Discover a career in the seafood economy
Career Toolboxes
Recruitment, Talent, and Retention Toolbox: Explains the Maine seafood economy, which encompasses six sectors and two subsectors. Occupations that are vital to the seafood economy are captured in occupational profiles.
Education and Training Toolbox: Details education and training opportunities in Maine for those who want to work in the Maine seafood economy. The toolbox is organized by conventional education and training, other education and training opportunities, and micro-credentials.
Best Practices Toolbox: Information for multiple audiences–employers and job seekers; educators; students; human resources representatives; social service agency representatives; and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocates–showcasing best practices in Maine and throughout the United States and workforce-related gaps.
Go to toolboxes
Job Search Tools
- Live + Work Maine: Food Economy
- Maine Career Catalyst (Administered by Educate Maine and sponsored by FocusMaine)
- Maine Department of Marine Resources Jobs
- Maine Aquaculture Association’s Careers Page
Career Profiles
Learn firsthand from some of the people working in Maine’s seafood industries.
- Andrew Peters, Founder and Owner of Vertical Bay Maine, a scallop farm (Penobscot Bay)
- Lia Morris, Island Institute, Community Development Officer (Rockland)
- Libby Davis, CEO/Founder, Lady Shuckers (Portland)
- Seraphina Erhart, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables (Hancock)
- Jamie Cook, Island Institute, Senior Community Development Officer (Rockland)
Workforce Reports
SEA Maine’s Workforce & Talent Attraction Committee commissioned a number of studies of Maine’s seafood sector workforce and also sponsored capacity-building pilot projects across the state.
