Sea Grant Administrative Staff
Jim McCleave
Jim McCleave

Jim has been a faculty member at the University of Maine for 38 years, including terms as Chair of the Department of Zoology and the Department of Oceanography and Associate Director of the School of Marine Sciences. During that time he, along with his graduate students, has continuously conducted research in rivers, and estuarine and coastal waters of Maine. His research has also involved at-sea work in the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. Special research interests include oceanic migration of fishes, eel ecology and management, and estuarine ecology. Jim's hobbies are cooking, travel, reading, squash playing, and bicycling.

A.B. (Biology) Carleton College, 1961
M.S. (Zoology) Montana State University, 1963
Ph.D. (Zoology) Montana State University, 1967

Contact Information

Jim McCleave
Assistant Director for Research

Maine Sea Grant
5784 York Complex
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5784
Phone: 207.581.1433
Fax: 207.581.1426
Email: Jim McCleave