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Interviewee | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Interviewer's Affiliation | Location of Interview | Description | Collection Name |
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Roy Jenne | Stuart “Bill” Leslie | 09-16-2005 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | Boulder, CO |
Dr. Roy Jenne provides an overview of his career at NCAR in the computing division. Jenne discusses the Mesa Laboratory and its facilities; his recollections of the various computing systems at NCAR, starting with a Control Data 3600; the significant work NCAR did and continues to do with weather forecasting and observational data; and how creating easily accessible datasets was an important goal and achievement of his unit. |
UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection |
Carrie Jamison and Edith Selby | Rachel Dolhanczyk, Leo Warner | 09-02-2015 | Bayshore Center at Bivalve Delaware Bay Museum & Folklife Center | Port Norris, NJ |
Sisters Carrie Jamison (b. 1921) and Edith Selby (b. 1927) grew up in "uptown" Port Norris, New Jersey. As children, they were not allowed to go to Shell Pile or the river (Bivalve). Their parents were from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Their father came here to work on the boats and on farms. They attended Shiloh Baptist Church. In the early 1940s, they both worked in oyster houses as shuckers including Robbins Brothers, Carl Reed, Stowman's Brothers, Peterson Packing and George Gaskell. |
New Jersey’s Delaware Bayshore |
Barry Ballard | Bill May | 08-26-2009 | Bayshore Center at Bivalve Delaware Bay Museum & Folklife Center | Millville, NJ |
Barry Ballard (b. 1945) is the retired Superintendent of Commercial Township (Port Norris, Haleyville, Mauricetown) Schools. He was educated in the Port Norris School and graduated from Millville High School and later earned degrees from Cheyney University and Rowan University. His father was from Virginia and his mother from Crisfield, Maryland. They came to Port Norris in 1928 following the oyster industry. Mr. Ballard discusses his childhood, education, desire to become a teacher and inspiration from Mrs. |
New Jersey’s Delaware Bayshore |
Richard “Dick” Stone | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan, Doug Wolfe | 05-04-2018 | NOAA Fisheries | Morehead City, NC |
Richard "Dick" Stone, a native of Virginia Beach, Virgina, has dedicated his life to environmental research and conservation. He completed his Bachelor's Degree at Virginia Military Institute. He pursued a Master's Degree at William and Mary, further honing his expertise. Dick joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Sandy Hook Lab, where he spent 8-1/2 years contributing to important research and conservation efforts. In 1972, Dick embarked on a new phase of his career when he transferred to NOAA's Beaufort Lab. |
NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Randall “Randy” Cheek | Joseph W. Smith, Don Hoss, Ford Cross, Douglas Vaughan | 03-05-2020 | NOAA Fisheries | Beaufort, NC |
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NOAA Beaufort Lab Oral Histories |
Laurel Bryant | Molly Graham | 11-13-2020 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | Ivins, UT |
Laurel Bryant was born in Mount Vernon, Washington, and raised in Seattle. She attended Shoreline Community College for two years and then graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Political Science and Economics with a concentration in Environmental Sciences. She came to Washington, DC, in 1989 and worked for the United States House of Representatives Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the predecessor to the House Natural Resources Committee. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
Will Benson | Zachary Mason | 01-26-2021 | NOAA Heritage Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Information System, University of Maryland's Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies | Key West, FL |
"[Capt.]Will Benson grew up on the waters of the Florida Keys. With a push pole in one hand and a camera in the other, Will has guided his clients and his audience to amazing memories on the flats and on film. His lifelong passion for the ocean is the heart and soul of WorldANGLING. As a professional guide he knows what it takes to create unforgettable experiences on the water and brings an immense dedication to the guide profession. |
Decades of Change in the Florida Reef Tract: An Oral History Project |
Roy Crabtree | Molly Graham | 01-08-2021 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | St. Petersburg, FL |
