News from DEI

Beals, ME – The Downeast Institute (DEI) held its annual Shellfish Field Day on Saturday, August 10 at its campus on Great Wass Island in Beals. The highlight of this annual event, now in its [...]

DEI scientists recently deployed studies across the Maine coast that will determine if the brushing method works to increase clam populations. This study marks the first time ever that this [...]

Maine magazine recently selected Dr. Brian Beal as one of the “50 Mainers Creating a Brighter Future”. Each year the magazine recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the [...]

The Downeast Institute is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Associate in Marine Carbonate Chemistry to work out of our facility in Beals for a 24-month period beginning in June 2019. The Downeast [...]

BEALS — Bangor Savings Bank recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the Downeast Institute’s education program. The funding will support DEI’s educational iniatives such as Marine Science Days, which [...]

BEALS — Camden National Bank recently announced that they are donating $5,000 over the next two years to the Downeast Institute’s (DEI) Education Center. The Education Center is the home to DEI’s [...]

Beals, ME—The Maine Community Foundation recently named the Downeast Institute (DEI) the recipient of a $10,000 grant through its Downeast Innovation Fund. The award recognizes and supports DEI’s [...]

Director of Research Dr. Brian Beal and Associate Director Sara Randall presented the results of DEI’s extensive green crab trapping, crab growth rates, along with recently published studies [...]

DEI’s research which pinpoints predation by predators such as the invasive green crab and milky ribbon worms as the cause of southern Maine’s clam decline has been published in the [...]

DEI’s work was the subject of many presentations at the 2018 Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport, March 1-3. On “Shellfish Focus Day”, March 1, DEI presented information in the [...]