Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley, a 7th generation Mainer, marine ecologist based at Cornell University, resident of Pembroke, Maine, and co-founder of the Rockweed Coalition, has been documenting and reviewing the impacts of rockweed harvests in Maine and elsewhere. Dr. Seeley will be hosted by the Friends of Blue Hill Bay on Friday, February 6 at […]
Welcome to the Maine Fishermen’s Forum! This is the largest event of its kind in New England – one dedicated to offering fishermen, clammers, lobstermen, aquaculturalists and other related seafood industry participants an opportunity to meet on neutral ground with fisheries managers, state representatives, Congressmen and Senators. We offer over 30 seminars on different subjects […]
Maintain fish and wildlife habitat while protecting roads and public safety. Prepare for the large and frequent storm events that have been washing out roads around the state and the northeast. This workshop will cover road-stream crossing projects from site assessment to permitting and installation. The emphasis will be on maintaining and restoring the habitat and […]
The Maine Water Conference was founded in 1994 by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine as an annual forum for water resource professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators, and planners to exchange information and present new findings on water resource issues in Maine. The conference has grown to become one […]
Join us for the Frenchman Bay Partners Annul Meeting! Two rounds of flash talks, each followed by facilitated, small group discussions, make up the morning session. The first round of talks will focus on Restoration and Monitoring in the Bay. Listen to the Partners' progress on eelgrass, diadromous fish, and mudflat restoration, among other topics. […]
The Frenchman Bay Partners will be hosting their second Ecosystem Service Values event on June 2, 2015 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at Chipper's Restaurant in Hancock. The idea with this event is to involve members of the business community on the other side of the bay in creating a computer-based decision support tool that will help […]
Do you want to learn more about smelt and their life cycle? Do you want to help ensure the future existence of this fishery so everyone will be able to keep eating smelt? Do you want to help support a healthy wildlife community that depends on smelt as an important prey species in Downeast Maine? […]
THE FIRST EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COOPERATION ON FISH PASSAGE CONFERENCES Fish Passage 2015 will be an important international forum to exchange findings and experiences on fish related passage issues. This international conference is of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, funders, and regulators who have an interest in advancements in technical fishways, nature-like fishways, downstream passage […]
"American Catch" Wednesday, July 29 6:30 pm Paul Greenberg At College of the Atlantic Paul Greenberg is a lifelong fisherman and has written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and GQ among other publications. Greenberg received both a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. Greenberg, bestselling […]