Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Eugene Greenlaw | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
Eugene Greenlaw, born in 1949, is a lifelong resident of Lubec, Maine, with a brief period of service in the Navy. His first involvement in commercial fishing began with a job at a sardine factory in Lubec, where he worked for 31 years and eventually became the plant manager in 1998. Greenlaw has been commercially fishing for lobster since 1972 and has also fished for scallops, sea urchins, and herring at different times throughout his career. |
Cameron Thompson | Lubec, ME | University of Maine | |
Russell Wright | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
Russell Wright, born in 1960, is a lifelong resident of Lubec, Maine. He has been serving as a marine patrol officer since 1999. Prior to joining the Marine Patrol, Wright had a brief stint in the logging industry before returning to his roots in the fishing industry. He has three brothers who are actively involved in the fishing industry. Wright's decision to join the Marine Patrol was influenced by his love for water and dealing with people. |
Anna Henry | Lubec, ME | University of Maine | |
William Kirk | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
William Kirk, born in 1947, is a lifelong resident of Rockland, Maine. He is the first member of his family to work in the fishing industry, having entered the lobstering fishery independently in 1967 to supplement his income from working at a clothing factory in town. Despite the significant increase in the cost of bait and other operating costs over the years, Kirk continues to actively lobster, selling his lobsters locally throughout his career. He has two sons, one of whom works with him in the lobstering business while the other works for a fishing company. |
Cameron Thompson | Rockland, ME | University of Maine | |
Leonard E. Young III | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
Interview with fisherman Leonard E. Young, III, born September 9, 1944 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Young describes his entry into the commercial fisheries and discusses both lobstering and groundfish fishing. |
Sara Randall, Mike Kersula | Bar Harbor, ME | University of Maine | |
Gary Libby | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
Interview with Gary Libby of Port Clyde, ME. Libby was born in Thomaston on April 26, 1958. born in Camden. Lives in Port Clyde, ME. Gary has served on shrimp and groundfish Advisory Panels and on a forage fish group as well. He grew up in Thomaston and started digging clams at 12 years of age. His father purchased a groundfish boat and Gary began to work aboard ship. He has also worked in scallops and aboard trip vessels, dragging for groundfish. He worked on deck for a number of years while fishing with his brother. |
Cameron Thompson | Port Clyde, ME | University of Maine | |
Lynn Bowden | Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
Lynn Bowman was born on December 20, 1938, in Eastport, Maine. She is a third-generation Eastporter who lived in the city until her high school graduation. Like many young people from Eastport, she moved away after graduation to pursue opportunities in larger cities. She relocated to Portland, where she lived for approximately forty-eight years. During her career, Bowman worked at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and she is now retired. In her youth, she was involved in the fisheries, working in a factory during the summer when she was fifteen. |
Anna Henry | Eastport, ME | University of Maine |