FisherPoets & FisherPoetry-Related Sites

 The FisherPoets Gathering – Home for information about the FisherPoets Gathering, an annual celebration of FisherPoets held at the end of February in Astoria, OR. 

Public radio station KMUN serves the Astoria-Warrenton area. KMUN’s rich broadcast schedule includes The Ship Report. During the FisherPoetry Gathering KMUN also holds special events such as interviews with FisherPoets and live broadcasts from the Liberty Theatre on Friday and Saturday night.

 Mark Alan Lovewell & Molly Conole, FisherPoet musicians from Martha’s Vineyard who host “Sunday at Sea”, a live show of maritime songs, stories, and good coastal fellowship. 

Born in Boston, Larry now calls both London, England, and Essex, Connecticut home. He worked for many years on traditional vessels in Maine, sailed on and helped restore the Schooner, Bowdoin, and has released four CDs through Folk Legacy Records.

Joel & Tele are second-generation salmon trollers. They've been running the Nerka (the boat Joel first went to sea on at two weeks old!) together since 2006, hand-delivering their catch to local chefs and markets. They are artists – a writer & a photographer – who approach fishing as another art form, with salmon as their medium.

Ship Report podcasts take you to a special corner of the world: the Mighty Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Nautical lore, news and info, mariner interviews, daily international ship traffic, and the inside scoop on our formidable marine weather. Join maritime journalist Joanne Rideout on the Ship Report, as we explore the fascinating nautical world, on the Upper Left Edge of Oregon and beyond.