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Agenda for Shellfish Focus Day, March 5th at the Maine Fisherman’s Forum, Samoset Resort in Rockport Maine. Attendance is free.
Shellfish Focus Day
9:00 am Red Tide Socioeconomic Study- Porter Hoagland, WHOI
9:30 am Estimating the Economic Losses from Wastewater Treatment Plant Closures on Machiasport Soft-Shell Clam Harvest- Keith Evans & Kevin Althern, Professors of Marine Resource Economics, University of Maine at Machias
10:00 am New England Sustainability Consortium (NEST) Project- To include: flood closure analysis, The 610 Project in Frenchman’s Bay, addressing threats to the industry, hydrographic modeling, and predator control demonstration projects- Bridie McGreavy, John Peckenham, Kate Beard, Dr. Brian Beal- University Of Maine
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1 :00 pm Viral Indicators and the Shellfish Sanitation Program (Male Specific Coliphage) - Christopher Roberts- Marine Water Quality Monitoring/Canada, Tom Howell -Spinney Creek Shellfish and Kohl Kanwit – Maine Department of Marine Resources
2:00 pm Freeport Clam Projects: Predator Control, Enhancements And Acidification- Dr. Brian Beal, University of Maine at Machias
3:00 pm Clam Farming in Maine: A Case Study – Dr. John Hagan- Manomet Center for Conservation, Chris Warner – Shellfish Harvester and Soft Shell Clam Farmer
Host: Meredith Mendelson, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources
Moderator: Kohl Kanwit, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources
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