Voices of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum

Jessica Erchard + Rebecca Weil

Cooperstown, NY

Jessica Echard and Rebecca Weil work for the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety as a research assistant and research coordinator. Their main project has been working with fishermen to increase their use of lifejackets while fishing. They focus on the concerns fishermen shared with them about lifejacket use and design changes made life jackets more useful for commercial fishermen.

Interviewed by Matt Frassica at the 2019 Maine Fishermen's Forum. To hear the full interview, please visit NOAA’s Voices Oral History Archive.

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