The Bangor Daily News and Salmon Business featured research at the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) looking at using lumpfish to combat sea lice on salmon farms. Steve Eddy, director of CCAR and lead investigator on the project, said UMaine researchers have been learning to get lumpfish to spawn and then […]
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Phys.org and Spectrum News reported that a new study from the University of Maine shows how to reduce the costs associated with a proposed new method of using kelp farming to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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In articles about the company American Unagi, which is opening the country’s first commercial eel aquaculture production facility in midcoast Maine, the Bangor Daily News and Maine Monitor noted that the company has been operating out of the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin since 2018. Egreenews shared the BDN report.
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PBS interviewed Steve Eddy, director of the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, and Deborah Bouchard, director of the university’s Aquaculture Research Institute, about new ways to make the industry more sustainable. Eddy discussed using lumpfish to remove sea lice from farmed salmon, as opposed to expensive showers to wash fish from boats. […]
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Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine and internationally recognized researcher on sea lice, is a co-editor and major contributor to “Sea Lice Biology and Control,” published by 5m Books and available in October 2022. The other co-editors are James Bron and Jim Treasurer. Bricknell is one of 69 authors who […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke to CNN about the nutritional benefits of eating seaweed. Camire told CNN that seaweed is “an excellent source of dietary fiber and minerals.” Though nutritional profiles vary slightly between green, brown and red varieties, across the board seaweed contains […]
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David Townsend, professor of oceanography at the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Scientific American about fish farming in Maine. Townsend said that the state has two important attributes for fish cultivation: cold, nutrient-rich water and extremely vigorous tides that distribute those nutrients throughout the water column. “Our coastal […]
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The Maine Oyster Trail received a Growth and Leadership Award at the 2022 Governor’s Conference on Tourism. First launched in 2017 to educate consumers about oyster farming in Maine, the Maine Oyster Trail was reimagined in 2020 by Maine Sea Grant and the Maine Aquaculture Association in response to market changes during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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David Townsend, director of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, was interviewed for Scientific American about innovative fish farms in Maine. Townsend said that Maine has two important attributes for fish cultivation: cold, nutrient-rich water and extremely vigorous tides that distribute those nutrients throughout the water column. According to Townsend, mussels […]
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The Island Institute shared information about the Maine Aquaculture Hub’s 2022-2032 Roadmap, which outlines a series of tangible and attainable steps to help meet the rising demand for seafood, particularly seafood that is high in quality and sustainably grown. The report was developed by the Maine Aquaculture Hub, which is a collaboration between Maine Sea […]
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