MERI Lecture to Focus on Herring Decline

BLUE HILL – Marine Environmental Research Institute will present the first lecture in the 2008 Ocean Environment series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the MERI Center on Main Street.

Peter Baker, project manager of the Atlantic Herring Campaign for the Pew Environment Group, will discuss the decline of herring in Maine’s waters and the impact of industrial trawl fishing on the marine ecosystem and local fisheries.

At 6 p.m., there will be a wine and cheese reception and the presentation of a short silent film from the Ernest Stillman collection. The footage is a collection of home movies taken by Stillman of Bar Harbor in the 1930s and 1940s that include segments on herring weirs and sardine carriers as well as other fishing activities in the Mount Desert Island area.

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