Developed by Maine Sea Grant and Maine Department of Marine Resources
WHAT temperature data are available from the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources?
The Maine Dept. of Marine Resources records shoreline temperatures along the entire coastline, through its water quality sampling program and the volunteer phytoplankton monitoring program. These data are available upon request. This page is designed to help current and prospective aquaculturists access this data, for consideration in siting their farms.
Jessica F. Muhlin
Assistant Professor of Marine Biology
Corning School of Ocean Studies
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, ME, 04420
207.326.2403
jessica.muhlin@mma.edu
Erik Chapman
New Hampshire Sea Grant
131 Main Street
Durham, NH 03833
603.862.1935
erik.chapman@unh.edu
In Maine and elsewhere, seaweed is experiencing increased interest from aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now boasts the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the United States, Portland-based Ocean Approved.
ORONO - Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension are pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Redmond of Hancock as Marine Extension Associate. Based at the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, Redmond will be working with Maine’s aquaculture industry to develop and advance ecologically-based methods of growing marine macroalgae (sea vegetables or seaweed).
A Pilot Project to Stimulate Seaweed Production on Mussel Farms in Maine
Seaweed is a $6 billion-dollar industry worldwide. Different types of seaweed (also called sea vegetables or marine macroalgae) are harvested for a variety of uses including fertilizer, food ingredients, and nutritional supplements.
Maine’s established seaweed companies are industry leaders, and more people are looking to grow seaweed as a business or for supplemental income.