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Visit Certificate in Coastal Fisheries & Marine Technology

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Certificate in Coastal Fisheries & Marine Technology

Earn a Certificate in Coastal Fisheries & Marine Technology with added industry recognized credentials such as PADI Diver Certification, OUPV Captain's License and ABYC Certifications for free.
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Washington County Community College
Visit MAA Maine Aquaculture Business Planning Tools

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MAA Maine Aquaculture Business Planning Tools

The business plan features include short & long-term budget projections & tracking, financial projection and analysis tools, monthly cash flow projections, costs of production analysis, profitability analysis, sensitivity analysis, and breakeven analysis. The production plan offers short & long-term production projections & tracking, data-based growth projections, monthly sales planning & tracking, and a production calendar.
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Maine Aquaculture Association
Visit How to Use The Maine Aquaculturist

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How to Use The Maine Aquaculturist

Listen in as Carissa Maurin and Chris Vonderweidt, from the GMRI Aquaculture Program, lead a webinar (originally recorded on 4/13/21) teaching users the basics about The Maine Aquaculturist – a free to use aquaculture business knowledge portal - and how it can be an asset for aquaculture businesses.
Video 2021
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Visit MAA Financial Benchmarking Report

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MAA Financial Benchmarking Report

This first-of-its-kind Maine Aquaculture Industry Financial Benchmarking report presents results from the calculation of a series of benchmarks designed to serve as guidance for prospective Maine shellfish and seaweed producers for use in their business planning, as well as by lenders in the evaluation of loan applications.
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Maine Aquaculture Association
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Aquaculture Map

Displays information on aquaculture leases and licenses in Maine along with NSSP water quality information and p90 scores, LPA Health Zones, IFW Essential Habitat Boundaries, historic eelgrass data, conserved land information, and low tide imagery.
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Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Aquaculture in Shared Waters

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Aquaculture in Shared Waters

This training program uses a mix of meetings and field trips/site visits to introduce participants to the issues important in running a successful aquaculture business including: site selection, equipment and husbandry, permitting and regulation, environmental monitoring, marketing and sales, farm management and biosecurity, business planning, and financial management.
Website 2020
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Molluscan Shellfish Handling FDA Pamphlet

Molluscan Shellfish Handling FDA Pamphlet

Basic information on receiving shellfish such as proper temperature; storage and display guidelines; personal hygiene when handling shellfish; and recordkeeping.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration & Department if Health and Human Services
Looking for Gear?

List of aquaculture gear and service businesses.
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Marine Gear Businesses
Visit 2021 Aquaculture Harvest License (to harvest & sell aquacultured product) Application

2021 Aquaculture Harvest License (to harvest & sell aquacultured product) Application

2021 Aquaculture Harvest License (to harvest & sell aquacultured product) Application
PDF 2021
Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Aquaculture Harvest License FAQ

Aquaculture Harvest License FAQ

All holders of aquaculture leases and LPA licenses are required to hold the Aquaculture Harvest License in order to harvest and sell product from their aquaculture sites, regardless of the species they grow. Commercial harvester's licenses now apply to only wild-harvest product.
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Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Department of Marine Resources Employee Contact Information

Department of Marine Resources Employee Contact Information

Department of Marine Resources Employee Contact Information
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Department of Marine Resources
Visit Guide to Federal Aquaculture Grant Services 2021

Guide to Federal Aquaculture Grant Services 2021

This grant guide was prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in consultation with the Subcommittee on Aquaculture (SCA) under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). This guide focuses only on grant programs that aquaculture farmers or aquaculture researchers may be eligible for. Updates will include Federal cooperative agreements, contracts, loans, or other direct support programs for aquaculture farmers or (non-federal) aquaculture researchers, for the purpose of aquaculture siting, research, development, and operations.
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Visit Clam Kit: Simple Shellfish Management Tools - Part 1: Introduction & Overview

