Fair winds and lobster traps: Collecting ghost gear in coastal Maine for a clean ocean

Fish & Us: Climate Stories from the Waterfront

09/01/22 • 33 min

Come set sail with us for the first episode of season two! A crew from Ocean Conservancy partners with Rozalia Project to retrieve discarded lobster traps and other ghost gear in the islands of Maine. We hear many sides of the story: Ocean Conservancy’s very own Global Ghost Gear Initiative, Rozalia Project’s mission and world-famous vessel American Promise, all the way to the key moments of our expedition with the lobstering community in Corea, Maine. All aboard!

09/01/22 • 33 min

Fish & Us: Climate Stories from the Waterfront - Fair winds and lobster traps: Collecting ghost gear in coastal Maine for a clean ocean

Transcript

Alliyah Lusuegro

Welcome to Fish & US: Climate Stories from the Waterfront. This is a podcast series of recorded interviews and stories about the impacts of climate change on marine fisheries as told by the people who spend their days catching, managing and researching fish from the ocean. Today's episode is a special episode covering multiple perspectives on the topic of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear, also known as ghost gear on the Atlantic Coast. I'm Alliyah Lusuegro,

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