Case Study
Local universities leveraging their faculty and staff to help spur expansion of critical local businesses and industries makes those businesses and industries more investable – and Maine lobster is a perfect example. Ready Seafood developed a lobster processing plant, creating a surge in local economic development and business expansion. With funding from the Maine Technology Institute, Ready Seafood, in collaboration with the University of Maine and St. Joseph’s College will study lobsters and the sustainability of the lobster industry in Maine by exploring ways to improve lobster quality, shipability and yield.