News from Maine Sea Grant | Spring 2016 ------------------------------ [image: Inline image 7] <http://www.facebook.com/MESeaGrant> [image: Inline image 8] <https://twitter.com/Maine_Sea_Grant> [image: Inline image 9] <https://www.youtube.com/user/MaineSeaGrant> ***Don’t miss out! While this newsletter is published quarterly, we’ve got so much g**oing on this Spring that we’ve started posting weekly updates of events, news, and activities at seagrant.umaine.edu/blog <http://seagrant.umaine.edu/blog> and our Facebook page.* *EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS* *Student Jordan Snyder* reports on her SEANET research that uses satellite data to inform siting of shellfish farms <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/blog/student-snyder>. *Sea Grant Scholar Elisabeth Maxwell* writes about her work with Maine’s soft-shell clam industry <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/blog/student-maxwell>. *Natalie Springuel joins Chris Peterson* as an instructor in “Fisheries, Fishermen & Fishing Communities,” a College of the Atlantic <http://coa.edu/> course this term. Students will learn about the history, science, and culture of Maine’s marine fisheries through readings, lecture, guest presentations and field trips. *The next upcoming training* for Signs of the Seasons: A New England Phenology Monitoring Program for citizen scientists is April 7 at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. Additional training opportunities are scheduled throughout the spring. *Interested in making local roads safer *and improving stream habitat for fish and wildlife and live in the Bucksport area? Come to the Stream Smart workshop <http://hancockcountyswcd.org/> on Tuesday, April 26. Citizens, private landowners, foresters, and members of land trusts and watershed groups are invited to learn about “Stream Smart” goals and practices, which protect and improve wildlife habitat, fish passage, road infrastructure and public safety. Presented by Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District <http://hancockcountyswcd.org/>, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust <http://greatpondtrust.org/events/>, and Maine Audubon <http://maineaudubon.org/streamsmart/>. The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Alamoosook Lakeside Inn, 229 Soper Road, Orland. *EXTENSION HIGHLIGHTS* *The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)* has highlighted work by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine in the U.S. Government’s Climate Resilience Toolkit. The project, led by Esperanza Stancioff of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension and funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, focused on the state’s lobstering communities <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/fishing-community-adaptation>. The study gathered lobstermen’s understanding of biology, markets, environment and expenses and translated the insights into a systems dynamics model to evaluate ways to improve industry-wide management options, especially during ocean heat wave events. See related article on climate.gov <https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-case-studies/maine-lobster-fishing-community-confronts-their-changing-climate> . *The fourth class of the Aquaculture in Shared Waters <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/blog/aquaculture-class-underway>* program is underway in Thomaston, Maine. The class of 30 students, including a number of commercial fishermen, meets weekly to learn about the business of aquaculture. *Maine’s nascent scallop aquaculture industry* will receive a boost through technology transfer funds from the USDA’s Northeast Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education <http://www.nesare.org/> program. The project focuses on the Japanese technique of ‘ear-hanging’ scallops in Maine’s coastal waters. Experience Maritime Maine holds their third bi-annual Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Sail, Power & Steam Museum, 75 Mechanic Street in Rockland. Guest speakers are Kerry Altiero, Chef/Owner of Cafe Miranda, and Olga Oros and Chip Holmes of Damariscotta River Cruises. For more information or to RSVP email [log in to unmask] The meeting is open to anyone with a stake or an interest in Maine maritime cultural heritage tourism. *Maine Farm Service Agency *and University of Maine Cooperative Extension are offering a new workshop on crop insurance and financing programs for shellfish growers <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/resources-for-shellfish-growers/finance-insurance> on Monday, April 25 in Belfast. *Marine extension associate Keri Kaczor* presents twice Wednesday, April 13 at the U.S. EPA Recreational Waters Conference <https://www.epa.gov/beach-tech/2016-recreational-waters-conference> in New Orleans, LA. *Sarah Redmond reports* that seaweed is “growing like crazy” on the experimental farm and in the lab <http://seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/sea-vegetable-aquaculture> at the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research <http://www.ccar.um.maine.edu/>. *RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS* *Maine Sea Grant has awarded funds* to three new research projects. Hamish Greig, an assistant professor of stream ecology in the School of Biology and Ecology, is lead investigator on a project <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/Atlantic-salmon-habitat> that focuses on how habitat variation influences competitive interactions among salmon, native brook trout, and non-native smallmouth bass in Maine streams, which are getting warmer as a result of global climate change. Alice R. Kelley, Joseph Kelley, Daniel Belknap and Brian Robinson of UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute will investigate the development <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/lost-to-the-sea> of a noninvasive, rapid method of assessing coastal archaeological sites. Richard Wahle of the School of Marine Sciences will continue to study the larval or juvenile “settlement” phase