Below are links to publications on Maine's green sea urchin fishery, stock and science.
Sea Urchin Commerce
- 2023 green sea urchin forum report by Lulu Bates (Maine DMR) and Parker Gassett (MCSIE, Sea Grant), 2023, pdf file, 23 pages, 2 MB
- An economic analysis of the market for Maine sea urchins, by James Wilen & Cathy Wessells, 1997, pdf file, 88 pages, 4.0 mb
- 1994 Workshop on the management and biology of the green sea urchin, J. Harris and H.A.Carr, eds., pdf file, 126 pages, 5 MB
Sea Urchin Stock Management
- Development, evaluation, and application of a stock assessment framework for the Maine sea urchin stock, by Yong Chen, Margaret Hunter, and Minoru Kanaiwa, 2003, pdf file, 113 pages, 1.4 mb
- A simulation framework for developing optimal sampling strategies for the Maine sea urchin stock, by Robert Grabowski, Yong Chen, Robert Russell, and Margaret Hunter, 2003, pdf file, 54 pages, 898 kb
- Estimating the Maine green sea urchin stock biomass using a spatial statistics approach, by Robert Grabowski, Robert Russell, Yong Chen and Margaret Hunter, pdf file, 45 pages, 1.1 mb
Sea Urchin Surveys
- Five-year (2010–2014) report from Maine DMR's sea urchin port sampling and dive survey programs, March 2015, pdf file, 40 pages, 1.4 MB
- Five-year (2005–2009) report from Maine's sea urchin port sampling and dive survey programs, March 2010, pdf file, 96 pages, 1.2 MB
Sea Urchin Research
- "Green Gold - Scientific Findings for Management of Maine's Sea Urchin Fishery" by Peter Taylor, 2004, pdf file, 32 pages, 2 MB
- Temporal and spatial variability in the relationships between adult size, maturity, and fecundity, by Robert Vadas & Brian Beal, 1999, pdf file, 136 pages, 4MB
- Canthaxanthin in sea urchins from under salmon pens in Cobscook Bay, November2007, pdf file, 5 pages, 366 kb
- Canthaxanthin in Maine sea urchins, 2009 - pdf file, 22 pages, 615 kb
- Report by Paul Molyneaux on sea urchin fisheries in Chile, 2007, pdf file, 16 pages, 1.1mb