Our Shared Ocean

This Maine Policy Review special issue, Our Shared Ocean, brings together a remarkable set of authors to provide many different perspectives on policy issues related to the ocean. Much of this issue is about Maine’s opportunity to become a global leader in identifying emerging ocean issues and in working with others to find ways to address them. The various articles describe the challenges and demonstrate ways Mainers have begun to identify possible strategies for addressing difficult problems in effective ways. This special issue on Maine’s ocean would not have been possible without major funding from the Broad Reach Fund. 

All Items

• MPR Special Issue Letter from Editors

  Linda Silka, Barbara Harrity, Joyce Rumery, Deborah Felder (Author)

  6

• New Office Supports Maine Climate Action

  Parker Gassett, Ivan Fernandez (Author)

  148-149

• Plastic Marine Pollution in the Gulf of Maine

  Kara Law, Jessica Donohue, Rachael Miller (Author)

  175-183

• Protecting the Coast Over Time: Interview with Four Maine Coast Heritage Trust Staff Members

  Elizabeth Pierson, Jane Arbuckle, Jeremy Gabrielson, Betsy Ham, Jeff Romano (Author)

  109-111

• Reducing Plastic Pollution in the Ocean: MycoBuoys as a Potential Solution

  Sue Van Hook (Author)

  184-186

• Riding the Real Estate Wave Along Maine's Coast

  Ryan Swanson (Author)

  218-220

• Small Town Government with Big World Challenges

  Valerie Peacock (Author)

  216-217

• The Changing Tides of Action to Address Ocean Acidification in Maine

  Ivy Frignoca, Heather Kenyon (Author)

  104-108

• The Conflict with Lobstering, and Why Whales Are Critical to Ocean Health and the Gulf of Maine

  Toby Stephenson (Author)

  50-54

• The Contributions of the Gulf of Maine Council to Regional Climate Resilience

  Pamela Jordan (Author)

  139-147

• The Promise of Floating Offshore Wind Power in the Gulf of Maine: New Developments and New Challenges

  Jack Shapiro (Author)

  121-125

• The Role of Aquatourism in Sustaining Maine’s Working Waterfronts

  Caroline Paras, Tracy Michaud (Author)

  205-213

• The Surprising Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine

  Nicholas Record, Benjamin Tupper, Johnathan Evanilla, Kyle Oliveira, Camille Ross, Logan Ngai, Karen Stamieszkin (Author)

  20-28

• Understanding Occupational Injury and Substance Use Issues among Workers in the Shellfish and Lobster Industries

  Tora Johnson, Katherine Darling, Debra Kantor, Joseph Spiller, Oliver Jones, Lois-Ann Kuntz, Tara Casimir, Amy Dowley, Greyson Kurtz, Lauren Sachs, Linda Silka, Bridie McGreavy (Author)

  155-164

• Voices from Maine Fishing Communities, a Selection of Oral History Interviews

  Natalie Springuel (Author)

  248-257

• Wabanaki Experiences and Perspectives on “Our Shared Ocean”: Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission Special Report Sea Run

  Anthony Sutton, Judson Esty-Kendall, Paul Thibeault (Author)

  18-19

• What Gives Me Hope

  Heather Leslie (Author)

  187

• Who’s Who in Maine Aquaculture? Understanding the Landscape of Aquaculture Actors and Priorities

  Caitlin Cleaver, Robin Fail, Molly Miller, Emily Farr, Jessica Batchelder, Marissa McMahan, Maeve Staab (Author)

  58-69

• Why Is the Depletion of Our Important Fish Stocks so Persistent?

  James Wilson (Author)

  41-45

• Workforce Sustainability in Maine’s Coastal Industries: Strategies to Diversify, Train, and Bolster the Workforce

  Jessica Picard (Author)

  200-204