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Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Michael Rioux Ellsworth High School - Maine

Michael Rioux is retired scallop and urchin diver and lobsterman.  He lives in Surry, Maine, and worked out of Blue Hill Bay and Stonington, Maine. Rioux started in the fishing industry by driving a dive boat for other divers before getting into scallop and urchin markets, and then lobstering. He fished in various areas, ranging from Milbridge to Vinalhaven, North Haven, Isle Au Haute, and Swan’s Island.

Julie Whitcomb, Tiara Woods, Erik Korver Surry, ME NOAA/NMFS Local Fisheries Knowledge Pilot Project
Mike Flanagan Voices of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2019

Mike Flanagan is a retired Merchant Marine captain with forty years of experience from Thomaston, ME. He works to support young Mainers in pursuing a similar career path and building the skills necessary to work out at sea. Flanagan has been involved with the Maine Ocean School and other organizations to promote maritime education and training for high school graduates.

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Natalie Springuel, Giulia Cardoso Rockland, ME Maine Sea Grant, The First Coast, College of the Atlantic, The Island Institute, Maine Fishermen’s Forum
Morna Briggs

On October 26, 2023, Asy Xaytouthor and Jessica Bonilla interviewed Morna Briggs in Corea, Maine. Morna Briggs, born in Bar Harbor and a long-time resident of Corea, is 100 years old at the time of the interview. She worked for decades in the local fishing and canning industries and played a central role in her family’s fishing activities, particularly in lobstering, clamming, and herring weir operations. She also raised children and cared for aging parents and relatives, all while actively participating in her coastal community.

Asy Xaytouthor, Jessica Bonilla Corea, ME University of Maine, College of the Atlantic
Myrtress Harrington The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine

Myrtress Harrington was eighteen when she started canning sardines at Stinson Seafood in Prospect Harbor, Maine.

Keith Ludden Steuben, ME Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc.
N. Orchard Fishermen Interviews of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1893-1895

Interview with fisherman N. Orchard of Boothbay, Maine, by Richard Rathbun of the U.S. Fish Commission. Interview contains descriptions of the mackerel fishery.

Richard Rathbun Boothbay, ME U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Archives II , New England Regional National Archives
Nancy Harrington Women in the New England Fisheries

Nancy Harrington has deep roots in the fishing and processing industry. Starting as a young worker in a sardine factory, she became a steadfast figure in the industry, working as a fish packer.  Nancy’s husband is a lobster fisherman and house painter. Nancy worked at the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine, for forty-four years.  

Patricia Pinto da Silva Milbridge, ME NOAA Fisheries
Pam Smith Oral Histories from the New England Fisheries

Pam Smith is a school teacher from Jonesport, Maine, with a rich family history tracing back to Ireland. She is the second of four siblings, with her older brother living on Beal's Island, her younger brother having lived in California and now shipping out, and her sister residing in Florida. Her husband is a fisherman, involved in various fisheries including quahogging, lobstering, scallop diving, and tuna fishing. He originally bought his boat in 1987 for gill netting, but lost his ground fish permit the same year. Despite this setback, he has managed to make a living from fishing.

Lisa Colburn Jonesport, ME NOAA Fisheries
Parker Gassett Voices of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2019

Parker Gassett, was a University of Maine graduate student in marine policy living in Camden, ME at the time of this interview.

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Natalie Springuel, Eliza Oldach Rockland, ME University of California, Davis, Maine Sea Grant, The First Coast, College of the Atlantic, The Island Institute, Maine Fishermen’s Forum
Parker Poole Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States

Parker Poole, 31 years old at the time of the interview, runs a marine salvage and towing business and fishes commercially on the side in Portland, ME. Despite lobstering in high school, he did not log enough hours to meet the qualification criteria to receive a Maine lobster license, so he made the decision not to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time fisherman.

Sarah Schumann Rockport, ME NOAA
Patrick Shepard Voices of the Maine Fishermen's Forum 2018

Patrick Shepard works for the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries and was born in Stonington, ME. He talks about his experiences growing up in a fishing family and lobstering with his brother from a very young age. He also speaks about the changes he sees in his hometown and what the future of fishing in Maine might hold, particularly in finding ways to make more money from a smaller amount of high quality product.

Galen Koch, Matt Frassica, Kaitlyn Clark Rockland, ME Maine Fishermen’s Forum, Maine Sea Grant, The First Coast, College of the Atlantic, The Island Institute