Ted Ames
{{Short description|American fisher}}
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| alma mater = University of Maine
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| known_for = Penobscot East Resource Center
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Ted Ames (born 1939) is a Maine fisherman, and former hatchery director of Penobscot East Resource Center.{{cite web |url=http://www.penobscoteast.org/ames_research.asp |title=Ted Ames' Research |accessdate=2010-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312111044/http://www.penobscoteast.org/ames_research.asp |archivedate=2010-03-12 }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2006-11/features/fishermen |title=One Maine fisherman MacArthur "genius grant" - Yankee Magazine |accessdate=2010-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718150725/http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2006-11/features/fishermen |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-ted-ames-and-the-recovery-of-maines-fisheries/|title = Pop!Tech: Ted Ames and the recovery of Maine's fisheries|date = 19 October 2007}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.emilydavidow.com/wp/2007/10/oceans-in-the-balance-ted-ames/|title = Emily Davidow is returning momentarily soon}}{{cite web |url=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/stonington2004.htm |title=Stonington Fisherman's Study Reveals Reality of Cod Stocks |accessdate=2010-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913041924/http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/stonington2004.htm |archivedate=2006-09-13 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.good.is/post/have-we-made-lobster-a-truly-sustainable-seafood/|title = Have We Made Lobster a Truly Sustainable Seafood?|date = 16 October 2009}}
He was a Scholar-in-Residence at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine 2010–2011.
Awards
- 2005 MacArthur Fellows Program{{Cite web |url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1076861/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B948FCBDB-D67D-4327-92F7-309B3B036824%7D¬oc=1# |title=Ted Ames - MacArthur Foundation |access-date=2018-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027023210/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1076861/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B948FCBDB-D67D-4327-92F7-309B3B036824%7D¬oc=1# |archive-date=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead }}
- 2007 University of Maine Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/news/blog/2007/04/02/ted-ames-recipient-of-a-2005-macarthur-genius-grant-to-give-umaine-lecture-in-april-2/{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact_wilkinson Alec Wilkinson, Profiles, “The Lobsterman,” The New Yorker, July 31, 2006, p. 56]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100617193540/http://www.mpbn.net/Television/LocalTelevisionPrograms/ConversationswithMaine/tabid/876/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3743/ItemId/10379/Default.aspx "Ted Ames"], ''Maine Public Broadcasting Network, February 28, 2008
- [http://www.onpointradio.org/2006/11/the-future-of-fish "The Future of Fish"], On Point, November 7, 2006
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