http://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/The Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP) is a committee of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. ESIP is developing indicators for the Gulf of Maine and integrating regional data for a new Web-based reporting system for marine ecosystem monitoring. Activities of ESIP initially center on convening regional practitioners in six indicator areas: coastal development, contaminants and pathogens, eutrophication, aquatic habitat, fisheries and aquaculture, and climate change.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:53:52 EDTPackawhallop News Feed 0.2http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP%20Journal%20Entry,%August-September%202009The Gulf of Maine possesses a significant number of sustainable, non-polluting shellfish farms. Raising shellfish for both commercial and restoration purposes does not require the addition of food because it is already there in the water.http://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP%20Journal%20Entry,%20January-Feburary%202009Thierry Chopin and his team received the prestigious Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canadahttp://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP Journal Entry, January-Feburary 2009James Sulikowski, an assistant professor at the University of New England, reports on sampling efforts to investigate the fish community within the Saco River estuary system and adjacent waters.<br><br>This on-going project was initiated in the fall of 2006, and has served as a spring board for several undergraduate research projects. Dr. Sulikowski and his students have used a variety of methods to sample the Saco River area in Maine, using beam trawls, otter trawls, beach seines, gillnets, and ichthyoplankton nets.http://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP Journal Entry, January-Feburary 2009Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:28:38 EDThttp://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP%20Journal%20Entry,%20November-December%202008Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a shade-tolerant invasive alien biennial plant, originally introduced to North America from Europe. The only confirmed location of this species in Nova Scotia is in the community of Grand Pré, near Wolfville. Garlic mustard becomes established in disturbed areas, such as ditches, then spreads into undisturbed areas, including closed-canopy forests.http://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/#ESIP%20Journal%20Entry,%20November-December%202008Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:46:17 EDT