Projects

We advance our mission across all our commitments through a variety of projects designed to serve and support our stakeholders. Search and explore hundreds of projects to learn more about our on-the-ground impacts in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.

BlueTech Boost Incubator Program

The BlueTech Boost program is a 10-week incubator designed to assist early-stage startup founders in overcoming challenges and achieving milestones.
Fish Quality Resource Hub

This resource hub is for local fishermen and seafood supply chain businesses interested in increasing the value of regional seafood by improving quality.
Exploring Fishing Operations in Simulated Virtual Floating Offshore Wind Environments

By leveraging a state-of-the-art maritime simulator with fishermen to test fishing gear around virtual floating offshore wind arrays, this work expands our efforts in advancing …
Working Toward Coexistence: Fisheries and Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine

This project helps improve our understanding of how fishing activities will interact with floating offshore wind, and explores approaches for these industries to coexist alongside …
Trawl to Table

Trawl to Table workshops bring together players from throughout the seafood supply chain to learn and share information. The workshops dig into the challenges and …
Offshore Wind Program

Our offshore wind program will provide interested stakeholders with the best available information about the risks, opportunities, and uncertainties associated with offshore wind development.
BOWLINE: Baseline Offshore Wind Livelihood Impact Needs Exploration

This project helps improve our understanding of potential social, economic, and cultural impacts of floating offshore wind development on Maine’s fishing communities.
Reducing Cod Bycatch with the ULOT Net

With the help of local fishermen, we developed a new trawling net called the ultra-low-opening trawl (ULOT) which simultaneously avoids catching cod and haddock without …
Assessing Coastal Flood Risk with Maine Communities

To understand what water level and weather conditions lead to local flooding, we’re expanding Maine’s network of tide gauges and pairing that data with community …
Learning Ecosystems Northeast (LENE)

To tackle ever evolving climate challenges, it's critical that everywhere youth go in their community – from the classroom, to the library, to parks, and …
Marine Resource Education Program

MREP empowers fishermen with better understanding of how, when, and where to engage effectively in fishery management with workshops guided by local industry members several …
Maine Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program

The Registered Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program is a first-of-its-kind workforce development initiative designed to train the next generation of aquaculture professionals in Maine.