NICK BROWN TO DISCUSS NEW SPECIES FOR AQUACULTURE

    Can sea urchins be domesticated?  What about halibut and sandworms?  Nick Brown, operations manager at the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture  Research (CCAR) in Franklin, will discuss “New Species for Aquaculture” on Thursday, December 13 at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory as part of the Bay Ecology lecture series.

     Located on Taunton Bay and operated by the University of Maine, the CCAR is playing a key role in the development of possible new species for aquaculture in Maine, including the Atlantic halibut, the Atlantic cod, the green sea urchin, the sand worm and native seaweeds.

     The CCAR is a mixture of aquaculture business incubator, demonstration and training facility, and research station. Many of the technological advances the Center has made in rearing marine animals and in the systems that support them are expected to be commercialized in the near future.

     The Bay Ecology Lectures at MDIBL examine issues affecting the health of Frenchman and Eastern Bays. On December 20, naturalist, author and former president of the Friends of Taunton Bay Steve Perrin will discuss “Beyond the Coastal Postcard.”  All lectures are at 4 p.m. in Maren Auditorium and are open to the public free of charge. For more information, please call 288-3147 or visit www.mdibl.org.

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