Accelerating Rescue and Recovery
Green and White Hope is partnering with multiple organizations to improve and accelerate the rescue and recovery timelines and capabilities across the Maine coast. Due to our remote location, the most likely first responders will be the fishing community and the Department of Marine Resources. Establishing well known protocols in Maine harbors along with ensuring partnerships in place for specialty capabilities only needed in critical incident situations (i.e. deep water diving, etc.) The following projects are underway to action this area.
Community Orchestration Guide in a Commercial Fishing Incident
Green and White Hope is collaborating to create a guide that harbormasters et al can share with their commercial fishing community to ensure the community is orchestrated immediately in a way that will aid law enforcements efforts to rescue person(s) who may be in danger. The core team has kicked off and conducting subject matter interviews in July 2025. The team aims to have a draft by Fall 2025. Links to the created documentation will be posted when available.
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Partners: Green and White Hope with Maine Harbor Masters, Fishing Partnership Support Services, Sunrise Country Economic Council, Maine Coast Fisherman's Association and many other SME's input.
HP1143, LD 1708 - An Act to Create a Commercial Fishing Safety Fund
Representative Tiffany Strout of Harrington, ME has presented a bill cosponsored by Senator Marianne Moore of Washington County, ME to authorize the establishment of a Commercial Fishing Safety Fund to improve the Marine resources departments ability to conduct search, rescue, and recovery operations. This bill was inspired by challenges that occurred when 2 fisherman were lost recently in Washington County. The bill was unanimously supported by the Marine Resources Committee on Thursday, 24 April, 2025 and signed into law by Governor Mills on 10 June, 2025! Green and White Hope is working with the DMR and Safety Council to understand funding strategies and priorities.
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Partners: Green and White Hope with Department of Marine Resources, Maine State Legislature, Maine State Police, etc.