Harvesters
For 300 years, rugged men from Maine’s fishing villages have braved the sea to return with a harvest. Today Maine’s vibrant seafaring community of over 10,000 fishermen and women make half a million trips annually to bring home the Gulf of Maine bounty.
Supported by 26,000 land-based aquaculturists and processors, this daily harvest is brought ashore in 53 ports along her 3,500-mile coastline.
Here, the next chapter of Maine’s great marine heritage is being written by 10th generation fisherfolk, entrepreneurs, tinkerers, town selectmen, college grads and visionaries – Mainers all.
Meet a few of these harvesters and aquaculturists working today in this steadfast community that is Maine’s working waterfront – to bring you, the home-cook, the finest seafood in the world.
Matt Moretti
Mussels
Casco Bay
Jen Casad
Clams
Damariscotta
John Jordan
Lobster
Casco Bay
Dave Cheney
Oysters
Damariscotta
Kristan Porter
Lobster, Scallops
Bold Coast, Cutler
Josh Todd
Lobster, Scallops
Stellwagen, Gulf of Maine
Glen Libby
Crab
Port Clyde
Terry Twomey
Clams
Scarborough
Steve Cook
Sea Salt
Machias
Steve Train
Lobster
Casco Bay
Jake Patryn
Kelp
Machias
Cutler Cove Salmon
Salmon
Bold Coast, Cutler
Lauren Mendoza
Sea Salt
York
Scott James
Clams
Harpswell
Marsden Brewer
Scallops
Stonington
Abden Simmons
Clams
Waldoboro
Nate Perry
Scallops
Cape Elizabeth
Robert Cuddy
Oysters
Bremen
Alicia Gaiero
Oysters
Yarmouth
Mike Masi
Crab
York
Carter Newell
Mussels
Lamoine
Carter Newell
Oysters
Lamoine
Community Shellfish Clams
Clams
Bremen
Community Shellfish Lobster Meat
Lobster
Bremen
Community Shellfish Oysters
Oysters
Bremen
Andrew Peters
Scallops
Penobscot Bay
Cody Nunan
Tuna
Cape Porpoise
Jocelyne Coombs
Lobster
Mackerel Cove
James West
Lobster
Sorrento
Alex Todd
Lobster
Chebeague Island
Maurice Alley
Scallops
Beals Island
Krista Tripp
Oysters
South Thomaston
David Tarr
Scallops
Brooklin
Craig Stewart
Scallops
Casco Bay
Luke Holden
Lobster
Portland
Tyler Niven
Oysters
Casco Bay
Gerry Cushman
Lobster
Port Clyde
Terry Gray
Scallops
Brooklin
Terry Gray
Brooklin
Maine diver scallops are known for their large size and delicious flavor, but it's the way they're harvested which truly differentiates them from others on the market. Divers like Terry Gray hand select each scallop with care and attention.
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Gerry Cushman
Port Clyde
Gerry Cushman is a lobsterman and runs the Port Clyde Fisherman's Cooperative. Caught in the pristine waters of the Gulf of Maine, his delicious tasting lobster will take you to a "happy place."
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Tyler Niven
Casco Bay
Tyler Niven's family owns and operates Mere Point Oyster Company in Brunswick. Mere Point Oysters are a favorite for their clean, sweet and salty flavor-a taste of the pristine local bays they are farmed from.
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Luke Holden
Portland
Luke Holden is a business owner and lobsterman committed to sustainable fishing practices. He is a passionate advocate for Maine's working waterfront.
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Craig Stewart
Casco Bay
Craig Stewart is a 4th generation fisherman and captain of the Carl & Co. scallop and lobster boat. He loves the hunt for dayboat scallops.
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David Tarr
Brooklin
Diver Scallops refers to the method of harvesting. Instead of being dredged, these scallops are harvested by hand by scuba divers.
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Krista Tripp
South Thomaston
Krista Tripp grows Aphrodite Oysters on 22 lines and has 3 different locations in the lower Weskeag River. They grow in strong current and cold ocean waters.
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Maurice Alley
Beals Island
Maurice Alley comes from a long line of fishermen from Beals Island, Maine.
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James West
Sorrento
James has been a fisherman his entire life. He fishes with his son and lives in Sorrento, one of the most beautiful areas of Maine.
