NEWS FROM MAINE SEA GRANT | SUMMER 2015

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*EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS*

*Congratulations to recipients* of the 2015-2016 Maine Sea Grant
Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences
<http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/funding/msg-undergraduate-scholarship>:
Marina Cucuzza and Alyssa Murad (College of the Atlantic); Patricia Dunford
(Maine Maritime Academy); Andrew Goode, Kathryn Liberman, Lauren Rice, and
Tyler Van Kirk (UMaine).


*Congratuations to finalists* in the 2016 Knauss Fellowships in Marine
Policy
<http://seagrant.noaa.gov/FundingFellowships/KnaussFellowship/FinalistsCurrentFellows/2016Class.aspx>,
Karen Pianka and Noah Oppenheim.

*EXTENSION HIGHLIGHTS*

*At the annual celebration of the Workforce Housing Coalition* of the
Greater Seacoast in May, marine extension associate Kristen Grant was
recognized with the organization's Housing Visionary award for her
leadership of workforce housing charrettes since 2011. Join us in
congratulating Kristen <[log in to unmask]>.

*No rest for this team. Kristen Grant also coordinates* the 10th Maine
Beaches Conference <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/maine-beaches-conference>,
which takes place July 17 at Southern Maine Community College in South
Portland. Charles S. Colgan, professor of public policy and management in
the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern
Maine, will present the opening plenary talk about an ongoing study of
beach visitors in southern Maine and New Hampshire. The survey of more than
3,000 visitors, the largest of its kind to be conducted, provides key
information for understanding the beach as a tourist resource. Since the
conference’s inception, a primary purpose has been to present results of
the state’s beach monitoring programs, including the Maine Healthy Beaches
<http://mainehealthybeaches.org/> water quality monitoring program and
the Southern
Maine Beach Profiling Program
<http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/beach-profile-monitoring/home>.
There also will be discussion about efforts to prepare for and adapt to
rising sea levels and storm surge in Damariscotta, one of the most
vulnerable towns on the Maine coast. The study recommends measures that
property owners can take as well as community-level adaptation strategies,
and it compares costs and benefits of various methods. Other featured
topics include managing coastal erosion, preparing for hurricanes, beach
wildlife, beach access, legal updates, flooding and flood plains.

*Dana Morse is excited to be working with* Manomet Center for Conservation
Sciences <https://www.manomet.org/> and other partners on a new project,
funded by the NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants Program
<http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_services/skhome.htm>, to expand the
application of soft-shell clam seeding and culture technology in depleted
clam flats and provide governance model options for clam aquaculture and
wild harvest fisheries.

*The National Humanities Alliance <http://www.nhalliance.org/> has
featured *the Downeast Fisheries Trail on its national map of the “engaged
humanities.” The Trail is an example of projects that foster collaboration
between universities and colleges and organizations working outside the
academy; cultivate active engagement with the humanities among diverse
community members and stakeholders; and showcase the power of the
humanities to address issues of local concern. The Trail’s most recent
engagement involved the unveiling of seven new, multi-lingual interpretive
panels at Roosevelt-Campobello International Park
<http://www.downeastfisheriestrail.org/sites/roosevelt-campobello-international-park/>.
We also have an article about Sea Grant and the Humanities in the current
Humanities-themed issue of *Maine Policy Review*
<http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol24/iss1/>.

*The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN)* is hosting
stakeholder engagement workshops to inform and learn from fishermen, clam
harvesters, aquaculturists, and coastal water quality programs about ocean
and coastal acidification, leading to an implementation plan. A summary of
the first workshop, held in Maine in December, can be found online
<http://neracoos.org/necan>. Additional workshops have taken place in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with more planned for Connecticut and New
Brunswick, Canada.

*The Maine Healthy Beaches monitoring season* began June 1. To access
information about the program including current beach status and data visit,
 mainehealthybeaches.org. Read an article about risky funding for the
program in *The Working Waterfront*
<http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/maine-beach-monitoring-program-lose-epa-funding>
.


*RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS*

*Congratulations to Jie Cao for his award* from the Chinese Government for
Excellence in Ph.D. research, which focuses on evaluation and improvement
of fisheries stock assessment, from data collection to modeling. Cao worked
in Yong Chen’s lab on the Sea Grant-project to evaluate the models for the
Atlantic herring and shrimp fisheries
<http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/shrimp-and-herring-models>
.

*Sea Grant researcher Richard Wahle was quoted* in news stories (Accuweather
<http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/lobster-population-decline/28451706>
, Business Insider
<http://www.businessinsider.com/lobster-prices-are-on-the-rise-2015-6>)
about this summer’s lobster outlook.

*PUBLICATIONS*

VIDEO: A Climate Crisis in the Gulf of Maine, Part I: The Lobster Pot Heats
Up <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-Mmk30cOE>, O’Chang Studios

AUDIO: Coastal Conversations
<http://archives.weru.org/category/coastal-conversations/>: Coastal Beach
Water Quality, WERU-FM 89.9 Blue Hill

ARTICLE: An Oyster Story
<http://www.islandjournal.com/article/an-oyster-story/>, *Island Journal*

ARTICLE: Maine Sea Grant and the Humanities: marine science (and history
and art) for Maine people
<http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol24/iss1/26/>. *Maine
Policy Review*

NEWS: Summer in Maine, A Total Forecast, Part 4
<http://www.wmtw.com/weather/summer-in-maine-a-total-forecast-part-4/33371604>,
WMTW

PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Gledhill, D.K. et al. 2015. Ocean and coastal acidification off New England
and Nova Scotia <http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/28-2_gledhill.html>
. *Oceanography* 28(2):182–197.

*For more recent publications,* visit the National Sea Grant Library
<http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/>.


*EVENTS*

Maine Beaches Conference <http://seagrant.umaine.edu/node/784> | 17 July |
South Portland

Maine Audubon and Biodiversity Research Institute present Loons from the
Lake <http://umaine.edu/signs-of-the-seasons/> | 18 July | Rangeley

Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance 40th Anniversary
<http://maine%20writers%20%26%20publishers%20alliance%2040th%20anniversary/>
 | 25 July | Boothbay

Signs of the Seasons Training for Monitoring Upland & Aquatic Species
<http://umaine.edu/signs-of-the-seasons/> | 25 July | Springvale

Lobstering & The Maine Coast
<http://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/exhibits/lobstering-and-maine-coast/> |
opens July 26 | Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

Darling Marine Center 50th Anniversary Open House
<http://dmc.umaine.edu/news/our-50th-anniversary/> | August 8 | Walpole

Mount Desert Island Historical Society Big Summer Adventure
<http://mdihistory.org/> | August 9 | Bar Harbor

American Fisheries Society <http://2015.fisheries.org/> | 16-21 August |
Portland, OR

Maine Seaweed Festival <http://www.seaweedfest.com/> | 29 August | South
Portland

Pemaquid Oyster Festival <http://pemaquidoysterfestival.com/> | 27
September | Damariscotta

Acadia Science Symposium
<http://www.schoodicinstitute.org/what-we-offer/research-resources/acadia-science-symposium/>
 | 7 October | Winter Harbor

International Oyster Symposium <http://oystersymposium.org/> | 21-23
October | Welfleet, MA

The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem II
<http://peifa.org/members/notices/Lobster-Symposium-2015_2015-02-04> | 3-6
November | Prince Edward Island, CANADA

Working Waterfronts & Waterways National Symposium on Water Access
<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/NWWWS/index.html> | 16-19 November |
Tampa, FL


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