Opportunity for Educators- Join our Summer Program to Learn about Maine’s Seafood Industries
On June 27, 28, and 29 join us for Downeast Institute’s Summer Link and Learn for educators. Link And Learn 2023: Maine’s Seafood Industries. Education. Opportunity. JUNE 27, 28 & 29, [...]
DEI’s Work to Develop Methods for Mussel Production in the Hatchery Featured
On Feb. 7, 2023 Undercurrent News featured a story on Downeast Institute’s collaboration with Bang’s Island Mussels to ensure a source of blue mussel seed for the future through [...]
Hiring an OA Lab Manager
Downeast Institute is hiring a Lab Manager for our Ocean Acidification (OA) Laboratory. The OA Lab Manager to assist with lab and field research on the effects of ocean and coastal acidification [...]
Flying Place Farm
Downeast Institute is fortunate to share an island with one of the largest shellfish dealers in Maine. A.C. Inc. is an engaged and eager strategic partner, volunteering its space and assets to [...]
Blue Hill Bay Mussels
In 2012, DEI began to develop economical hatchery methods and technology to rear commercial numbers of mussel larvae and juveniles. Working with Evan and his crew, ideas were tested and refined, [...]
2022 Climate Change Seminars
DEI’s 2022 Climate Change Seminars kicks off at noontime on Tuesday, July 12 and continues for 6 weeks. The seminars highlight the groundbreaking marine research conducted at Downeast [...]
Gouldsboro Shellfish Resilience Project
A collaboration between the Town of Gouldsboro, Schoodic Institute, and RSU-24 that grew out of Downeast Institute’s three-year community clam culturing project is an informative, inspiring story [...]
2021 Climate Change Seminars
Beginning in the summer of 2021, Downeast Institute began a Climate Change Seminar Series to highlight research being conducted to better understand how the marine environment is changing, [...]
How to Take a Benthic Core Sample for Resource Assessment
Core sampling is a highly accurate resource assessment tool. Use it to conduct shellfish surveys and to determine the effectiveness of management activities.