Penobscot East Resource Center
Located on the dock in Stonington, ME we are part of the community we serve. Since our establishment as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 2003, we have been committed to building marine stewardship at a local, community level. We serve 50 fishing communities from the islands of Penobscot Bay to the Canadian border, the most fishery-dependent counties on the U.S. East Coast.
Our mission is to secure a viable future for the fishing communities of eastern Maine, and our work combines hope and practical grassroots action. Hope is essential to counter despair and apathy. Grassroots action provides tangible results. This type of cultural change is a long term process, creating the safe space where fishermen themselves grapple with changing to live within the bounds of the ecosystem they use. Our role is to provide a long term presence, contributing tools, skills and resources as needed for fishermen and fishing community members to do this. In addition, we pursue strategic initiatives to ensure that community fishing can survive into the future.
www.penobscoteast.org
P.O. Box 27, 13 Atlantic Avenue, Stonington, ME 04681
(207) 367-2708
Contact: Robin Alden, Executive Director
News
- August 29, 2013
- Call for Proposals to present at Seafood Expo North America 2014 >>
- August 9, 2013
- Call for Proposals to present at Seafood Expo North America 2014 >>
- July 28, 2013
- U.S., groups working to open more public access to Chesapeake >>
- July 11, 2013
- New fishery could boost food security >>
- Spoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty Plan >>
- June 18, 2013
- Holy Mackerel! Fish could come back to Fisherman's Wharf >>
- June 14, 2013
- Fair Fish: San Francisco Fishermen Shake Up the Docks With Community Model >>
- June 12, 2013
- Port Orford Sustainable Seafood supplies seafood for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation's award Banquet >>
- May 30, 2013
- First sperm whale tagged >>
- May 26, 2013
- And then there's the real Fisherman's Wharf >>
- May 10, 2013
- MCFA Video >>
- May 9, 2013
- Fishermen Develop New Business Models to Save Their Communities >>
- Sign-up by May 27!
- Bristol Bay Salmon Dinners >>
- May 5, 2013
- Annual SBN Sustainability Leadership Summit 2013 >>
- April 23, 2013
- Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Spring 2013 Newsletter >>
- April 19, 2013
- Compass: Support for Alaska fishermen does good from boat to table >>
- April 19, 2013
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council Newsletter >>
- April 17, 2013
- Expanding program brings Southeast catch direct to Anchorage homes >>
- April 16, 2013
- Obama Administration Releases Plan to Promote Ocean Economy and Resilience >>
- April 15, 2013
- Plan to open no-fishing zones faces opposition >>
- April 10, 2013
- Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Conference in Washington DC >>
- April 1, 2013
- Network members on panel at National Working Waterfronts Symposium in Tacoma, WA >>
- March 12, 2013
- Community Fisheries Network holds annual meeting in Portland, Maine >>
- March 28, 2013
- Community Fisheries Network raising the bar on accountability >>
- March 18, 2013
- Maine working waterfront experts speak at national symposium, Washington state >>
- March 17, 2013
- System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermen >>
- March 12, 2013
- Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice >>
- March 12, 2013
- System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermenn >>
- January 9, 2013
- Sharecroppers of the Sea >>
- December 28, 2012
- Knowing Your Farmer – And Your Fisherman >>
- Ecotrust: Conservation Through Community Economic Development >>
- December 3, 2012
- Maine shrimp fishermen's catch limits cut 74 percent >>
- Whatcha Gonna Do When the Fish Cops Come for You? >>
- November 5, 2012
- Community Supported Fisheries Can Jump-start Coastal Economy After Hurricane Sandy >>
- October 29, 2012
- Mapping Project Designed to Give Valuable Information to Fishing Industry >>
- October 22, 2012
- Community Supported Fisheries: The Future of Family Fishing? >>
- October 10, 2012
- Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Hosts Annual Seafood Raffle >>
- October 5, 2012
- Could CSFs solve the UK's inshore problem? >>
- October 1, 2012
- For Local Fisheries, a Line of Hope >>
- October 1, 2012
- Cannery Launches A CSA For Seafood in Astoria >>
- September 21, 2012
- Fish on Fridays: Innovations to Increase and Stabilize Fishing Profits >>
- July 10, 2012
- The Ins and Outs of Community Supported Fisheries >>
- July 9, 2012
- Beyond red lists: The power of community-supported fisheries >>
- July 6, 2012
- San Francisco Bay-area fishermen see best salmon fishing in a decade >>
- June 27, 2012
- Community Fisheries Network member, Port Orford Ocean Resource Team (POORT), selected as 2012 Governors' Gold Award >>
- June 19, 2012
- Morro Bay honored for working to preserve fishing industry >>
- June 10, 2012
- National Ocean Policy vital to Oregon's coastal communities >>
- June 4, 2012
- Community Fisheries Network members attend first national CSF summit >>
- June 4, 2012
- Laying a Solid Foundation for Community Supported Fisheries >>
- May 21, 2012
- Congress, Catch Shares, and the Councils >>
- May 11, 2012
- Grant will help jig fishermen improve fish sale prices >>
- May 8, 2012
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council issues new report on ocean acidification >>
- May 7, 2012
- Know your food, know your fisherman by Chellie Pingree >>
- May 4, 2012
- Six Community Fisheries Network Organizations Win Grant Awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation >>
- May 3, 2012
- An Alaska fishing community takes care of its own >>
- April 25, 2012
- Future We Want: Community-driven fisheries >>
- April 19, 2012
- CFN welcomes Community Development Partnership as a new supporting member >>
- April 17, 2012
- Ecotrust's Stephanie Webb to present at upcoming Coastal Pelagic Species Catch Share workshop >>
- April 13, 2012
- SDFWG's Peter Halmay to speak about San Diego's old and new fishing industry >>
- April 11, 2012
- A new era in community-based fishing in America begins >>
- March 22, 2012
- New NOAA-supported West Coast studies to look at models for sustaining America's fishing industry >>
- March 03, 2012
- Social sciences initiative to study seafood marketing >>
- November 9-11, 2011
- Second Annual CFN Meeting Held >>