What’s now, What’s New

August 2020:

  • Constructing GoPro camera mounting devices so cameras can be deployed into the kelp farms.

September – October 2020:

  • Learning how to operate UNE research vessels, Llyr and Vitruvius.
  • Practicing camera deployments as well as adjusting equipment for better visibility and camera angles.

November 2020:

  • Kelp farms have been deployed.
  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.

December 2020:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Discussing an addition of a new method that would allow us to capture small invertebrates. These organisms might give us a bigger picture into the food web dynamics of the kelp farms.

January 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment is being collected for small invertebrate collections.
  • Discussing an addition of a new method – environmental DNA (eDNA). This method allows a new way to ‘see’ what kinds of organisms are passing through

February 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is deployed.
  • Practicing eDNA water collections.

March 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Gave Proposal Presentation – Stake holders and general public. (3/11/21)

April 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is collected and redeployed.

May 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is collected and brought back to the lab for cleaning
  • Kelp farms are harvested.

June 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is deployed.

July 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is collected and redeployed.

August 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Equipment for small invertebrate collections is collected and brought back into the lab for cleaning.

October 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Running statistical tests on year one data.

November 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Running statistical tests on year one data.

December 2021:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collections being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Running statistical tests on year one data.
  • Preparing to present at NACE

January 2022:

  • GoPro camera deployments being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • eDNA water collection being carried out in Saco and Casco Bay.
  • Presenting at NACE