Kristin Isfeld
On June 11, 2025, Hillary Smith interviewed Kristin Isfeld. Kristin Isfeld, born in 1969, grew up on the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia. Her father, originally from Iceland, served as a career ...
listen & learn moreThis project documents the lived experiences of women and other underrepresented genders in Maine’s fisheries and aquaculture industries, focusing on the impacts of environmental change on their work. Interviews explore the bottom-up and innovative responses individuals are experimenting with to adapt to change, as well as barriers and needs to realize resilient fishing futures. The initiative is a collaboration between the University of Maine, the College of the Atlantic, and Maine Sea Grant. It is funded by NOAA’s Climate and Fisheries Adaptation Program and the Fund for Maine Islands.
On June 11, 2025, Hillary Smith interviewed Kristin Isfeld. Kristin Isfeld, born in 1969, grew up on the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia. Her father, originally from Iceland, served as a career ...
listen & learn moreOn February 23, 2024, Jessica Bonilla of the College of the Atlantic and Camden Hunt of Mapping Ocean Stories interviewed an anonymous narrator. They come from a family with deep roots in Maine’s ...
listen & learn moreOn April 30, 2025, Emelia Lakebrink and Tiegan Paulson interviewed Teagan White. Teagan White, born in 1995, grew up in a small farming community in central Vermont. Her family ties to coastal ...
listen & learn moreBorn in 1990, Weiler grew up in Camden, Maine, where her parents worked as Outward Bound instructors on Hurricane Island before pursuing other careers. She spent her childhood sailing and recreating ...
listen & learn moreOn April 15, 2023, Camden Hunt and Jessica Bonilla interviewed Krista Tripp. Tripp, born in 1985 and raised on an island in the region, is a lobsterman, oyster farmer, elver fisherman, and mother. She...
listen & learn moreCaitlin Trafton is a lobsterman and resident of Swan’s Island who grew up between Massachusetts and Maine, spending summers on the island before settling there full-time after high school. She ...
listen & learn moreOn October 25, 2023, Michelle Hanselowski and Ludwin Moran Sosa interviewed Jean Synmonds at her home in Corea, Maine. Jean Symonds is a retired lobsterman who held a lobster license from 1972 to ...
listen & learn moreEmily Selinger, born in 1990, is an oyster farmer based in Casco Bay. She grew up in South Freeport, Maine, in a family with a strong recreational sailing tradition but no history in commercial ...
listen & learn moreOn October 7, 2024, Hillary Smith and Jessica Bonilla interviewed Sadie Samuels. Sadie Samuels is a commercial lobsterman who fishes out of Rockport, Maine, and owns the Must Be Nice Lobster ...
listen & learn moreOn May 17, 2024, Camden Hunt and Hillary Smith interviewed Jillian Robillard at Southern Maine Crabs in Kittery, Maine. Jillian Robillard, born in 1998 and raised in Eliot, Maine, is the owner of ...
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