Dr. Crabtree has served as the regional administrator of NOAA Fisheries Service's Southeast Regional Office since January 2003. Previously, Dr. Crabtree was a senior research scientist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Florida Marine Research Institute, and the director of the Commission's Division of Marine Fisheries. He has served these state and federal fishery management agencies for over 15 years, after beginning his career as a self-employed fishing guide in the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
Michael Seki | Molly Graham | 01-25-2021 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | Honolulu, HI |
In his role as Director of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Dr. Seki provides the science direction and oversight of research activities that support stewardship of living marine resources in the vast expanse of the Pacific Islands Region. Since joining NOAA Fisheries in 1980, Dr. Seki has conducted extensive fisheries, oceanographic, and ecosystem research on many marine species in the Pacific. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific papers and participated in over 20 domestic and international research surveys. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
Lionel Hickman | Sally Van de Water | 07-08-2005 | Bayshore Center at Bivalve Delaware Bay Museum & Folklife Center | Millville, NJ |
Mr. |
New Jersey’s Delaware Bayshore |
Peter Lewit | Matthew Forrest | 10-09-2020 | NOAA's Office of Coast Survey | Cornwall, NY |
Interview with Peter Lewit, Chief Hydrographic Survey Tech at NOAA |
Mount Mitchell Oral History Project |
Richard Permenter | Matthew Forrest | 08-21-2020 | NOAA's Office of Coast Survey | Denver, NC |
Oral history interview with Richard Permenter, NOAA Commissioned Corps |
Mount Mitchell Oral History Project |
Floyd McLaughlin | Matthew Forrest | 11-02-2020 | NOAA's Office of Coast Survey | Seattle, WA |
Interview with Floyd McLaughlin |
Mount Mitchell Oral History Project |
Joe Evjen | Matthew Forrest | 06-19-2020 | NOAA's Office of Coast Survey | Silver Spring, MD |
Interview with Joe Evjen, National Geodetic Survey |
Mount Mitchell Oral History Project |
Kevin Brewington | Matthew Forrest | 07-17-2020 | NOAA's Office of Coast Survey | Corvallis, OR |
Interview with Kevin Brewington |
Mount Mitchell Oral History Project |
Edward and Brad Robin | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | 01-03-2011 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Yscloskey, LA |
Edward and Brad Robin are two oyster fishermen from Yscloskey. They explain the process of how to catch oysters and the technology and terms used in the trade. They mentioned the problems since the BP Oil Spill and hardships and struggles to keep all of their employees. They also discussed the pirate wars between Mississippi and Louisiana. Edward described life after World War II when he started Robin’s Seafood and the modern changes to the way oysters are caught from when he started as a child. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Claire Porter and Eric, Dennis, and Ray Skrmetta | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | 01-03-2011 | Louisiana Sea Grant | New Orleans, LA |
The Skrmetta Family discusses canneries, seafood processing, shrimp peeling, oysters, Mavar Shrimp and Oil Company, shipyard, canning companies, shrimp drying, prohibition and dry States, and the Great Depression. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Clifford Smith | Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux, Roy Kron | 12-29-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Houma, LA |
Interview with Clifford Smith in Houma, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Kerry St. Pe | Paula Ouder, Roy Kron | 04-28-2010 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Houma, LA |
Interview with Kerry St. Pe, Director, Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program, in Houma, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Reuben St. Pierre | Earl Robichaux | 08-05-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Grand Isle, LA |
Interview with Reuben St. Pierre in Grand Isle, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Mark Staton | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | 05-24-2010 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Lafayette, LA |
Interview with Mark Staton in Lafayette, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Eugene Theriot | Paula Ouder, Roy Kron | 06-03-2010 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Intracoastal City, LA |
Interview with Eugene Theriot. He discusses the shrimp factory, shrimp drying platforms, ice boats, hurricanes, canneries, manila village, fur trapping, oysters, seabreeze, kerosene, prohibition, storm of 1926, and shrimp strikes. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Tootsie Theriot | Paula Ouder, Roy Kron | 06-03-2010 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Intracoastal City, LA |