Clam Kit: Simple Shellfish Management Tools - Part 1: Introduction & Overview

The “Clam Kit” video series shares techniques developed at Downeast Institute to help municipal shellfish management programs enhance their flats affordably and effectively. This video gives an overview of clam seed, DEI's hatchery, floating nursery trays, public stock enhancement, DMR lease or LPA, basic husbandry, overwintering, and more.
Video 2021
Downeast Institute
Visit Farming the Sea: The Men and Women of Maine Aquaculture

Farming the Sea: The Men and Women of Maine Aquaculture

A look at the individual Maine farmers who make a living in the growing industry of Aquaculture.
Video 2021
Maine Aquaculture Association & FocusMaine
Visit UMaine Aquatic Animal Health

UMaine Aquatic Animal Health

August 16 - 20, 2021 This is a hands-on experiential learning lab course that will introduce aquatic animal health assessments and diagnostics, risk management, and policies and guidelines. This course will be held at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory in Orono, ME. This is a unique high-level biosecurity research facility that contains aquatic animal systems.
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UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute
Visit The Maine Shellfish Handbook

The Maine Shellfish Handbook

Provides a comprehensive resource to help managers at the local and state level sustain Maine’s valuable shellfish resources. Includes information on the history and biology of the soft-shell clam, northern quahog, American and European oysters, and blue mussels. There are sections on state resources to address water quality issues and predatory species and tools that municipalities can use to preserve or increase their intertidal shellfish resources.
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Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health, Maine Sea Grant
Visit SOAR: Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration

SOAR: Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration

The SOAR Shellfish Growers Resiliency Fund aims to pave the way for a more resilient and sustainable U.S. shellfish industry that benefits the ocean and the communities which rely upon it. The Fund will extend $1 million in funding to shellfish growers and aligned organizations to further collaborative marine conservation efforts and increase economic opportunities for shellfish farming in the United States.
Website 2021
The Nature Conservancy
Visit How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

This video gives a first-hand account of running a mussel farm by Bangs Island Mussels including on the water gear and husbandry and well as shore-side processing. Some highlights are seeding, socking, hauling and stripping machine, de-clumper, size grader, debyssing machine, automatic bagger/weigher/conveyor, and more.
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Eater / Bangs Island Mussels
Visit Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Webinar about research on scallop aquaculture production and economics including comparisons of nursery and growout gear: lantern nets, pearl nets, ear hanging, pocket nets, rigid trays, and adhesives; tissue sampling and testing for biotoxins such as saxitoxin and domoic acid; evaluation of fouling communities; surveys of producers to understand economic inputs and outputs such as capital, labor, and yield; environmental data matched with growth data to better understand good scallop-farming sites.
Video 2021
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Scallop Research Collaborative

Scallop Research Collaborative

As part of the Scallop Research Collaborative, we're creating a public database of scallop research happening throughout the state of Maine. Our goal is to create a resource that brings together research in both wild harvest and aquaculture scallops, to increase transparency and communication about research, and to create new opportunities for collaboration.
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Aquaculture Research Institute
Visit Maine Department of Marine Resources Grants and RFPs

Maine Department of Marine Resources Grants and RFPs

List of Grants and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) on the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) website. These include opportunities in Coastal Access & Working Waterfronts, Coastal Community Planning, and Outreach & Education.
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Maine Department of Marine Resources
Recommendations for LPA Mooring Systems and Designs

When submitting a LPA application one of the details that can make or break your approval is your mooring system. Understanding and installing moorings that work for the load that aquaculture gear generates is crucial and creating an accurate and readable mooring system design in your application is key for your approval.
PDF 2021
Casco Marine, LLC
Visit Bird Interactions with Shellfish Aquaculture

Bird Interactions with Shellfish Aquaculture

There are several ways in which birds interact with shellfish aquaculture. Birds can cause significant damage to crops through predation. Some birds fall into the category of protected resources and farmers have been variously accused of interfering with foraging, (either attracting or disturbing or both) and interfering with hunting. Birds can be attracted to aquaculture structures for roosting or foraging and their guano can impact water quality and trigger the need for growers to develop management plans under the National Shellfish Sanitation Plan.
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Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Online Boating Safety Course

