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Marine Ecology Of Gulf Of Maine Atlantic Salmon -- Summary Document From A 2008-2010 Series Of Workshops, Maine Sea Grant

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Present-day Atlantic salmon losses at sea are higher than documented prior to 1990 but scientists and managers are often overwhelmed at the scale of the issue and multiple unknowns. This is confounded by the small biomass of salmon in a large ecosystem-- a needle in a haystack.

Maine Sea Grant provided convening and facilitation services to a project sponsored by NOAA Fisheries to bring together marine scientists of multiple disciplines to discuss and develop:

1) testable hypotheses to advance our understanding of current low marine survival of Atlantic salmon and

2) management prescriptions to increase marine survival. A series of …

Maine Sea Grant: Facts At A Glance 2012, Maine Sea Grant

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Maine Sea Grant supports scientific research that is relevant to the issues and needs of coastal communities in Maine and the northern Gulf of Maine region. Research in our program is accomplished in three ways, which are often connected:

(1) competitive research grants from both Maine research funds and national solicitations;
(2) program development grants to investigators in the state and region; and
(3) research activities of the Marine Extension Team.