Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce and Innovation Ctr

Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce Innovation Center (SAWIC) will support UMaine’s commitment to advancing aquaculture research and development in Maine. SAWIC will feature innovative non-building equipment designed by InnovaSea to support our core objectives. The equipment within SAWIC is strategically designed to cater to different life stages of fish, enabling optimal experimental designs and seamless integration into our educational programs. SAWIC is in the construction document design phase. Groundbreaking is anticipated for early summer of this year. The designer for this project is SMRT, and the construction manager is Landry/French Construction. Funding of $11 million is from FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) secured by U.S. Sens. Collins and King at the request of the University of Maine System (UMS), and Gov. Mills’ Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan (MJRP), which was supported by the 130th Maine Legislature.