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Using Temperature Data from the Maine Shellfish Monitoring Program to Help in Siting Shellfish Aquaculture Farms

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.

DV-12-04 Sea scallop production trials

Mark Green
Peaks Island Shellfish Co.
5 Willow Street
Peaks Island, ME 04108
207.712.3681
mgreen@sjcme.edu

Reporting by Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant

PRESS RELEASE | 12 July 2012 Workshop to focus on growing seaweed

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.

EVENT | Razor Clam Aquaculture Workshop

A shellfish growers’ meeting is set for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Darling Marine Center to discuss the development of razor clam aquaculture.

EVENT | Razor Clam Aquaculture Workshop

A shellfish growers’ meeting is set for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Darling Marine Center to discuss the development of razor clam aquaculture.

PRESS RELEASE | 3 February 2012 New extension associate to focus on seaweed aquaculture

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).

Seaweed Production on Mussel Farms in Maine

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.

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