Micah Conkling, P.S.M., B.A.

Transdisciplinary ocean food systems research

Recent research:

"Has the LPA system been successful? Small-scale marine aquaculture recruitment in Maine through the limited-purpose aquaculture (‘LPA’) licensing system”

My 2020-2022 graduate thesis research at the University of New England revealed that Maine’s system for recruiting small-scale ocean farmers exemplifies aspects of sustainable small-scale, low-trophic-level mariculture development


• Click here for the executive summary of the findings
• Click here for an overview of this research (presented at the Aquaculture Europe 2022 conference)
• Click here for the survey data summary
• Click here for the focus-group data summary
• Click here for the full thesis document

Project and research areas I am seeking:

• Marine aquaculture recruitment
• Small- and medium-scale mariculture leasing
• Medium- and large-scale marine-algae production development
• Marine nutrient bioprospecting

Here is my resume.

Please contact me at mconkling@une.edu.

© 2023, Micah Conkling, Maine, USA