The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine was mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “Edible seaweed, the next great Maine brand?” While many of the 250 types of seaweed found in the Gulf of Maine are edible, only 11 are commercially harvested, according to Maine Sea Grant’s online Maine Seafood Guide. The […]
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Dana Morse, an aquaculture researcher with Maine Sea Grant who works with oysters and other shellfish, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about seven ways to enjoy fall oysters. “As temperatures decrease, oysters know that they’re headed into winter, and to generate some energy reserves, they store it in the form of […]
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Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors published the essay “Why We Love the Ocean” by Catherine Schmitt, communications director of the Maine Sea Grant. The essay describes the psychology behind human attraction to water and draws from a large and growing body of literature on the history, science and philosophy of human connections with the natural […]
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Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine has launched the Oyster Trail of Maine, an educational initiative to raise awareness and appreciation for Maine oysters. The project is an ongoing initiative of Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Aquaculture Association, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, In A Half Shell, and participating oyster […]
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An episode of the podcast Outside/In, a production of New Hampshire Public Radio, focused on oyster shell middens along the banks of the Damariscotta River in Maine. Arthur Spiess of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission was interviewed for the podcast. Spiess is a co-principal investigator of a Maine Sea Grant-funded project investigating the development of […]
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The latest article in the Portland Press Herald’s “Green Plate Special” column featured efforts to develop a culinary use for the invasive European green crab. The research, led by Marissa McMahan of Northeastern University and supported by the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine, is identifying the timing and process of the […]
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The Associated Press reported the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine will receive more than $500,000 — the remainder of its FY17 funds — to support research and education. Maine’s U.S. senators said the grants are coming from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and also will help with outreach efforts on […]
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Maine Sea Grant is working with the town of Penobscot, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, The Nature Conservancy, NOAA, and others on several fish passage projects in the watershed of the Bagaduce River, a tributary of Penobscot Bay. Construction of new fishways at Pierce and Wight ponds, scheduled to begin this summer, will improve fish passage, […]
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Maine Sea Grant has started a new collaboration with The Working Waterfront newspaper, published monthly by the Rockland, Maine-based Island Institute. The “Estuary Beat” column provides short updates on science and environment news, research and events in Maine’s coastal rivers, bays and harbors. Written by Catherine Schmitt, Sea Grant communications director, the goal of the […]
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Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Scarborough Leader article about invasive red algae on Pine Point Beach. Last summer, residents of the beach community asked the town council to ramp up the amount of times the beach is raked and cleaned in order to remove the red algae, Heterosiphonia […]
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