Ted Ames, Coastal Studies Scholar
Ted Ames, a founding board member of Penobscot East Resource Center and senior advisor is a visiting Coastal Studies Scholar at Bowdoin. Captain Ames fished commercially for 28 years. He was formerly Vice-Chair of Maine Department of Marine Resources Hatchery Technology Committee, Executive Director of the Maine Gillnetters Association and director of Alden-Ames Lab, an environmental and water quality laboratory. He received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Maine and was an instructor/teacher of chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science for ten years. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles on historical fisheries ecology, fishermen’s ecological knowledge, and related subjects. Ames is the recipient of a 2005 MacArthur Award, the 2007 Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Maine. Ted lives in Stonington, ME with his wife and daughter.