Maine Sea Grant

Coastal Conversations show: January 26, 2024WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in BangorHost: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives The January 10 and 13, 2024 storms, along with compounding record high tides, storm surge, and strong southeasterly winds, caused much damage throughout the Maine coast, including the loss of […]

Coastal Conversations show: February 24, 2023, 4-5 PM WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives On the Water in Belfast Harbor High School students on a fishing boat deploying spat collectors, or mesh bags, into the water column to collect baby […]

Coastal Conversations show: January 27, 2023, 4-5 PM WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Note: This January 27, 2023 episode of Coastal Conversations features two distinct stories about Gouldsboro, Maine. Story 1: Gouldsboro, a working waterfront community at a crossroads […]

Coastal Conversations show: December 23, 2022 4-5 PM WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Today, in honor of the holiday season, our show features “Maine holiday seafood celebrations, past and present.” We are excited to talk with three women from […]

Coastal Conversations show: October 28, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Today our show features two stories about Eastport, Maine’s easternmost town. Our first is called “Eastport: Reinventing a Waterfront.” In the far eastern corner of Downeast Maine there’s […]

Coastal Conversations show: September 23, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Maine’s coastline has inspired writers and artists for generations. On today’s Coastal Conversations we are thrilled to feature three contemporary Maine writers who each have a special connection […]

Coastal Conversations show: August 26, 2022 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 mid-July 2022, nearly 200 people gathered in Boston for the sixth National Working Waterfront Network conference. Working waterfronts are where people who make their living on the […]

Coastal Conversations show: July 22, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Today our show is about the Mound Desert Island-based project called a Landscape of Change. Landscape of Change is a collaborative project with the goal of compiling and […]

Coastal Conversations show: June 24, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Most fishermen will tell you that the presence of Atlantic menhaden on the coast of Maine is cyclical. In the last few years, menhaden, or pogies as the […]

Coastal Conversations show: May 27, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Last Saturday May 21st was world fish migration day, a global celebration to create awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers. On the coast of […]