Downeast Institute For Applied Marine Research And Education Inc

PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR DOWNEAST INSTITUTE'S (DEI) MARINE RESEARCH WHICH IS PRIMARILY AIMED AT ENHANCING FISHERIES PRODUCTION THROUGH SUSTAINING WILD SHELLFISH HARVESTS AND DEVELOPING NEW SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITIES. THE EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF DEI'S RESEARCH HATCHERY AND SEAWATER LABORATORIES, AS WELL AS IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INVOLVE SUPPORTING EXISTING STAFF AND PURCHASING OR LEASING INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WILL INCREASE DEI'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE CELLULAR LEVEL; IMPROVE SAFETY AND CAPABILITIES OF RESEARCH VESSELS AND VEHICLES; IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE HATCHERY BUILDING; AND INCREASE DIVERSITY AND UTILITY OF SEA WATER LABS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE OUTCOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS WILL BE INCREASED CAPACITY AND FUNCTION AT DEI, A WORLD-CLASS MARINE RESEARCH FACILITY WITH A COMMERCIAL SCALE EXPERIMENTAL SHELLFISH HATC

IMPROVING RESILIENCE OF HATCHERY-REARED BLUE MUSSELS ( MYTILUS EDULIS ) TO INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WARMING WITH DIET AND SEAWATER BUFFERING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACH TO ACROSS-SHELF MIXING AND CONNECTIVITY OF MUSSEL POPULATIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY AND DYNAMICS: INTEGRATING BROAD-SCALE REGIONAL VARIATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING AND BENTHIC-P

DEMONSTRATING SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY IN PILOT AND COMMERCIAL SCALE PROJECTS: CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAINE???S COASTAL COMMUNITIES

THIS PROJECT WILL EXAMINE REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT OF SOFTSHELL CLAMS IN THREE REGIONS OF THE MAINE COAST DURING 2023 AND 2024 WITH THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF REVERSING THE TREND OF DECREASING CLAM HARVESTS TOWARDS INCREASED PRODUCT YIELDS THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH THE RESOURCE AND THE FISHING COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT WILL MEASURE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT IN A WIDE SIZE RANGE OF SOFT-SHELL CLAMS, MYA ARENARIA, ALONG A TIDAL GRADIENT IN THREE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE MAINE COAST OVER TWO SPAWNING SEASONS. IN MARCH 2023 & 2024, A COMMON SIZE-DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL CLAMS WILL BE ADDED TO 1 FT2 EXPERIMENTAL UNITS (24/FT2) PROTECTED WITH PREDATOR-DETERRENT NETTING AT THREE TIDAL POSITIONS (UPPER, MID, AND LOWER INTERTIDAL) AT A TIDAL FLAT IN A COMMUNITY REPRESENTING THREE REGIONS OF THE COAST: BRUNSWICK (SOUTHWEST), BREMEN (MIDCOAST), AND JONESPORT (EASTERN). AT EACH TIDAL FLAT IN EACH YEAR, BEGINNING THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL (PRIOR TO CLAM SPAWNING WHEN

DEMONSTRATING AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGIES DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY, QUALITY, AND DIVERSIFICATION OF DOMESTIC SEAFOOD: FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH CULT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DOES LARVAL TRANSPORT OR PHYSIOLOGICAL TOLERANCE SET THE SOUTHERN RANGE BOUNDARY OF A NORTHERN BLUE MUSSEL?

ENHANCING SEA SCALLOP STOCKS IN EASTERN MAINE THROUGH APPLIED AQUACULTURE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER