{"id":7163,"date":"2018-03-12T22:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2018-03-12T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:21:08","slug":"7163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/7163\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Campus Event: Beyond the Bow: A Fisheries Needs Assessment of Harpswell, Thursday March 15, 6:30 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beyond the Bow: A Fisheries needs assessment of Harpswell<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday, March 15 6:30 pm<br \/>\nCundy&#8217;s Harbor Community Hall, 837 Cundy&#8217;s Harbor Rd, Harpswell<\/p>\n<p>The Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association invites Harpswell residents and interested parties to a presentation and discussion of \u201cBeyond the Bow: A fisheries needs assessment of Harpswell\u201d. Held at the Cundy\u2019s Harbor Community Hall on Thursday, March 15th at 6:30 PM, project coordinator, Kendra Jo Grindle, will discuss the results of the comprehensive fishing community needs assessment the Fishermen\u2019s Association undertook this past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is something that we have never tried before.\u201d Said Ben Martens, Executive Director of the Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association. \u201cWe wanted to go to the fishing community and have a real conversation about what their needs are, and I am very excited to finally be\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">able to share the outcome of this process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With over 200 hours of interviews with roughly 80 individuals, the Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association has cultivated an in-depth look into the various facets of Harpswell\u2019s beloved fishing community through an interview-based assessment. The assessment focused on identifying the concerns, hopes, and needs as determined by those within the Harpswell fishing community. After collecting and analyzing interviews and data, a final presentation and report have been produced for the community utilize to strengthen their resilient fishing community.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the Bow: A fisheries needs assessment of Harpswell was funded, in part, by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HolbrookCommunityFoundation\/\">Holbrook Community Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the Bow: A Fisheries needs assessment of Harpswell Thursday, March 15 6:30 pm Cundy&#8217;s Harbor Community Hall, 837 Cundy&#8217;s Harbor Rd, Harpswell The Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association invites Harpswell residents and interested parties to a presentation and discussion of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/7163\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-off-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}