After 15-year absence, UMaine's baseball team is returning to Hadlock Field

The next generation of Aquaculture

WRITTEN BY WANDA CURTIS The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has trained 14 new employees for Maine’s aquaculture industry since 2018. The employees completed the GMRI Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program and are now employed by aquaculture businesses across Maine in shellfish and seaweed operations, according to Aquaculture Program Manager Carissa Maurin. Two more cohorts are currently […]

Business support programming at the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center

COURTESY OF MAINE AQUACULTURE INNOVATION CENTER Whether you’re just thinking about starting your own aquaculture operation or if you’re an established business, the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center (MAIC) has a suite of business support programs and tools to assist you. MAIC also works closely with Maine’s broader business support ecosystem to link aquaculturists to resources […]

Shell-ebrate bivalve Aquaculture!

COURTESY OF MAINE AQUACULTURE INNOVATION CENTER Imagine a tank filled with 50 gallons of seawater– the same volume as 50 jugs of milk. That is the amount of water a single Eastern oyster can filter in one day. Just consider how much water a whole reef– or farm– of oysters could process during that time! […]

Feeding the furure

How Maine is shaping the next generation of sustainable Aquaculture. BY ANDREW BRADLEY, PE |. COURTESY OF SMRT ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS As the global demand for sustainable, high-protein food sources accelerates, the conversation around how we harvest our oceans is undergoing a massive transformation. For generations, Maine has looked to the Gulf of Maine as […]

JD Vance to return to Maine next week for Brewer event

The vice president is scheduled to deliver remarks Monday at CompoTech, a University of Maine spin-off company.