We are proud of our many relationships with collaborators and partners. They include but are not limited to:
Blue Hill Co-Op Community Market and Cafe
www.bluehill.coop
Through a thriving cooperative enterprise, they encourage a vibrant, healthy community and a sustainable local economy.
Cape Cod Hook Fishermen's Association
www.ccchfa.org
Groundfish & Sectors; The End of Overfishing Campaign empowers local fishermen to help improve regulations in several fisheries, primarily groundfish. Their goal is to ensure that regulations protect small fishing communities while restoring depleted fish populations for a sustainable fishery.
College of the Atlantic (COA)
www.coa.edu
We have an established internship program with COA
Cobscook Bay Resource Center
www.cobscook.org
They encourage and strengthen community-based approaches to resource management and sustainable economic development in the Cobscook Bay region, the Bay of Fundy, and the Gulf of Maine.
Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
www.maine.gov/dmr/index.htm
Eat Local Foods Coalition
http://www.eatmainefoods.org/profile/ELFC
Helping to promote local food and sustainable agriculture.
Healthy Island Project (HIP)
www.healthyislandproject.org
Healthy Island Project works independently or in partnership with local organizations and individuals to develop and launch community projects to improve the broad health of the community.
Island Fishermen's Wives (IFW)
This Stonington-based group works in collaboration on local fishermen related events and issues. We co-sponsored an evening of Fishing Tales in 2008.
Island Institute
www.islandinstitute.org
Their perspective is fundamentally ecological, based on an understanding that all life is intimately linked with its environment, that people are therefore an inextricable part of the ecosystem of the Gulf of Maine and that there is an interdependent web of existence more evident on islands than in other communities and landscapes.
The Maine Grind
www.mainegrind.com
Ellsworth CSF location. A great place for a meeting or a coffee break.
Maine Lobstermen's Association
www.mainelobstermen.org
For nearly half a century, the MLA has been fighting for common sense solutions such as the maximum gauge and v-notching, ensuring that resource conservation is balanced with economic survival. The MLA has tirelessly represented the lobster industry on important issues ranging from management to right whales, research to promotion, and education to environment. They have been leaders in pioneering new ideas such as co-management, conservation and collaborative research.
Maine SeaGrant
http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/
In partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, members of our Marine Extension Team focus on issues of concern to Maine's coastal communities, extending current knowledge and expertise to stakeholders while helping to ensure they support research that is relevant to those who depend on Maine's coastal natural resources.
Midcoast Fishermen
www.midcoastfishermen.org
Supported by the Island Institute.
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MPFGA)
www.mofga.org
CSF/CSA Fair. The purpose of the Association is to help farmers and gardeners: grow organic food, fiber and other crops; protect the environment; recycle natural resources; increase local food production; support rural communities; and illuminate for consumers the connection between healthful food and environmentally sound farming practices. We are tied to them sharing the common purpose of increased fisheries production and sustainability efforts.
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.
www.namanet.org
Their mission is to restore and enhance an enduring marine system supporting a healthy diversity, and an abundance of marine life and human uses through a self-organizing and self-governing organization. For the past decade, they have set the standard for effective collaboration in the pursuit of one question: if we truly care about the health of our oceans does it matter how, where and when we fish; and, who catches the fish that end up on our dinner plates?
The Nature Conservancy (Maine)
www.nature.org
Permit Bank partner.
NOAA
www.noaa.gov
From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA's products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America's gross domestic product. NOAA's dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it.
Northeast Consortium
www.northeastconsortium.org/
The Northeast Consortium has been funding collaborative research projects within the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank ecosystems since 2000. To date, over 180 projects have been funded, involving over 500 commercial fishermen, 45 industry organizations/businesses, and 274 research scientists from 65 research institutions/agencies.
National Marine Fisheries Service
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
NMFS (NOAA Fisheries Service) is dedicated to the stewardship of living marine resources through science-based conservation and management, and the promotion of healthy ecosystems.
As a steward, NOAA Fisheries Service conserves, protects and manages living marine resources in a way that ensures their continuation as functioning components of marine ecosystems, affords economic opportunities, and enhances the quality of life for the American public.
Stonington Opera House
www.operahousearts.org
Great supporter and location for community arts events.
Port Clyde Fresh Catch
www.portclydefreshcatch.com
Determined to preserve their heritage, their community and the resources they depend on, the fishermen of Port Clyde have developed the Port Clyde Fresh Catch™ brand to bring fish and shrimp harvested from the Gulf of Maine using environmentally sustainable fishing methods.
Stonington Fisheries Association
http://www.penobscoteast.org/sfa.asp
The Stonington Fisheries Alliance works to promote responsible local fishery management through education, advocacy and scientific inquiry. SFA was actually the inspiration for the founding of Penobscot East Resource Center, which now provides then with technical assistance and support.
Stonington Lobster Working Group
http://Stonington Lobster Working Group
The Stonington Lobster Working Group (SLWG) was formed in the fall of 2008 as a sub-committee of the Stonington Economic Development Committee and through efforts of Penobscot East Resource Center. The purpose of the SLWG is to provide support to the lobster industry in Stonington and Deer Isle. Through local efforts, the SLWG focuses on strategies which will increase boat prices for local lobstermen.
Stonington Lobster Co-op
Leases Penobscot East space to operate the Zone C Lobster Hatchery located adjacent to Co-op 1 on 51 Indian Point Road in Stonington, Maine, and is our partner handling the fish for our COMMUNITY FISH CSF, caught through the Sentinel Fishery. The Stonington Lobster Co-op is a wholesale & retail live lobster cooperative. Steve Robbins, III is the manager and can be reached at (207)367-2286 (lobstercoop@myfairpoint.net).
University of Maine, Orono (UMO)
www.umaine.edu
Intern support, scientific research support, collaboration.
WERU Radio 89.9
www.weru.org
Supported CSF endeavors, helps us to communicate our mission via community outreach at a local level. WERU's Mission is to provide a community-based, noncommercial radio service for the people living in the areas covered by the station's signal; to broadcast programs designed to serve the needs of those not currently served by other broadcast media; to be a voice of many voices offering a wide variety of people an opportunity to share their experiences, concerns, and perspectives with their neighbors over the WERU airwaves.
