Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague, Jon Johansen BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating things naval This month: 1.boatyard report 2.updates on the golden globe race and tom robinson rowing across the pacific 3.in depth discussion of whale entanglements Guest/s: Amy Knowlton New England Aquarium Shelia Dassatt Downeast Lobstermen’s Association Sean Todd Allied Whale Zachary Klyver Blue Planet Strategies Thanks also to Peter Stein Scientific Solutions, Portland, Maine and Jeff Nichols Maine DMR About the hosts: Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on. Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.