aquaculture

The state’s first aquaculture lease was for a mussel farm back in 1975. Since then the industry has become well-established.

Salmon farming may be just the tip of Maine’s move into aquaculture. The latest trend: growing elvers into big fat eels.

Where have all the mussels gone? Rocks once covered in clinging blue bivalves are bare and biologists are hoping to learn why.

Aquaculture start-ups find a world-class research hub in rural Maine.

News On the Town Dock - Issue 145