Fred Backman, the Winter Harbor Harbormaster, describes his time on the water from his childhood up through adulthood. This includes lobstering, gillnetting, scalloping, and shrimping. He offers ...
listen & learn moreMike Cronin and Janeeka Anderson describe their experiences as long-time clammers living in Gouldsboro. Mike tells about near misses and close calls during his time scallop diving, as well as his ...
listen & learn moreBill Horner, a Bar Harbor local and sailor, discusses the way that Bar Harbor and Frenchman Bay have changed in his lifetime. He talks about downtown Bar Harbor in the 1950s and earlier, going into...
listen & learn moreSean Todd tells about his time on Frenchman Bay as a professor of oceanography at College of the Atlantic. He grew up in London, and only moved here from Newfoundland after finishing graduate ...
listen & learn moreRustin Taylor describes his experiences as an glass eel fisherman and his perception of changes in Frenchman Bay’s seasonal climate. He shares a story about his father fishing for smelt on bay ...
listen & learn moreToby Stephenson, a College of the Atlantic alum from 1998, has spent many years on the waters from Frenchman Bay, from working on whale watch vessels to being the Director of Marine Operations at ...
listen & learn moreJosh Kane was born in Bar Harbor and has lived on Mount Desert Island his whole life. Josh talks about lobstering, shrimping, scalloping, and halibut-fishing on Frenchman Bay and the changes he has...
listen & learn moreThis is an interview with Joanna Fogg, the owner of Bar Harbor Oysters in Bar Harbor, Maine. She discusses how she started and runs the company, the cultural differences between aquaculture and ...
listen & learn moreJoanna Fogg has lived on Mount Desert Island her whole life, and her time here has involved lobstering, working on yachts, and most recently, oyster farming near the Mount Desert Narrows. Her ...
listen & learn moreAngela Johnston describes her twenty five years of experience working as a marine tour guide for Acadia Whale Watch, Acadia National Park, and the Bar Harbor Whale Watch. She’s seen populations ...
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