to France

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Robert Dumas, University of Maine food science innovation coordinator and food pilot plant manager, about his recent trip to France, where he and a group of others from Maine learned more about how French chefs prepare scallops and how the industry could be improved in Maine. Dumas said the scallop […]

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Mainebiz highlights European scallop trip involving UMaine faculty

Mainebiz highlighted a trip to France April 14-22 that a group of chefs, seafood professionals, writers, economic development specialists and educators are taking to learn about techniques for handling and preparing scallops. Dana Morse, senior extension program manager and aquaculture lead at Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Rob Dumas, UMaine […]

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