Coastal & Marine Conservation

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Beal on team to develop plan to manage Maine's rockweed harvest

All it takes is a license and a cutting rake to harvest rockweed anytime and anywhere along most of Maine's long coast. Other than in a large bay in far eastern Maine, there's no fisheries management plan for the common seaweed that grows along the shore. But work is now underway to develop a statewide plan to manage rockweed, which is processed in Maine into fertilizer, animal feed supplements, food and other products with an estimated value of $20 million a year.
June 17, 2013
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Sarah Myhre

2013 Fellow
Sarah is an ocean and climate scientist trained to think about how abrupt climate change impacts physical and biological systems. She received doctoral training in paleoceanography, climate change, geochemistry and marine ecology from the...
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Sarah Sharp

2013 Fellow
Sarah is a veterinarian for the Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Program at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, based on Cape Cod. There, she provides medical care for stranded dolphins, whales and seals, researches their health and...
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Pendleton co-author of study on how pollution controls increasing attendance on So Cal beaches

Southern California beaches with storm drain diversion systems attract millions more people annually, a new study in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin shows. The study looked at whether improving the environmental quality of coastal areas through policy intervention had an effect on the way people use coastal areas. Researchers found a direct correlation between increased attendance and the installation of storm drain diversions at 26 beaches in Santa Monica Bay and Malibu.
June 12, 2013
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Anne Baker

2013 Fellow
Anne is committed to strengthening decision making processes and outcomes for diverse groups of people as they seek to take positive action to address flooding and sea level rise. With fourteen years of experience in community engagement...
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Caitlin Cleaver

2013 Fellow
Caitlin is the Director of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area and Coastal Center at Shortridge for Bates College where she engages faculty and students in coastal research. Prior to her time at Bates, she worked for FB Environmental...
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Angee Doerr

2013 Fellow
Angee is an Assistant Professor of Practice with Oregon Sea Grant and Oregon State University, and works as the Marine Resource Extension specialist for Lincoln County. In this role, she provides community outreach, education, and research...
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Beal quoted on how recreational, working waterfronts clash in Surry, Maine, shellfish bid

Morgan Bay has not had any working waterfront operations for several decades, Kallin said. In that time, it has developed as a prime vacation rental spot and some residents are worried about a loss of income if the lease is granted. Kallin doesn't believe one aquaculture business venture should outweigh the recreational uses of Morgan Bay. "You're giving a single individual an exclusive lease over a particular area of a common resource," he said.
May 22, 2013
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Beal guides student work with hands-on research on clam flats

Anyone driving over the causeway on Friday, May 3, near low tide likely would have seen more than a dozen high school students all over the clam flats, participating in a research experiment. The hands-on science work is a precursor to the Marine Studies Pathway that will launch at the high school next year and will teach a wide ranging curricula based on marine studies.
May 22, 2013
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Beal on historic first, clam study receiving funding from Maine city

The Freeport Town Council will fund a study of the town’s depleting shellfish stocks – a historic first in Maine marine research and a potential life preserver for the struggling clamming community. ... The town is believed to be the only Maine municipality to be spearheading such an effort, and the project has been hailed by Brian Beal, a biologist and professor at the University of Maine at Machias, who specializes in shellfish research, as groundbreaking. Beal will be a consultant on the project.
May 16, 2013