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AquAculture MEforO
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2 Aquaculture for ME
Special thanks to those who supplied pictures for the book.
Steve Backman - Magellan Aqua FarmAlexandria Brasili - Herring Gut Learning Center
Togue Brawn - Maine Dayboat ScallopsCameron Bonsey - Coast of Maine Compost
Abigail Carroll - Nonesuch Oyster Co.Paul Dobbins - Ocean Approved LLC
Shep Erhardt - Maine Coast Sea VegetablesSoren Hansen - Sea & Reef Aquaculture LLC
Michael Pietrak, PhD., University of Maine Aquaculture Research InstituteBill Wolters, Ph.D. - National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Research Facility
and the
This Book written especially for the
“Read ME Agriculture”Volunteer Reading Project
As a special gift to participatingPre-Kindergarten to Fourth grade Classrooms
From
MAINE AQUACULTURE [email protected]
www.MaineAgintheClassroom.org
Aquaculture for you! 3
THANK YOU TO EVERY MAINE DRIVER THAT PROUDLY DISPLAYS THIS PLATE!
Special thank you to the“Aquaculture for ME” Book Writing Committee
Sebastian Belle, Executive Director - Maine Aquaculture AssociationCheryl Beyeler, Executive Director - Maine Dairy & Nutrition Council | Maine Dairy Promotion Board
Christine Bozak, MAITC Association Chairwoman, Best Berry FarmChuck Brown, Communications Manager - Cooke Aquaculture
Rhonda Cook, Project Coordinator - Maine Aquaculture AssociationChris V. Davis, Ph.D., Director - Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center & owner of Pemaquid Oyster Co.
Anne Langston, Associate Director - Aquaculture Research InstituteDana Morse, Extension Associate - Maine Sea Grant College Program & UMaine Cooperative Extension
Kellie Peters, Author & Teacher - Camden-Rockport Elementary & and co-owner of Norumbega Oyster, Inc.Margaret Pietrak, Science Teacher - William S Cohen School - Bangor School Department
Lynda Richards-Stocks, Marketing Manager - Calendar Island Mussel Farm
Editor – Willie Sawyer Grenier – MAITC Executive Director
Photo Editor – Elaine Stedman
Aquaculture for MEMade possible by the State of Maine Agricultural Development Grant
and funding fromThe Maine Aquaculture Association and
Our Maine Agriculture Specialty License Plate
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Aquaculture is farmingin the water.
Why do you thinkaquaculture is so important?
Aquaculture for ME
Aquaculture for you! 5
Most of the earth is covered by water.
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With so many
people we needmore
space to grow
food!
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Aquaculture for you! 7
Aquaculture started thousands of years
ago in China.
The first water farms in the United States
raised finfish.
Maine aquaculture started over 100 years
ago in Boothbay.
Aroostook
Piscataquis
Penobscot
Washington
Hancock
Somerset
Waldo
KnoxLincoln
Oxford
Franklin
Kennebec
York
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
NEW
BRUNSWICK
QUEBEC
ATLANTIC OCEAN
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AndroscogginSagadahoc
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Cumberland
Aquaculture for you! 9
Now aquaculture is all across our State!Can you find the 10 different types
of water farms on the map?
Hatchery
Baitfish
Oysters
Scallops
Mussels
Halibut
Trout
Seaweed
Urchin
Salmon
Maine Water Farm LegendBaitfish are small fish used to catch larger fish.
Halibut are large, flat fish with white meat.
A Hatchery is where the baby water plants and animals are hatched and grown.
Mussels are shellfish that have two smooth, tear-shaped, bluish-black shells that attach to things with strong threads.
Oysters are shellfish with thick, rough, grayish, bumpy shells.
Atlantic Salmon are medium-size fish with pink meat that are hatched in fresh water and grow in the ocean.
Scallops are shellfish with two round, tan shells that have eyes around the edge and can swim.
Seaweed are water plants that are farmed for food, medicine, and other uses.
Trout are colorful fish grown to stock ponds and brooks for people to catch.
Urchins are green, spiky, baseball-sized shellfish.
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Use these pictures to compare
Planting
Equipment
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Growing
Harvest
farming on land and in the water.
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Water farms need clean water togrow healthy plants and animals.
Michael Hawkins Photography
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How can you help keep Maine waters clean?
Let’s take a look at some different water farms.We will start at the hatchery, visit the
growing site, and even see the food these farms provide for all of us to eat.
Photo by John Ewing / P
ortland Press
Herald
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Finfish start in hatcheries aseggs and grow into small fish.
Eggs
Associated Press Photo
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These small fish grow in sea farms on theocean until they are ready to go to market.
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Microscopic shellfish larvae grow until they settle to the bottom
or attach themselves to ropes or rocks, then are called seed.
Larvae
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Shellfish seed will be grown to adult size inbaskets, on rafts, and on the ocean bottom.
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Kelp and other seaweed start as spores that are released into the water by adult plants. The
spores attach to twine in the hatchery.
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The seeded twine is wrapped around long ropes that are dropped in the cold ocean water. It will
be ready to harvest in three or four months.
Aquaculture for ME
Some Maine water farmers growother animals like these.
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Aquarium Fish
TroutBaitfish
Sea Urchins
Clams
Aquaculture for you! 21
Many other products come from aquaculture.
Compost
Pharmaceuticals
Toothpaste Cosmetics
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Aquaculture farmers usescience, technology, engineering
and math to do their jobs.
Food from the sea tastes great and is good for you!
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Today’s Menu!(clockwise from bottom left)
1. Kelp Krunch Bars
2. Steamed Mussels
3. Blueberry-Kelp Smoothie
4. Thai Red Curry Seaweed
5. Glazed Salmon on a Stick
6. Kelp Noodles1.
2.
3.
4.5.
6.
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Would you like to be a water farmer?
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What would youwant to be?
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Aquaculture will need new water farmers togrow more food and continue to protectMaine’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean.
They will need to provide nutritious
food for the world’s growing number of
hungry people!
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AquAculturefor you!