Fisheries & Marine

The program focuses on business management, policy engagement, global markets and industry advocacy for commercial fishermen.

Partners include PC Construction and SMRT Architects & Engineers, both with specialized experience in aquaculture and water treatment.

Springtide has trained hundreds of seaweed farmers in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. It supplies seaweed seed to industry and research institutions throughout the U.S.

In March, Ocean’s Balance was named “Exporter of the Year” by the Maine International Trade Center.

Since 2011, the Local Catch Network has helped over 70 community-based seafood businesses across New England, Florida, Alaska, California and Puerto Rico.

In a case with broad implications for one of Maine’s premier industries, a fifth-generation lobsterman is asking the nation's highest court to throw out round-the-clock GPS tracking requirements for every federally licensed lobstering vessel.

The seafood supply chain suffers “inefficiencies and gaps that hamper economic expansion and the success of our industry,” said one seafood supplier. 

The harvest was down by 8 million pounds and the value was $75 million less than in 2024. The Department of Marine Resources attributed the drop to inflation, tariffs and fishermen taking fewer trips on the water.

The recent wave of expansions demonstrates that Maine’s life sciences sector is not only growing, but putting down long-term roots.

Bold Coast Seafood, in Prospect Harbor, will invest in infrastructure needed to buy, process and sell Jonah crab, a native species that is legally harvested in lobster traps but largely thrown back into the ocean alive because Maine lacks processing capacity.