Eric Ducharme

Eric Jonathan Ducharme (born June 23, 1990), also known as "The Mertailor", is an American mermaid aficionado, or "merman", artist, and businessman. Ducharme makes and sells mermaid related costume apparel. He has performed in and modeled his products. At age 6, he began drawing portraits of the mermaids at the park and making mermaid tails from plastic bags stuck together with glue sticks. He swam in the tails and began training for underwater life. Later, he hand-sewed his first fabric tails.

Ducharme attended camp at Weeki Wachee Springs and developed friendships with the mermaids. At age 9, Ducharme obtained his first client, due to the recommendation of a former mermaid, Barbara Wynns. Then, he filled two bulk orders for Weeki Wachee Springs. By the time Ducharme was 15 years old, he established his web site to sell mermaid tails.

Ducharme ran his business from his Homosassa house, which doubled as a studio in 2013.

Ducharme is considered to be one of the top mermaid tailors in the business. Flo Rida's video for "Can't Believe It" features two models wearing his tails.

Ducharme and his business are featured in the 2023 Netflix documentary series MerPeople.