Paul Anderson

PRESS RELEASE | 14 November 2011 Sea Grant outreach award presented to Maine-based working waterfront partnership

Newport, RI - A partnership effort to advance working waterfront awareness and protection in the United States today received the Outstanding Group Outreach Award from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium.

PRESS RELEASE | 28 July 2011 Community meetings to discuss offshore wind test site

Visitors, residents, fishermen, and business owners in midcoast Maine are invited to join discussions about the University of Maine’s Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site that has been established in coastal waters south of Monhegan. Project leaders will share highlights of recently completed studies, and seek community input in plans for developing a world-class offshore wind research site. A similar set of meetings occurred in April.

PRESS RELEASE | 28 February 2011 Community meetings scheduled to discuss offshore wind test site

Residents, fishermen, and business owners in midcoast Maine are invited to join discussions about research and monitoring plans for the University of Maine’s Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site that has been established in coastal waters south of Monhegan. Project leaders will share highlights of research and monitoring results, and seek community input in plans for developing a world-class offshore wind research site.

DV-09-006 Maine Coastal Waters Conference

The Maine Coastal Waters Conference returned in 2009. This all-day event featured informative talks about issues of concern to those who manage, study and love the Maine coast. A morning plenary session introduced attendees to the major conference themes, while afternoon breakout sessions allowed participants to delve into topics of interest in greater detail. Lunch, a poster session and a post-conference reception created important networking time.

Marine Ecology of Gulf of Maine Atlantic Salmon

Present-day Atlantic salmon losses at sea are higher than documented prior to 1990 but scientists and managers are often overwhelmed at the scale of the issue and multiple unknowns. This is confounded by the small biomass of salmon in a large ecosystem – a needle in a haystack.

Program Publications

Annual Reports are submitted to the University of Maine Vice President for Research, typically in the summer following the reporting period, which runs from February 1 to January 31. We also report this same material to the NOAA National Sea Grant Office.

2010 Annual Report (293 KB)