Executive Director Robin Alden


Read her recent essay in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine Tradition Shapes Innovation-Maine's Harbors: Community Resource, Resourceful Community.

Carla Guenther

Meet Carla Guenther our Community Coordinator, newly arrived from Santa Barbara. Carla
Ted Ames
Founding board member, scientist, fisherman and MacArthur Fellow Ted Ames publishes another groundbreaking paper.

His research is included in the newly published "Four Fish" (The Penguin Press) Author Paul Greenberg devotes much of a chapter on cod to Ted's work and vision for the future of eastern Maine fisheries.For Ted's response please click on Ted Ames (above)
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COMMUNITY FISH (CSF)
Buying the daily catch directly from the fishermen who caught it.The end of a challenging season. COMMUNITY FISH

It is annual appeal season again and we need your help as much as ever! Any day now you will receive our request in the mail. Please know that you can donate using the response envelope or directly on this website by pressing the DONATE button above. Thank you.

 

Our first annual lobster pot buoy auction held on August 3rd was a H-U-G-E success, raising over $11,000. See you next time!

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Special thanks to all of the wonderful artists who contributed their work, auctioneer Skip Greenlaw, generous bidders, Fishermen’s Friend Restaurant and the businesses who previewed our buoys before the event:  Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Birdwatcher’s Store & Café, Blue Hill Public Library, Flying Mountain Artisans, Isalos Gallery, Naturalist’s Notebook , Red Dot Gallery, Turtle Gallery and Union River Gallery. See you next year!

We have 2 buoys remaining that did not find a home that evening. Therefore, silent auction bidding will continue for these until September 30. Find out more

New Home for Penobscot East

Our Open House and official opening celebration on Sunday July 18th took place under blazing blue skies and attracted over 300 people.

 

A section of the audience

Donald Sussman with a painting of the building that he gave us. The plaque on the wall reads:"In grateful recognition of Donald Sussman who gave this building to Penobscot East Resource Center as its permanent home. His generosity secures a future for our work on behalf of eastern Maine fishing communities. July 18, 2010"

  

U. S. Representative Chellie Pingree speaking

Donald Sussman addressing the crowd

Board member Ted Hoskins with "scissors" for Executive Director Robin Alden to cut the ribbon over the door

"Securing a future for the fishing communities of eastern Maine"