SEA Maine Features DEI’s Role in the Marine Economy
Sea Maine featured a number of Downeast Institute’s researchers in a series featuring researchers who are leading scientific advances that are fueling innovation and expansion of [...]
Shellfish enterprise aims to cultivate gold mussels, expand Maine’s seed hatchery
Downeast Institute, in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels, has found a solution, the Beals-based organization says, to weaning the state’s Maine mussel farmers from being fully reliant on [...]
Acclaim for DEI’s Golden Mussels
Major strides towards increasing the sustainability of rope-grown blue mussels were achieved in 2020. With funding from Sea Grant and others, DEI has created an affordable hatchery source of [...]
Maine Sea Grant announces ‘Buoy Maine’ pitch-contest winners
Source: WABI TV 5 Date: Dec. 11, 2020 Read more here:: https://www.wabi.tv/2020/12/11/maine-sea-grant-announces-bouy-maine-pitch-contest-winners/
Shellfish lab finds a home in Bunkers Harbor
A former clam-buying station is poised to get a facelift and start operating as a shellfish laboratory next spring in Bunkers Harbor. The facility, which will raise and scatter baby soft-shell [...]
Downeast Institute Receives Grant to Explore Mussel Production in Washington County
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 [...]
