Word is Getting Around
Chef Rob Dumas with Marsden. Dumas is a great ally spreading the word about farmed scallops and our cookbook. Back in October the edited...
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Marsden Brewer
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Maine Holiday Seafood Traditions, Past and Present
Natalie Springuel, host of Maine Sea Grant's Coastal Conversations, will be broadcasting a Christmas show on WERU at 89.9 and streaming...
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Marsden Brewer
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Impact!
The best impact for our Penobscot Bay waters might just be the waves. But the Ecological Society of America and World Resources Institute...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Speaking of Kelp-the habitat question
Seaweed, sea vegetables, kelp... habitat? Which is the right word? How should we be thinking of this resource? This very personal and...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Some Real Data - More to be thankful for....
A new study from the University of Plymouth's School of Biological and Marine Sciences (in the UK) has found that aquaculture can...
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Marsden Brewer
Nov 20, 20223 min read
A Thanksgiving View: It's the Little Things That Count!
Marsden and his son Bob head out annually to collect spat. Spat? What's that? Now you now what spat is thanks to the above diagram image...
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Marsden Brewer
Oct 27, 20221 min read
Celebrate October before it's gone!
Marsden, Chef Dumas, and Marnie cook up delicious farmed scallops for the Alliance for Maine's Marine Economy video. Alliance for Maine's...
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Marsden Brewer
Oct 15, 20222 min read
Eco Judo
Ju Do- the gentle way. Yes, indeed, the scallop farmer becomes a master of the art of using the nature of the opponent’s own behavior in...
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 17, 20221 min read
What is merroir?
Wine makers in France have long known that the local conditions of soil, climate, accompanying organisms etc in their vineyards affect...
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Marsden Brewer
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Zucchini Season!
Who knew that zucchini season would be such a super time for farmed scallops? The sweet little whole scallops are nicely showing roe....
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 29, 20221 min read
Roe Roe Your Toast
So you got some large or Jumbo farmed scallops and they have roe in them. Scallops usually spawn in September and then you can expect the...
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Marsden Brewer
Aug 7, 20221 min read
Get Out the Grill!
When you have lovely large scallops they are likely to have large roes as well. The red ones are female and the white ones male; both are...
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Marsden Brewer
Jul 10, 20221 min read
Carpaccio or Caprese?
Oh how charming and dramatic a plate of raw farmed scallops with tiny tomatoes and caper berries. Love the red and white contrast of...
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Marsden Brewer
Jun 11, 20223 min read
Father would love Lobster-Scallop Benedict
Dad just loves to get out that grill and cook up his favorites for supper. But what about breakfast, brunch or lunch? Want something...
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Marsden Brewer
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Land Trust Meets Scallop Farming
Island Heritage Trust staff met Marsden Brewer over a delicious lunch of whole farmed sea scallops. They chatted enthusiastically over a...
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Marsden Brewer
Apr 25, 20221 min read
Why Grow Scallops
Welcome to the school touch tank! Meet a farmed scallop.... Not only do the scallops surprisingly zip back and forth across the tank,...
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Marsden Brewer
Apr 1, 20222 min read
April 1 - Lazy Leftover, not Second Best, No Fooling!
Marnie says "This is a blog post I never thought I would be writing." Leftovers? It happened that I had a small piece of raw haddock in...
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Marsden Brewer
Mar 23, 20222 min read
A Fabric For the Future
Here are several recent press articles which take a look at scallop farming in Maine's future. https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/02/can...
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Marsden Brewer
Mar 12, 20223 min read
Humble yet elegant St Patrick's Day feast
Tired of the old St Paddy's day stand-by, corned beef and cabbage? You can be just as traditional and as modern as can be with this...
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Marsden Brewer
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Look who's hanging out with the scallops!
For centuries shellfish and seaweeds have been cultured together in one way or another. These days scallops in lantern nets hang below...
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