Aquaculture Links

Site: Cooke Aquaculture
Address: www.cookeaqua.com
Material: Website for a Maine salmon farm

Site: Sullivan Harbor Farms
Address: www.sullivanharborfarm.com
Material: A Downeast Maine Artisanal smokehouse.  You can order their products on the website or find information on their smoking courses.

Site: Seabait Maine
Address: www.seabaitmaine.com
Material: Website on the only marine worm farm in North America

Site: Glidden Point Oysters
Address: www.oysterfarm.com/index.html
Material: A Maine oyster farm

Site: Great Eastern Mussels
Address: www.eatmussels.com
Material: A Maine mussel farm

Site: Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center
Address:www.maineaquaculture.org
Material: Information on aquaculture in the state of Maine.

Site: Salmon of the Americas
Address:www.salmonoftheamericas.com
Material: Information on the environmental impacts of salmon farming, health benefits of farmed salmon, other hot topics

Site: AquaNIC (AquacultureNetworkInformationCenter)
Address:http://aquanic.org
Material: A wide variety of links to aquaculture links on the web.  There is a section for educators including a great selection of links to sites of digital images.

Site: Aquaculture Connection
Address: www.AquacultureConnection.com
Material: A website with worldwide job postings for the aquaculture industry

Site: Maine Department of Marine Resources
Address:www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture
Material: Information on existing and pending marine leases in the State and State leasing regulations

Site: Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Address: www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/aquaculture/aquaculture_e.htm
Material: This is the home page for aquaculture on the DFO web site. 

Site: Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): Myths and Realities
Address: www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/backgrou/2005/salmon_e.htm
Material: This agency has assembled a list of myths and facts about salmon aquaculture that can be reached by this link.

Site: Positive Aquaculture Awareness
Address: www.farmfreshsalmon.org
Material: This is a grassroots organization in British Columbia. Visit their site to see why farming salmon makes sense in British Columbia.

Site: Aquavets
Address:www.aquavets.com
Material: Service to find aquatic veterinarian services for pet fish to commercial production

Site: MaineSea Grant
Address:www.seagrant.umaine.edu
Material: Information about Maine’s Sea Grant Program

Site: University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences Aquaculture Program
Address: www.marine.maine.edu/academics/academics_prog.php?program_id=85
Material: Information about University of Maine’ Aquaculture Major

Site: University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences Aquaculture Program
Address: www.marine.maine.edu/academics/academics_prog.php?program_id=85
Material: Information about University of Maine’ Aquaculture Major

Site:New EnglandSea Grant
Address: http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/northeast
Material: Links to all of the sea grant sites in New England.  This site also has a variety of material on education of marine science.

Site: The SoundSchool
Address:www.soundschool.com
Material: This is a regional aquaculture vocational school in Conneticut

Site:HerringGutLearningCenter
Address:www.herringgut.org
Material:HerringGutLearningCenter (HGLC) is a non-profit marine education center located in the small fishing village of Port Clyde,Maine. Herring Gut programs teach marine science, geology, coastal ecology, and aquaculture to area students ages 5-18.

Site: National Agricultural Statistics Service
Address:www.nass.usda.gov
Material: If you go to the census page you can access the data from the 1998 aquaculture census.  Also under the Kids page there are general agriculture lesson plans and activities.