Project summary:

The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center offsite link, in partnership with NOAA Fisheries Milford Lab, Maine Sea Grant offsite link, and the Maine aquaculture and culinary communities, is launching four live-streamed, interactive cooking webinars focused on New England seafood. Each webinar will feature a local chef, an aquaculture farmer, and one species of farmed seafood, providing educational experiences to connect Maine residents with their local aquaculture sector. Viewers can cook along with the chef, with recipes and ingredient lists posted in advance on the project’s webpage, hosted on the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center website. The initiative emphasizes collaboration, inclusivity, and diverse partnerships, following environmental education principles and the North American Association for Environmental Education’s Guidelines for Excellence offsite link.

Additional information

Lead institution: Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center offsite link
Other aquaculture industry partners:

• Pemaquid Oyster Company offsite link
• Waldostone Farm
• Wild Ocean Aquaculture offsite link
• Cooke Aquaculture offsite link
• Penobscot Nation offsite link
• Atlantic Sea Farms offsite link

Other NOAA partners:

• NOAA Milford Lab
• Maine Sea Grant offsite link
• Maine Aquaculture Hub offsite link