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Program Descriptions PDF - 452Kb

A Quick Look at What We Do PDF - 388 Kb

Scallop Market Study: In 2005 the Resource Center commissioned Dr. Kevin Athearn, a natural resource economist at the University of Maine at Machias, to conduct a study of the Cobscook scallop fishery.

License Analyses: Each year the Resource Center compares Cobscook Bay with the rest of the State of Maine in terms of marine resource harvesting license sales.

Phytoplankton Reports: We prepare annual summaries of the phytoplankton activity in Cobscook Bay.

The Eighth Annual Cobscook Fisheries Forum was held February 11, 2006, at the Boat School in Eastport. The above links to the forum's agenda as well as many of the presentations.

In 1997, the Resource Center partnered with the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to complete a toxics monitoring study in Cobscook/Passamaquoddy Bays. You can read the final report here in PDF format.

Check out our Rockweed Links page to find out more about the role of rockweed in the marine ecosystem.

A Short History Of The Clam Industry In The State of Maine by Dana Wallace.

Legal Considerations Regarding Restoration of Productive Clam Flats in Maine by Julia M. Underwood.

A Tale of Two Schools: A narrative documenting work done by teachers at the Lubec Middle School and Shead High School in Eastport.