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Newfoundland: Lessons for Maine

The Role of Tourism in Fisheries Crises: The Case of Newfoundland and Applications to Maine

Tourism is increasingly touted as a development opportunity for coastal and rural areas affected by natural resource decline. As commercial fisheries face depletion the world over, people look to tourism to help coastal communities recover from economic crisis, but little work has been done to explore if the investment in tourism can ever replace the full human ecological value of the fishery, including its impacts on a region’s culture, economy, and environment.

Municipal Guide to Clean Water

Publication cover: Municipal Guide to Clean WaterTourism and the shellfish industry are both integral components of the Maine economy and way of life. Yet elevated fecal bacteria levels in coastal waters may pose a human health risk, leading to closures of valued beaches and shellfish growing areas.

Downeast Fisheries Trail

What is the Downeast Fisheries Trail?
The Downeast Fisheries Trail is an educational trail that showcases active and historic fisheries heritage sites, such as fish hatcheries, aquaculture facilities, fishing harbors, clam flats, processing plants and other related public places in an effort to educate residents and visitors about the importance of the region’s maritime heritage and the role of marine resources to the area’s economy. The Trail builds on these local resources to strengthen community life and the experience of visitors.

MOSAC-03-01 Measuring the Economic Damages from Oil Spills to Maine's Marine Economy

Jonathan Rubin
Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.1528
jonathan.rubin@umit.maine.edu

Deirdre Mageean
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.1506
Deirdre.mageean@umit.maine.edu

Kevin Boyle
Dept. of Resource Economics & Policy
University of Maine

Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program

The Southern Maine Beach Profile Monitoring Program's success can be credited to more than 150 community and school volunteers who monitor 15 beaches between York and South Portland. Every month, volunteers use a simple surveying technique to measure the contour of their beaches. An online data entry and graphing interface allows volunteers to view changes in their beach due to storms, waves, and currents.

Maine Healthy Beaches Program

The Maine Healthy Beaches (MHB) Program is a statewide effort to monitor water quality and protect public health on Maine’s coastal beaches. Funded by a $255,000 grant from US EPA, the MHB Program is a unique partnership involving municipalities, state parks, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension/Sea Grant, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizen volunteers. Beaches are monitored using quality assured methods and the monitoring effort established through this program helps ensure Maine's coastal beaches are safe and healthy places to recreate.

 

A Resource Guide for Sustainable Tourism

A Resource Guide for Sustainable Tourism in Down East Maine and Southwest New Brunswick is a joint Project of Maine Sea Grant and Vacationland Resource Committee of Down East Resource Conservation and Development Counci.  The Resource Guide is a large comendium of information to help businesses and tourism destinations green their operations.

Coastal Tourism Planning

Maine Sea Grant recognizes tourism as an important aspect of the coastal economy. Throughout the Gulf of Maine region, tourism offers communities both economic promise and environmental concern. In Maine, the tourism industry and its affiliated support services employ more than fishing, farming, forestry, and aquaculture combined.

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