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With a $100,000 federal grant, an effort is underway to boost Maine s farming of sea urchins, a commercially valuable species much in demand in Asian markets.
A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts, according to a news release.
Maine’s sea urchins are spiky creatures valued for their tasty roe, called “uni.” High-quality uni has a sweet, ocean-like taste and a smooth, buttery texture. The roe is served fresh and uncooked.
The team includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine Sea Grant, project lead Coleen Suckling at the University of Rhode Island and Larry Harris at the University of New Hampshire. They received the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center to improve hatchery production
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Sea urchins. Courtesy of Chris Bartlett, Maine Sea Grant
A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England.
The team which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine Sea Grant, project lead Coleen Suckling at the University of Rhode Island and Larry Harris at the University of New Hampshire received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center to improve hatchery production of the green sea urchin and engage prospective urchin farmers on grow out possibilities in the Gulf of Maine and coastal northern New England.
UMaine and Maine Sea Grant support effort to boost sea urchin farming in New England
A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England.
The team â which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine Sea Grant, project lead Coleen Suckling at the University of Rhode Island and Larry Harris at the University of New Hampshire â received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agricultureâs Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center to improve hatchery production of the green sea urchin and engage prospective urchin farmers on grow out possibilities in the Gulf of Maine and coastal northern New England.
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. we got new numbers today on the devastation in oklahoma, and they are every bit as numbing as the pictures we ve been showing you since the tornado on monday. the mayor of oklahoma city said today as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and 33,000 people have been affected. the mayor says the damage total could top $2 billion. the state medical examiner tells us there were 24 deaths; two of them were infants, four months old and seven months old. most of the children who died were in schools, and today parents are asking why those schools don t have shelters. here s elaine quijano. reporter: so this is where you rode out the storm? it is. reporter: helen grant rode out the tornado in her neighbor s underground shelter in moore. she thought her two daughters were also in a shelter at their nearby elementary school. instead, they huddled in a bathroom. really upset. i know there are shel
destroyed and 33,000 people have been affected. the mayor says the damage total could top $2 billion. the state medical examiner tells us there were 24 deaths, two of them were infants four months old and seven months old. most of the children who died were this schools, and today parents are asking why those schools don t have shelters. here s elaine quijano. reporter: this is where you road out the storm? it is. reporter: helen grant road out the tornado in her neighbor s underground shelter in moore. she thought her two daughters were also in a shelter at their nearby elementary school. instead, they huddled in a bathroom. really upset. i know there are shelters in some of the schools and the fact that there weren t shelters in the other schools shows there s a disparity. reporter: eight children were killed monday when the tornado destroyed two schools. neither had a shelter. there is no state law in oklahoma requiring schools to have safe rooms or tornado shel