NEWS FROM MAINE SEA GRANT | SUMMER 2014

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*EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS*

*University of Maine students Tyler Carrier, Mackenzie Mazur*, and *Benjamin
Reed* are among 10 who will receive a $1,000 Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate
Scholarship in Marine Sciences for the 2014–15 academic year. This year
marks the first time the scholarship program expanded beyond UMaine.
Additional recipients this year include: *Jordan Desousa* from University
of New England; *Kristina Kelley* and *Jillian Perron* at Maine Maritime
Academy;*Roshni Sharon Mangar, Madeline Motley* and *Eliza Oldach* at
College of the Atlantic; and *Zachary Vetack* from University of Maine at
Machias.



http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2014/06/04/ten-marine-science-students-receive-maine-sea-grant-scholarships/

*EXTENSION HIGHLIGHTS*

*Maine Sea Grant, the National Sea Grant Law Center, and NOAA’s Office of
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management recently received a grant from NOAA’s
Preserve America Initiative* to record oral histories showcasing working
waterfront preservation efforts. These oral histories will highlight
community-based implementation of “tools,” such as land use planning,
historic preservation, and financing mechanisms, to preserve working
waterfronts. The collection will be archived on NOAA’s Voices from the
Fisheries website <http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/voicesfromthefisheries/> and
linked to the Sustainable Working Waterfront Toolkit
<http://www.wateraccessus.com/>.



*Maine Sea Grant has updated the Maine Property Owner's Guide to Managing
Flooding, Erosion & Other Coastal Hazards
<http://seagrant.umaine.edu/coastal-hazards-guide> *with detailed
information on navigating state and federal regulatory and permitting
processes associated with actions such as elevating a house, moving a house
back away from the water, restoring dunes, creating buffers and stabilizing
coastal bluffs. Jim Cassida of Normandeau Associates Environmental
Consultants helped to make this new information available. Examples of
property owners who have taken some of these steps are highlighted in case
studies from across southern Maine.


*RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS*


*Marine Extension Team member Dana Morse *is part of a team who received a
NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy award to develop business planning resources for
fishermen and aquaculture producers. The need for such resources was
identified during the recent USDA Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for
the lobster fishery.



*In their Own Words: Fishermen’s Perspectives on Community Resilience,* a
summary report of Teresa Johnson’s Sea Grant-funded research on fishing
community resilience, is now available online
<http://seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/fishing-community-resilience>.
Contact our office for hard copies, 207.581.1435.


*PUBLICATIONS *


Sea Grant has published two new guides to the culture of sea cucumbers and
sargassum <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/korea-aquaculture> in
Korea and potential for U.S. aquaculture.



The editors are proud to announce the release of Volume II of *The Catch:
Writings from Downeast Maine
<http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/the_catch/>*.



A webinar on combining fisheries and tourism businesses
<https://learn.extension.org/events/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=sustainable+marine+fisheries#.U5slYo1dVoV>
is
now available.



*WERU-FM:* A consumer’s guide to sea vegetables
<http://archives.weru.org/talk-of-the-towns/2014/06/talk-of-the-towns-61314/>



*Bangor Daily News*: UMaine researchers helping communities weather the
storms
<http://bangordailynews.com/2014/06/22/news/midcoast/umaine-researchers-helping-coastal-communities-weather-the-storms/>



*Bangor Daily News*: Belfast brewery tapping into seaweed venture
<http://bangordailynews.com/2014/06/19/living/belfast-brewery-tapping-into-seaweed-venture-to-create-kelp-beer/?ref=search>


Collaborations and foraged finds
<http://portland.thephoenix.com/food/158727-collaborations-and-foraged-finds/>


*Saltscapes Magazine*: Hooked on the Downeast Fisheries Trail
<http://www.saltscapes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=283&id=2000>


*WLBZ 2*: Bacteria in beach water can be harmful
<http://www.wlbz2.com/story/news/2014/06/24/bacteria-in-beach-water/11329287/>


*EVENTS*


College of the Atlantic Coffee & Conversation
<http://coa.mhsoftware.com/ViewItem.html?integral=0&cal_item_id=3763&dtwhen=2456840&style_sheet=userStyle.css&checkafter=1403531624826>|
July 1 | Bar Harbor
*Catherine Schmitt and COA’s John Anderson discuss 19th century natural
history*


*on Mount Desert Island*



Maine Seaweed Festival <http://www.seaweedfest.com/> | August 30 | South
Portland



Resilient Property Tour
<http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/coastal-community-resilience/tours> |
September TBD | Southern Maine




National Review of Maine Sea Grant | October 7-8 | Orono



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