Watermen's Heritage Tourism Training Program
The Watermen's Heritage Tourism Training Program provides Maryland watermen, a community of individuals and businesses that have been negatively impacted by the decline in shellfish and finfish populations, with the knowledge, skills, abilities and connections to participate in or develop heritage and tourism businesses associated with Maryland's history, environment and maritime heritage, especially the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
Watermen's Heritage Tourism Training Program from David Hawxhurst on Vimeo.
Over a 24-month period, the heritage tourism program will provide tuition and other support to 60 to 100 individuals (watermen and their family members) to participate in the training program to supplement their annual fisheries income and to provide them with the tools and skills to participate in the growing geo-tourism industry.The initiative is a partnership project. It includes the Chesapeake Conservancy, the Maryland Watermen's Association, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and the Coastal Heritage Alliance.
For more information, contact Joel Dunn at jdunn@chesapeakeconservancy.org
Video courtesy of David Hawxhurst© www.coastalculture.org
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