MMTA Annual Meeting and Conference

Please join your fellow members for our annual meeting at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Your registration includes coffee, snacks, lunch, presentations, networking with exhibiting sponsors, a chance to win a door prize drawing, and access to the museum for the day. Thanks to our platinum sponsor Hamilton Marine, we will draw two winners for a $50 Hamilton Marine gift card.

Thursday, December 5, 2024
Time: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530

REGISTRATION LINK
$50 per person
Non-members $65 per person
Includes coffee, snacks, and lunch
Please register by November 27

Sponsor exhibit tables are still available. More Information HERE

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Fisheries Industry Partner Update

Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association – Ben Martens, Executive Director

Storm Recovery Resources –

Maine Sea Grant – Natalie Springuel

Island Institute – Olivia Richards

Natalie Springuel, Marine Extension Program Leader, and Olivia Richards will give an overview of the January 2024 storms, their impacts throughout the Maine coast, and what they might mean for the future. She will discuss the resources that have emerged since the storm to support shoring up of some working waterfronts, and provide information about the resources available to businesses and municipalities. Dates, locations (and key takeaways so far) will also be shared, from a coast-wide series of community conversations exploring storm response and preparedness in Maine’s working waterfront communities.

The presentation will be followed by Q&A and opportunities for MMTA members to tell their own stories about storm impacts, responses, and needs for future preparedness.

Natalie Springuel is Maine Sea Grant’s Marine Extension Program Leader. Having served in marine extension for 24 years, Springuel provides leadership for outreach, extension, and applied research related to fisheries and aquaculture, communities and economies, and coastal ecosystems. She is a collaborator with the Mapping Ocean Stories project, coordinator of the Downeast Fisheries Trail, and co-founder of Maine’s Working Waterfront Coalition and the National Working Waterfront Network. Springuel is often called on to facilitate complex public conversations about coastal and ocean issues. Since 2015, she has hosted an award-winning public affairs program, Coastal Conversations, on WERU FM 89.9, the nation’s oldest community radio station. Springuel lives in Bar Harbor, Maine, where she also helps run the family nature tour business, The Natural History Center.

Olivia Richards is a member of the Center for the Marine Economy at the Island Institute. She supports building resilient working waterfronts across the state, including preserving access for fishermen and aquaculturists. She is the current coordinator of the Maine Working Waterfront Coalition, a statewide collaboration of public and private marine sector partners dedicated to supporting and enhancing Maine’s working waterfront through policy, outreach, data, and pursuing funding opportunities. Before joining Island Institute, Olivia completed a master’s degree in Agriculture and Food Policy at Tufts University and worked on oyster and mussel farms in Maine.

Outdoor Recreation Industry Partner Update

Maine Outdoor Brands – Jenny Kordick, Executive Director

Lithium-ion batteries: a game changer with significant limitations 

Calder Marine Enterprises – Nigel Calder

Lithium-ion batteries are opening a raft of new opportunities for electric propulsion, onboard energy systems, and charging now being used in the marine industry, but with some gaps in education, limitations, and risk awareness that should be considered by boatyards, builders, marinas, dealers, and insurers. Nigel Calder will provide our members with some key considerations for benefits and limitations as the technology develops and becomes commonplace.

Nigel Calder got into motorcycles and sailing dinghies as a teenager and has never been far from mechanical things and boats ever since. In recent decades this has morphed into extensive development and testing of experimental electrical and propulsion systems. For over 30 years, Nigel has been an active participant in the American Boat and Yacht Council’s (ABYC) electrical Project Technical Committee (PTC), which writes the standards for recreational boat electrical systems, including the E-13 standard for lithium-ion batteries. Nigel was a founding member of the Maine Built Boats organization. Nigel is best known for his Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual, now in its 4^th edition, and his Marine Diesel Engines, in its 3^rd edition.

Any questions can be emailed to [email protected] or call 207-773-8725