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Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Wayne Davis Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project

Wayne Davis is a commercial lobsterman from Tremont, Maine. Wayne Davis was interviewed to capture his family’s experience using the Maine Working Waterfront Access Protection Plan (WWAPP) to secure the Davis wharf’s future as a commercial fishing pier in perpetuity. Mr. Davis describes the important history of the Davis wharf to that region of Mount Desert Island and how, in the late 2000’s, the effects of the lobster price collapse due to the recession triggered extreme pressure on the family to sell. Mr.

Natalie Springuel Tremont, ME National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative