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Site updated 03/16//08
Chilloa Young
Forum
Coordinator
PO Box 288
Bath, ME 04530
Tel: (207) 442-7700
Fax: (207) 442-7790
Email:
Chilloa
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Our
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The idea for a fishermen’s forum
hatched in discussions between Bailey Island fisherman Bob Green and
University of Maine economist Jim Wilson. The first Forum took place in
1976. It was funded by the University of Maine Sea Grant Program as part of
a project which was being worked on by Jim Wilson, and Robin Alden, formerly
managing editor of Commercial Fisheries News and Commissioner of the Maine
Department of Marine Resources. The event was a success and Sea Grant
continued to run it until 1982 when the industry took over the
responsibility. The Maine Fishermen’s Forum was incorporated in 1984 as a
nonprofit organization dedicated to perpetuating the annual Forum as an
educational event for Maine fishing communities.
DID YOU KNOW… When originally scheduling the FORUM, the National
Weather Service was contacted to verify the guaranteed WORST weekend of the
year? We wanted to give you the best possible opportunity to attend without
missing a fishing trip.
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