Coastal Conversations Radio Program: From the Sea Up – Cape Elizabeth

Coastal Conversations Show: 27 December 2024

Host: Galen Koch, Island Institute + College of the Atlantic

In the town of Cape Elizabeth, in Southern Maine, there’s one last strip of commercial access on the waterfront. This access, situated within Kettle Cove State Park beside neighboring Crescent Beach, is, at high tide, just wide enough to get a boat trailer into the water and launch a skiff to get to the mooring field. In the summertime, this access and the adjacent parking lot are heavily congested. A recent redevelopment plan by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands has caused a lot of anxiety for commercial fishermen, who fear that the state will redirect recreational boating and public access from a small strip on Crescent Beach to the commercial zone at Kettle Cove State Park.

In this episode we hear from fishermen in the Cape Elizabeth Fishermen’s Alliance, who are self-advocating for their final piece of commercial access in this wealthy Maine town.

Guests

Matthew Sturgis: Cape Elizabeth Town Manager
Dan Harriman: Cape Elizabeth Fisherman
Nate Perry: Cape Elizabeth Fisherman and Sea Farmer

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From the Sea Up is made possible by the Fund for Maine Islands through a partnership between Island Institute, College of the Atlantic, Maine Sea Grant, and the First Coast. To hear past episodes and for more information visit www.islandinstitute.org/podcast

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