First Gear Research Trip of the Midcoast Fishermen’s Association

 

Marine Programs Officer Jen Litteral and Port Clyde Marketing Cooperative Coordinator Laura Kramar have just returned to port from the first gear research trip of the Midcoast Fishermen's Association. 

Kramar shared the excitement from a wonderful day that was not only incredibly productive for the gear research work, but a day that also resulted in the first official restaurant sale for Port Clyde Fresh Catch.

Although only totaling 69 pounds of fish, the catch was eagerly received as, in addition to numerous monkfish and flounder, Litteral, Kramar, Captain Glen Libby, and crew Gary Libby and Jason Morris hauled in a 41 lb. halibut!  In fact, the entire catch was sold to Café Miranda in Rockland before the boat even reached the docks! 

"The restaurant owner practically danced when we delivered it," reported Kramar.  "It is going to be a most wonderful adventure watching this business grow and thrive through a combination of innovative gear modifications that reduce the boats' impacts on fish stocks and the environment, new ways of marketing fish and shrimp, and political action."