Resources Database

Explains how to participate in a hearing, testimony, questions, public support or opposition, intervenor, and after the hearing.

The aim of this open access book is to review and analyze the goods and services of bivalve shellfish.

This brochure explains the benefits of shellfish aquaculture for the environment including improving water quality, increasing species diversity, removing excess nitrogen, and not needing fertilizers, chemicals, or antibiotics.

A brief overview of what aquaculture is, why people do it, and how people do it in Maine.

This video is narrated by Dana Morse and reviews how to collect sea scallop spat and grow your seed in bottom cages.

Details how to set up a seaweed nursery including how to make seawater media, temperature and light parameters, biology, cultivation, and culture systems.

Dr. John Supan demonstrates how to build a drum silo to raise oyster seed.

Covers the basic elements of a longline system, including materials, construction, installation and maintenance.

An in-depth guide on kelp farming including how to set up a farm, the application process, nursery set-up, maintaining cultures, and farm site operations.

Focuses primarily on the environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture including resource enhancement, habitat restoration, eutrophication, the impacts of farms on water quality, and harvest methods.

This fact sheet reviews the method for constructing a cylindrical silo for an upwelling system.

Reviews upwelling techniques for growing juvenile shellfish including different design considerations pros and cons and locations.

In depth study on larval development, sampling and observation methods, calculation of density, larval measurements and identification, and comparison between certain species.

Construction guide for the Cornell System FLUPSY using off-the-shelf components including instructions, diagrams, and images.

If you're thinking about farming mussels, either as a sideline or the main chance, this booklet is designed to help you make decisions.This booklet reviews mussel raft culture in the Gulf of Maine, The Mussel Raft Project, Predators, storms and moorings, Mussel biology, Selecting a site, Steps in culturing mussels, Outreach, applied research, Sales and marketing , Getting into business, Planning a mussel business, Training and information, Leases and permits, Suppliers, and provides further reading suggestions.