of the American lobster. The new project <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/research/projects/deepwater-lobster-settlement> will examine factors behind the unprecedented surge in small lobsters in the historically cold eastern and deeper parts of the Gulf of Maine in the last decade, or juvenile lobsters settling in shallow nurseries and then moving into deeper water. These projects will be presented at the 2016 Maine Sea Grant Biennial Research Symposium <http://seagrant.umaine.edu/research/symposium> on April 14. *In the coming weeks, the Maine Legislature *will consider several bond proposals, including a bipartisan measure to address ocean acidification in the Gulf of Maine <http://www.freepressonline.com/Content/Special-Features/Special-Features/Article/Legislature-to-Consider-3-Million-Bond-to-Study-Ocean-Acidification/52/78/44413>. LD 998, sponsored by Rep. Wayne Parry (R-Arundel) and Rep. Mick Devin (D-Newcastle), would ask voters to approve a bond to borrow $3 million to be used to collect data, monitor waterways and test ocean acidity along the Maine coast and study its impact on wildlife and commercial shellfish species. *The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center <http://www.maineaquaculture.org/maic-grants-program/>** (MAIC),* a non-profit research agency, is soliciting grant proposals from individuals or organizations who are interested in conducting innovative aquaculture research or technology transfer that will provide near term benefit to the Maine aquaculture industry. Application deadline is 5:00 PM, Friday, April 29, 2016. *PUBLICATIONS & SEA GRANT IN THE NEWS* A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine, Part 2: Acid in the Gulf <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZimEBFw1Q7c>, O’Chang Studios The Secret Life of Eels <http://www.maineboats.com/print/issue-139/secret-life-of-eels>, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine Audubon scientists uncover winter home of Maine puffins <http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/17/scientists-puffins-might-spend-the-winter-off-new-jersey/>, Portland Press Herald Fishermen’s Forum includes lobster check-up <http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/fishermen%E2%80%99s-forum-includes-lobster-check>, The Working Waterfront Maine farmed salmon upgraded to ‘Good Alternative’ <http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/maine-farmed-salmon-upgraded-%E2%80%98good-alternative%E2%80%99>, The Working Waterfront Fishermen can diversify income <http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/fishermen-can-diversify-income-presenters-say>, The Working Waterfront Seaweed processor expands in Hancock <http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/seaweed-processor-expands-hancock>, The Working Waterfront Kelp is the new kale <http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/19/394060671/watch-your-back-kale-kelp-is-gunning-for-the-veggie-du-jour-title>, npr.org AUDIO: Coastal Conversations <http://archives.weru.org/category/coastal-conversations/> WERU-FM 89.9 Blue Hill This year we are joining our fellow Sea Grant programs across the country and world in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Sea Grant College Program <http://seagrant.noaa.gov/50thAnniversary.aspx>. Watch the video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xMW2bX7R88> and read the article on The Dazzling Dr. Spilhaus, "Father of Sea Grant," who was no ordinary dude. We also are a proud Acadia Centennial Partner <http://www.acadiacentennial2016.org/> and look forward to helping tell stories of Acadia National Park’s first 100 years. *EVENTS* 7 April | Experience Maritime Maine <http://www.experiencemaritimemaine.org/> Stakeholder Meeting | Rockland 7 April | Signs of the Seasons <http://umaine.edu/signs-of-the-seasons/> phenology monitoring training | Falmouth 8 April | Ocean Planning Film & Discussion: The Great Bear Sea <http://www.islandinstitute.org/event/great-bear-sea> | Northport 9 April | Penobscot Watershed Conference <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/penobscot-watershed-conference> | Northport 9 April | 44th Annual Walker Maritime History Symposium <http://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/events/44th-annual-albert-reed-thelma-walker-maritime-history-symposium/> | Bath 10 April | Coastal and estuarine water monitoring workshop | Darling Marine Center 14 April | Maine Sea Grant Research Symposium <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/research/symposium> | Buchanan Alumni House, Orono 14-16 April | New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting <http://neers.org/MEETINGS/NEERSmeeting/MeetingOverview.html> | York 16 April | 16th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration <https://mainesalmonrivers.org/events/smelt-fry/> | Columbia Falls 26 April | Stream Smart Workshop <http://greatpondtrust.org/events/> on Local Road Safety & Fish Habitat | Orland 27-28 April | Ocean Technology in New England & Atlantic Canada <https://umaine.edu/canam/2016-ocean-technology-conference/> | Orono 21 May | World Fish Migration Day <http://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/> | everywhere Ongoing | Lobstering & The Maine Coast <http://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/new-lobstering-maine-coast-exhibit/> | Maine Maritime Museum ------------------------------ Maine Sea Grant College Program | 5784 York Complex Building 6 | The University of Maine | Orono, ME 04469 (207) 581.1435 <%28207%29%20581-1435> | [log in to unmask] <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[log in to unmask]> [image: Inline image 2] <http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/> [image: Inline image 7] <http://www.facebook.com/MESeaGrant> [image: Inline image 8] <https://twitter.com/Maine_Sea_Grant> [image: Inline image 9] <https://www.youtube.com/user/MaineSeaGrant> Subscribe <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[log in to unmask]> | Unsubscribe <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[log in to unmask]>