Coastal Conversations show: September 25, 2020 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives In the decades following Maine’s statehood in 1820, the saltcod fishery grew into an economic engine that provided income for hundreds of Maine fishermen and boat builders. The read more Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Maine’s 19th Century Fisheries, a historical look in honor of the Bicentennial