Fishermen's Forum and Our Future
Marsden Brewer and his son Bob heading out to their scallop farm leases The Maine Fishermen’s Forum is an annual event held over the...
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Marsden Brewer
Jan 191 min read
Our Friends at Hurricane Island
Hurricane Island researchers have been working with us for quite some time. We read with great pleasure their recent post which we quote...
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Marsden Brewer
Jan 24 min read
Start a New Year with a new venture?
Gulf of Maine Research Institute suggests: Starting your own aquaculture farm is an exciting but complex endeavor and success requires...
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Marsden Brewer
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Forging a Future
Hurricane Island Center sends us this news which is either a Christmas gift from the past year or a New Year's insight into where the...
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Marsden Brewer
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Celebrating Wild and Farmed Scallops
Here you see a whole scallop. When wild scallops are dragged up the metal rings in the drag let any scallop smaller than 4" fall back...
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Marsden Brewer
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Wild Scallop Season
The Maine inshore scallop fishery is starting, just in time for the holiday shopping season! Please consider locally harvested wild...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 22, 20232 min read
For This We Give Thanks - scallop aquaculture
Credit: NOAA Fisheries "The aquaculture of sea scallops in Maine has been developing for about 20 years. It offers new opportunities for...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 7, 20233 min read
Message from Merroir
https://merroir.me/harvesters/ Check out this web page from Merroir for this fine post featuring those who harvest the wonderful sea...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Shellfish and The Nature Conservancy
From a recent Facebook post: To grow healthy shellfish, farmers need clean water, robust ecosystems, and a stable climate. This drives...
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Marsden Brewer
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Happy Halloween
DESCRIPTION We’re pleased to be bringing back one of our favorite annual events called "Aquaculture Isn't Scary, It's Necessary". We do...
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Marsden Brewer
Oct 13, 20231 min read
SoPo Raw Bar gets it right!
If you are in South Portland you just might want to pay a visit to SoPoSeafood, a Maine Seafood Market, Raw Bar, and Wholesaler. Here is...
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Marsden Brewer
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Spat Time
Hurricane Island and Oceanside High school just posted this: "We are so lucky to work with Jennifer Cross’s STEM & Liberal Arts students...
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 22, 20231 min read
More from Amori
Marsden was invited but unable to join his Amori friends for the day but Don Hudson just posted this summary: " Another great day for...
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Social License for Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture in Maine
Social license? That is paying attention to getting along with communities, gaining their support for the growing aquaculture industry....
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 5, 20231 min read
This Week in Maine Aquaculture
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/WhctKKZGcGbGgvgrVzctTpWXdDcWxHHrSMNtbxPrnvzDfgqFHZKzDNXgprRrLrxdDKjlSLQ Here is the link...
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Looking for Money, Honey?
Re: Introducing the Maine Aquaculture Financing Resources Manual -quoted here with permission Maine Aquaculture Association...
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 23, 20231 min read
The First Look
Here is an interesting paper from Sue Ishaq's lab: https://sueishaqlab.org/2023/08/03/the-first-look-at-atlantic-deep-sea-scallop-bacteri...
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 17, 20235 min read
The Eyes Have It
Here is an interesting article from Smithsonian magazine , by Viviane Callier May 6, 2019 "What Scallops’ Many Eyes Can Teach Us About...
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Social License
Social License for Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture in Maine: Farmer Strategies and Perspectives Date & Time Selected Sessions: Aug 18,...
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 2, 20234 min read
The Word on Raw
Here is the word from Serious Eats, just published Jul. 28, 2023. The headline was "Scallop Crudo is as Easy as Not F-ing Up Your...
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