Maine Sea Grant

Coastal Conversations show: June 24, 2022WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode 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 small schooling fish are known locally, […]

Coastal Conversations show: May 27, 2022WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode 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 Maine, we often refer to springtime […]

Coastal Conversations show: April 22, 2022WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode Today, April 22, 2022, is Earth Day! And what better way to celebrate Earth Day than to explore the realm of one of the earth’s most interesting group of species: Seaweed. Seaweed has seen […]

Coastal Conversations show: March 25, 2022WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode Since late December 2021, a rare Steller’s sea eagle has been repeatedly sighted by hundreds of people on the Maine coast. This raptor is significantly bigger than our own beloved Bald Eagle. Its home […]

Coastal Conversations show: February 25, 2022WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode Maine working waterfronts are in the news again. Working waterfronts are those spaces along the shoreline that connect land and sea; places that provide critical access for people who make their living on the […]

Coastal Conversations show: January 28 2021, 3:00-5:00 PMWERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This episode Happy New Year from our team at Coastal Conversations where we are launching season 8 of our show! For our first show of 2022, we are once again teaming up with The […]

Coastal Conversations show: December 24 2021, 3:00-5:00 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 It’s the holidays season here in Maine, where we like to celebrate with stories about sustainable seafood! On this week’s coastal conversations, we are once again […]

Coastal Conversations show: November 26, 2021, 3:00-5:00 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 With the holiday season upon us, it is time to talk seafood. Fresh, sustainable, Maine seafood that is! For the next three episodes of Coastal Conversations, […]

Coastal Conversations show: October 22, 2021, 3:00-5:00 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 Ocean acidification can cause problems for Maine’s coastal and ocean environments. Much like carbon dioxide wreaks havoc on the atmosphere, CO2 in the ocean triggers a […]

Coastal Conversations show: August 27, 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 Today, we venture out to the most remote of all of Maine’s islands, Mount Desert Rock, an exposed ledge, barely 3 acres in size, that emerges from a […]