Recently Funded Research Projects

Using maternal hormones and biomarkers of contaminant exposure to improve salmon egg quality in Maine hatcheries
PI: Heather Hamlin, University of Maine
Funded amount: $21,327 Matching funds: $28,899

 

A pilot project to stimulate seaweed production on mussel farms in Maine
PI: Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant & Cooperative Extension
Funded amount: $19,999 Matching funds: $38,580

 

Integration of kelp and sea urchin aquaculture in Maine
PI: Nick Brown, Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research
Funded amount: $10,254 Matching funds: $14,212

 

Pilot production of native Porphyra for land and sea-based IMTA
PI: Susan Brawley, University of Maine
Funded amount: $17,500 Matching funds: $17,500

 

Detection of Haplosporidian parasite MSX (Haplosporidian nelsoni) of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in potential reservoirs and intermediate hosts
PI: Timothy Bowden, Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Maine
Funded amount: $17,500 Matching funds: $17,500

 

European oyster (Ostrea edulis) farming studies to improve husbandry in field-based nurseries and growout locations along the Maine coast
PI: Brian Beal, Downeast Institute
Funded amount: $25,000 Matching funds: $26,737

 

Technology transfer and improved husbandry methods in Maine’s hatcheries
PI: Mike Pietrak, Maine Aquaculture Association
Funded amount: $5,370 Matching funds: $5,400

 

Development of marine ornamental shrimp aquaculture in Maine
PI: Soren Hansen, Sea and Reef, LLC
Funded amount: $24,925 Matching funds: $28,270

 

Comparative nursery and growout spatial variability in growth and survival of hard clams in four distinct Downeast Maine locations
PI: Joseph Porada, Egypt Bay Seafarms
Funded amount: $24,564 Matching funds: $34,375

 

Preliminary investigation of the potential for integrated aquaculture of the sand worm (Nereis virens) with Atlantic Salmon
PI: Nick Brown, CCAR, University of Maine
Funded amount: $24,900 Matching funds: $57,729

 

How does Vibrio anguillarum 02b invade Atlantic cod and what is the implication of this for immunotherapies?
PI: Ian Bricknell, University of Maine

Funded amount: $24,984 Matching funds: $35,857

 

Does vaccination protect juvenile cod – how and when?
PI: Una McCarthy, University of Maine
Funded amount: $27,218 Matching funds: $32,951

 

Reducing impacts from predators on cultured hard clams in eastern Maine
PI: Brian Beal, Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research & Education
Funded amount: $25,478 Matching funds: $25,714

 

Assessment of disturbance responses by gulls on a seabird nesting island in coastal Maine
PI: Cynthia Loftin, University of Maine
Funded amount: $24,850 Matching funds: $63,027

 

European oyster cultivation in midcoast Maine: development of improved hatchery techniques and disease resistant lines
PI: Paul Rawson, University of Maine

Funded amount: $23,199 Matching funds: $23,199

 

Development of best management practices for mussel aquaculture in Maine: suspended gear
PI: Mike Pietrak, Maine Aquaculture Assoc.
Funded amount: $9,379 Matching funds: $9,684

 

Studies to improve the control of reproduction in captive Atlantic halibut
PI: Linda Kling, University of Maine
Funded amount: $24,850 Matching funds: $26,354

 

Assessment of phage therapy for the control of disease in lobster hatcheries
PI: Susan Wharam, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Funded amount: $24,968 Matching funds: $74,428

 

Optimal shipping methods for cultured marine ornamental fish
PI: Soren Hansen, Sea & Reef
Funded amount: $15,850 Matching funds: $48,608

 

Intensive culture of marine copepods and expansion of new marine ornamental fish species
PI: Soren Hansen, Sea & Reef
Funded amount: $25,000 Matching funds: $108,545

 

Development of a hatchery system for the green sea urchin
PI: Nick Brown, CCAR (U. Maine)
Funded amount: $18,250 Matching funds: $30,332

 

Technology for land-based marine food-fish production in Maine
PI: David Russell, Marical Inc.
Funded amount: $10,000 Matching funds: $39,940

 

Evaluation of the variability, applicability, and suitability of the redox potential and sulfide measurement methodology for determining benthic organic enrichment state and their use as regulatory compliance standards in Maine
PI: Chris Heinig, MER Assessment Corp.
Funded amount: $24,540 Matching funds: $207,283

 

A trial of seabed fencing for wild stock enhancement of sea scallops, (Placopecten magellanticus) in coastal Maine waters
PI: Dana Morse, University of Maine
Funded amount: $16,774 Matching funds: $22,703

 

Development of a submerged green-laser light system to deter Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) predation of the common blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) on mussel farms
PI: Mark Green, Saint Joseph’s College
Funded amount: $8,986 Matching funds: $16,407

 

Use of marine polychaete culture systems in integrated land-based intensive aquaculture
PI: Nick Brown, Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research
Funded amount: $16,925 Matching funds: $26,500

 

Development and demonstration of GIS for identification of optimal environmental locations for aquaculture
PI: John Richardson, Blue Hill Hydraulics
Funded amount: $19,100 Matching funds: $28,150

 

Feasibility study to determine if concentrated fish waste can be converted into usable products
PI: Michael Pietrak, Maine Aquaculture Association
Funded amount: $16,732 Matching funds: $17,009

 

Development of a shellfish biosecurity program
PI: Sebastian Belle, Maine Aquaculture Association
Funded amount: $20,000 Matching funds: $20,075

 

Fostering aquaculture in Maine’s primary and secondary public school system
PI: Michael Pietrak, Maine Aquaculture Association
Funded amount: $17,410 Matching funds: $20,439