Ted Ames

Ted Ames (born 1939) is a Maine fisherman, and former hatchery director of Penobscot East Resource Center.

Life

He graduated from the University of Maine with a master's degree in biochemistry. He mapped the fish spawning grounds over time showing a loss of productive grounds. He was a Scholar-in-Residence at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine 2010–2011.

Awards

• 2005 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 2007 University of Maine Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture

See also

• List of American fishers

References

External links

• Alec Wilkinson, Profiles, “The Lobsterman,” The New Yorker, July 31, 2006, p. 56
• "Ted Ames", Maine Public Broadcasting Network, February 28, 2008
• "The Future of Fish" , On Point, November 7, 2006