Shellfish Focus Day
Join us on Thursday March 5th from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum for Shellfish Focus Day, sponsored by the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
Final Agenda |
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Time |
Topic/Speaker |
8:30 |
Welcome and introduction (Lewis Pinkham & Kohl Kanwit) |
Block 1: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Shellfish Conservation and Improving Water Quality (Moderators: Bridie McGreavy & Gabby Hillyer, University of Maine) |
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8:40 |
Panel Discussion
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9:30 |
Questions and discussion with audience |
9:55 |
Break |
Block 2: Applied Shellfish Science (Moderator: Marissa McMahan, Manomet) |
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10:15 |
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11:15 |
Panel discussion |
11:45 |
Lunch |
Block 3: Emerging Environmental Risks (Moderator: Kohl Kanwit, ME DMR) |
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12:45 |
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1:15 |
Panel discussion with presenters and panelists: Nate Perry (Pine Point Oyster Company), Marcy Nelson (Maine DMR), Terry Watson (shellfish harvester, oyster grower, Clam Hunter Seafood), Vincent Clough (Bayley’s Lobster Pound), and Christopher Schillaci (NOAA Fisheries) |
Block 4: Community Outreach and Education to Support Shellfish Management (Moderator: Chris Petersen, College of the Atlantic) |
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1:45 |
Building capacity within and across communities to help manage the soft‐shell clam fishery in a changing environment
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2:15 |
Update on the Shellfish Advisory Council, Lewis Pinkham, Chair, ShAC |
2:30 |
Panel discussion |
Poster Session & Networking Hour |
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3:00 |
Posters, videos, and gear will be displayed throughout the room
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4:00 |
Adjourn |