Featuring over 60 unique interviews with attendees of the 2018 and 2019 Maine Fishermen’s Forum.
Philip Conkling, co-founder and former president of the Island Institute from Camden, ME, recounts how his early work as a forestry surveyor on offshore Maine islands led him to focus instead on the ...
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Paul Anderson, a scientist and executive director for the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries from Winterport, ME, talks about the encouraging trend of collaboration between scientists and fishermen in...
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Parker Gassett, a University of Maine graduate student who lives in Camden, ME, talks about a values-based approach to science and citizen science, and describes his graduate work on getting water ...
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With over 40 years of experience as a Merchant Marine Captain, Mike Flanagan—from Thomaston, ME—wants to support young Mainers in pursuing a similar career path and building the skills necessary ...
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Mary Beth Tooley, an employee for O’Hara Corporations from Lincolnville, ME, talks about the looming issue of bait shortage and how it is affecting O’Hara’s business, her personal life, and the ...
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In this interview, Marc Hoffman—from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Panel and based in New York City, NY—talks about his automobile lubricant company M. K. Hoffman ...
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Kyle Pepperman, a marine biologist at the Downeast Institute in Jonesboro, ME, spoke about the work of DEI, his experience there from summer intern to now more than a decade of employment, how ...
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John Mitchell, Joey Evangelista, Jamie Campbell, and Steven Kenney are high school students from Mount Desert Island, ME, who were part of the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries’ Eastern Maine ...
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On March 2, 2019, Galen Koch interviewed John Cox in Rockland, Maine, for the Voices of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2019 project. Cox, a clam manager from Jonesboro, Maine, has over fifty years ...
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On March 1, 2019, Matt Frassica interviewed Jessica Echard and Rebecca Weil in Rockland, Maine, for the Voices of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2019 project. Echard and Weil, both from ...
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