Maine Sea Grant

Coastal Conversations show: April 23, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar below Part 3 of our 3-part Maine Shellfish Day event! In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: March 26, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar below Part 2 of our 3-part Maine Shellfish Day event! In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: February 26, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar Announcing a three-episode Coastal Conversations series focused on Maine shellfish In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: January 22, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Seaweed has always been an important species in Maine’s coastal ecosystems. Maine gardeners have for generations used seaweed to enhance their soil. But in the last decade or […]

Coastal Conversations show: December 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 For our December 25, 2020 show, we are talking about Maine seafood for the holidays! Our regular Coastal Conversations host Natalie Springuel teamed up with Sea Grant colleagues […]

Coastal Conversations show: November 27, 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 Today’s show is all about lobster, especially the early life stages of the species, when lobsters are no bigger than a quarter. We know that the Gulf of […]

Coastal Conversations show: October 23, 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 Our show today explores coastal Maine’s geological, cultural and natural-resource-based heritage. Maine communities are steeped in a history of living life close to the land and to the […]

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 […]

Coastal Conversations show: July 24, 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 Fishing as a profession has been central to the culture and economy of New England and Atlantic Canada for generations, and women have always played a critical […]