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Jocelyne Coombs
Mackerel Cove
Jocelyn Coombs is a senior in high school and has been learning how to catch lobster since the sixth grade.
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Cody Nunan
Cape Porpoise
Cody Nunan is a 7th generation lobsterman who also fishes for Bluefin Tuna during the season.
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Andrew Peters
Penobscot Bay
Andrew and his wife Samantha own Vertical Bay Scallop Farms. Their scallops live long and happy lives, some spending over 3 years under their care.
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Community Shellfish Oysters
Bremen
Due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, Cora Cressy Oysters benefit from fresh sea water with each incoming tide.
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Community Shellfish Lobster Meat
Bremen
Community Shellfish is a community of lobster fishermen and lobster meat processors.
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Community Shellfish Clams
Bremen
Seven days a week, dozens and dozens of local professional clam diggers bring their freshly harvested bounty to the shucking team at Community Shellfish in Bremen.
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Carter Newell
Lamoine
As co-founder of Pemaquid Mussel Farms, Carter Newell has put his Ph.D in marine biology to work for more than four decades.
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Robert Cuddy
Bremen
Robert Cuddy is a research technician and oyster farm manager at Community Shellfish. He is teaching the next generation of aquaculture students from the University of Maine how to manage operations on the working waterfront in Bremen.
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Nate Perry
Cape Elizabeth
Nate Perry has been farming his oysters for almost a decade. Hailing from a family of lobstermen, he originally planned to be a musician, but was inspired by the local food movement and a passion to preserve the pristine coast of Maine!
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Abden Simmons
Waldoboro
Abden Simmons has been digging clams since he was 10 years old. Today he's a professional clammer who often digs from high tide to high tide. He's an advocate for the incomparable quality and flavor of the Maine steamer, the best in the land.
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Marsden Brewer
Stonington
Penobscot Bay and the archipelago of islands off Stonington is recognized as one of our nation’s outstanding ecological treasures. It is here that fishermen Marsden Brewer and son Bob have been leading Maine into sustainable scallop aquaculture for 25 years. After years of regulations limiting scallop harvest to wild-caught adductor meats only, farmed whole scallops are again available. It’s now time to get acquainted with these premier delicacies.
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Scott James
Harpswell
Scott James has been a full-time clam digger for 15 years. He harvests both soft and hard shell clams from the mudflats in Mid-Coast Maine.
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Lauren Mendoza
York
Lauren Mendoza is the founder of Slacktide Sea Salt, a small-batch artisinal sea salt company.
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Cutler Cove Salmon
Bold Coast, Cutler
From the the only ocean-raised Atlantic salmon producer in America, grown in cold crisp waters of the Gulf of Maine.
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Jake Patryn
Machias
Jake is a generational fisherman. He and Morgan both grew up in Maine and started Nautical Farms together.
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Steve Train
Casco Bay
Steve Train is a lobsterman and pioneering kelp farmer. He is active in working waterfront issues.
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Steve Cook
Machias
Steve Cook is pioneer in the production of commercial sea salt in Maine, bringing the flavor of Maine's pristine waters to your table!
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Terry Twomey
Scarborough
Terry Twomey has been clamming for 50 years. He's building a home in Hawaii on some land he bought years back and hopes to retire there some day if he can ever get off the flats!
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Glen Libby
Port Clyde
Glen Libby is one of the few producers of knuckle-only Jonah crabmeat, yielding the sweetest crab meat product in the sea.
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Josh Todd
Stellwagen, Gulf of Maine
Josh Todd is an 11th generation fisherman from Chebeague Island Maine. Fishing is all he's ever wanted to do.
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Kristan Porter
Bold Coast, Cutler
Kristan Porter's family has been living in downeast Maine since the 1700s. He's a lobsterman from a long line of fishermen.
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Dave Cheney
Damariscotta
Dave Cheney is a pioneering oyster farmer, one of the few who harvest by diving!
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Jen Casad
Damariscotta
Jen Casad is a clammer and an artist. She takes beautiful photographs of the area where she earns her living digging steamer clams.
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Matt Moretti
Casco Bay
Matt Moretti hand-raises mussels in the cool, clean waters of Casco Bay, in complete harmony with their environment.
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