Last week, Brooke from the SCEC team took the plunge—literally—at an incredible marine safety training, offered in partnership between Fishing Partnership Support Services and the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, designed to equip fishermen and coastal workers...
by Amanda Smith, Coastal Opportunities Advisor During this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, I was fortunate enough to sit on a panel for the Island Institute as they launched their Strengthening Maine’s Fishing Futures toolkit. The toolkit is a collaboration of local...
Last month, I received an invitation to join the Island Institute as they visited a small mussel farm off the coast of Islesboro and I was more than happy for this opportunity to spend my workday outside boating around in the waters further down Maine’s coast. On the...