Carla Guenther, Mitchell Center Talk Series, 11/17/2025

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions was created to address sustainability challenges – challenges of both improving the well-being of people and protecting the environment. Tackling these challenges requires the ability to “connect the dots” across economic, social, environmental and other factors that often influence sustainability problems. The Mitchell Center brings together teams of faculty, students and partners from many different fields to link knowledge with actions to help solve these thorny problems.

Talk: Bridging the Worlds of Fishing and Research: Roles for Connectors

Speaker: Carla Guenther, Chief Scientist, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Co-Sponsors:
Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
School of Marine Sciences
Dept. of Communication & Journalism
Aquaculture Research Institute
3-D Ecosystem Science National Research Traineeship

Dr. Carla Guenther is the chief scientist at Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries in Stonington, Maine. Formally educated in engineering, marine science and human geography from Worcester polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Santa Barbara, Carla has worked in fisheries in Mexico, California, and Maine. Alongside fishermen, scientists, and managers she has been navigating resource, management, and social change in Maine’s coastal fishing dependent communities for 15 years.

For information about the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, go to https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/.