The Maine aquaculture industry is diverse, with a variety of marine and freshwater species raised. Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) production dominates in terms of value and pounds harvested. The 2008 data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) estimate over 19 million pounds produced with a value of 56.6million.Thisfigureisdownfromahighofover36millionpoundsin2000.Shellfishproductionisdominatedbytheeasternoyster(Crassostreavirginica)andthebluemussel(Mytilusedulis);DMR2008figuresestimatelandedvaluesof2 million and 640KUSDforthesespeciesrespectively.Aseparate2007studyestimatedthetotalvalueofallaquaculturespeciesinthestateatroughly30 million: 22millionforfinfish(salmon,trout,andbaitfish),3 million for shellfish (oysters and mussels), 2millionforhatcheryproduction(shellfishandfinfishforrestocking)andover2 million for research and development (O\u27Hare, 2007). This indicates that salmon production more than doubled between 2007 and 2008, from over 8 million pounds to over 19 million, and the value rose in consequence. The increase in production is due to continued investment in salmon production as well as recovery from the drastic reductions that were caused by Infectious Salmon Anemia virus earlier in the decade. Now, effective management and biosecurity protocols are in place, and salmon production is back to where it was in 1996