Online Boating Safety Course

Free online boating safety course that is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard, approved by NASBLA and the Maine state boating license agency. Complete the course in three steps: enroll in a Boating Safety Course from the course catalog, study and pass the free Boating Safety Course, and print out your certificate of completion.
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Boat U.S. Foundation
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The Basics on Aquaculture Mooring Systems

When submitting a LPA or Lease application one of the details that you might brush over is your mooring system. A lack of research in this area can lead to gear breaking free causing significant damage and loss of your crop. Understanding and installing moorings that work for the load that aquaculture gear generates is crucial.

Capt. Eric Oransky
2021
Visit The Algae Foundation

The Algae Foundation

Providing and promoting lifelong education and learning opportunities for students and professionals, the Algae Foundation seeks to demystify algae by providing unique Algae Academy education modules to bring algae into the classroom, collegiate level courses to prepare the next generation of bioeconomy professionals, and teacher trainings to enhance the science capabilities of our educators.
Website 2021
The Algae Foundation
Visit DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

The goal of a Vibrio Control or Vibrio Management Plan is to control the safety of molluscan shellfish for human consumption by preventing unnecessary growth of bacterial pathogens resulting from improper or ineffective cooling or from time to temperature abuse.
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Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

The goal of these new requirements is to control the safety of molluscan shellfish for human consumption by preventing unnecessary growth of bacterial pathogens resulting from improper or ineffective cooling or from time to temperature abuse.
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Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Rebutting Marine Aquaculture Myths and Unfounded Criticisms

Rebutting Marine Aquaculture Myths and Unfounded Criticisms

A variety of tenacious myths have persisted for decades to be presented as facts to the public and Congress. The U.S. fish and shellfish farmer cultures aquatic animals within a very complicated and expensive legal, husbandry and science-driven environment. We believe that critics are unfamiliar with this environment. Our response to these pernicious myths does not lend itself to short, simple answers; although, we have worked to be as succinct as possible.
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National Aquaculture Association

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Molluscan Shellfish Handling FDA Pamphlet

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2021 Aquaculture Harvest License (to harvest & sell aquacultured product) Application

Aquaculture Harvest License FAQ

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Guide to Federal Aquaculture Grant Services 2021

Clam Kit: Simple Shellfish Management Tools - Part 1: Introduction & Overview

Farming the Sea: The Men and Women of Maine Aquaculture

UMaine Aquatic Animal Health

The Maine Shellfish Handbook

SOAR: Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration

How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Scallop Research Collaborative

Maine Department of Marine Resources Grants and RFPs

Recommendations for LPA Mooring Systems and Designs

Bird Interactions with Shellfish Aquaculture

Online Boating Safety Course

The Basics on Aquaculture Mooring Systems

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DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

Rebutting Marine Aquaculture Myths and Unfounded Criticisms

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Aquaculture in Shared Waters

Molluscan Shellfish Handling FDA Pamphlet

Looking for Gear?

2021 Aquaculture Harvest License (to harvest & sell aquacultured product) Application

Aquaculture Harvest License FAQ

Department of Marine Resources Employee Contact Information

Guide to Federal Aquaculture Grant Services 2021

Clam Kit: Simple Shellfish Management Tools - Part 1: Introduction & Overview

Farming the Sea: The Men and Women of Maine Aquaculture

UMaine Aquatic Animal Health

The Maine Shellfish Handbook

SOAR: Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration

How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Scallop Research Collaborative

Maine Department of Marine Resources Grants and RFPs

Recommendations for LPA Mooring Systems and Designs

Bird Interactions with Shellfish Aquaculture

Online Boating Safety Course

The Basics on Aquaculture Mooring Systems

The Algae Foundation

DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

Rebutting Marine Aquaculture Myths and Unfounded Criticisms