This year 40 Grade 5 students at the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta participated in the Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming program. The students raised seaweed seedlings in a tank in their classroom. Those seedlings were later planted in the ocean […]
We are very pleased to announce that the rebuilding of our pier is complete. Custom Float Services began construction on March 6 and the crew of four have worked steadily, chasing the tide as they hold to their plan to have the pier rebuilt no later than April 15. The […]
The Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming program has a total of 40 seaweed droplines planted – 20 in Clark Cove and 3 on P. Dion Farm (Damariscotta River), 13 on Spartan Sea Farms (Casco Bay), 4 on Spring Tide Seaweed Farm (Frenchman Bay). Weather permitting, we will be harvesting […]
We have packed our nine-week summer program with hands-on experiential learning topics that are exciting, fun, and speak to: BSSC a la carte (Ship to Shore: Discovering BSSC); the intersection of boats and marine science (Scopes and Boats); weather forecasting (Day to Day); the arctic and antarctic regions (Top to […]
We‘re thrilled to share that six BSSC students in the Stay’s’l Program will be aboard the Schooner Tyrone for three nights and four days for real-time, at-sea marine science and sail training during Windjammer Days this summer. Captain Rayford Chew and first mate Carolyn Corbin will welcome the students aboard […]
We’re pleased to introduce you to our 2025 apprentices. They will work with other members of the Boothbay Sea and Science Center team to help us provide a safe, fun, friendly and dynamic hands-on learning experience for our students this summer. We’re excited to have them aboard. George Messner My […]
Explore tidepools with the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and Boothbay Sea and Science Center.
East Boothbay, Maine – The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) has received $100,000 from the Maine Business Recovery and Resilience Fund for use in rebuilding the organization’s pier which was damaged during the January 2024 winter storms. “We are extremely pleased to be receiving this Grant,” said Pauline Dion, […]
Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is pleased to announce a generous donation of $5,000 from First National Bank toward rebuilding of our main pier. The funds will go towards the $278,500 cost of the project, which began last year and will be completed this spring. “A very big thank […]
Hannaford has again selected Boothbay Sea and Science Center as the MARCH recipient of its Community Bag Program. For every reusable shopping bag you purchase at the Hannaford store at 180 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor, we will receive a $1 towards our program. Reusable bags help reduce landfill waste and […]