Interview with Eugene Theriot. He discusses the shrimp factory, shrimp drying platforms, ice boats, hurricanes, canneries, manila village, fur trapping, oysters, seabreeze, kerosene, prohibition, storm of 1926, and shrimp strikes. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Jodie Avail | Carl Brasseaux | 08-13-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Abbeville, LA |
Jodie Avail and Jay Thornhill discusses the origin and history of Dupuy’s Oyster Shop. They talk about the diversification of the menu and the oyster dealers. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Jay Thornhill | Carl Brasseaux | 08-13-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Abbeville, LA |
Jodie Avail and Jay Thornhill discusses the origin and history of Dupuy’s Oyster Shop. They talk about the diversification of the menu and the oyster dealers. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Greg Lier | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis, Roy Kron | 12-29-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Harvey Canal, LA |
Interview with Cokie Rathborne and Greg Lier in Harvey Canal, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Cokie Rathborne | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis, Roy Kron | 12-29-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Harvey Canal, LA |
Interview with Cokie Rathborne and Greg Lier in Harvey Canal, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Norris Price | Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | 12-29-2009 | Louisiana Sea Grant | Chauvin, LA |
Interview with Norris Price in Chauvin, Louisiana. |
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
William Baldwin | Sara Wood | 09-13-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | McClellanville, SC |
William Baldwin is a poet and retired shrimper who grew up in McClellanville, South Carolina, a town known for its shrimping docks and rich fishing traditions. His grandfather Rut Leland was a boat captain. As a teenager William worked the fuel docks, and by the age of twenty-one, he was running the shrimp dock. He attended college and finished a master’s thesis on the Dada artists before returning to McClellanville to work on various shrimp boats. Though he stopped shrimping years ago, William continues to draw from the experiences of the docks and open water and th |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Ellie Berry | Sara Wood | 09-10-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
In 1973 Captain Horace Crosby left his job in law enforcement and bought Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp on James Island in Charleston. The business started as a live bait operation. His twin daughters, Ellie and Joanie, grew up in the store. While their father rarely let people go out on the boat with him, he often extended the opportunity to Joanie. A fire destroyed Crosby’s in 1987, and a year later the sisters – not a pair for sitting behind a desk – rebuilt the business with the help of their father and brother, Timothy. The next year Hurricane Hugo took it all |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Joanie Cooksey | Sara Wood | 09-10-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
In 1973 Captain Horace Crosby left his job in law enforcement and bought Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp on James Island in Charleston. The business started as a live bait operation. His twin daughters, Ellie and Joanie, grew up in the store. While their father rarely let people go out on the boat with him, he often extended the opportunity to Joanie. A fire destroyed Crosby’s in 1987, and a year later the sisters – not a pair for sitting behind a desk – rebuilt the business with the help of their father and brother, Timothy. The next year Hurricane Hugo took it all |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Kimberly Carroll | Sara Wood | 09-10-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
With her father in the Air Force, Kimberly Carroll grew up living in all parts of the country: Mississippi, Florida, Alaska, and finally Charleston. In 1992 she was working as a radiologist at Roper Hospital when she met Raul Morales, a crabber and native of Cuba, while hanging out on a shrimp boat in Mount Pleasant. They fell in love, and Kimberly started selling fresh catch for Raul’s seafood business, Raul’s Seafood, which was located at Shem Creek on the Geechee Dock. Kimberly sold to 150 restaurants across the Lowcountry. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Neal Cooksey | Sara Wood | 09-12-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
Neal Cooksey grew up on James Island in Charleston, South Carolina. As a teenager, he started scalloping in Charleston Harbor and Savannah, Georgia. When he saw his first paycheck, he decided to stick with it. In the mid-1970s, he took off for shrimping the Texas Gulf Coast and Key West, Florida. Along with his crew of Bubba Jameson and Calvin Chavis, Neal shrimps on the Haley Marie & Sons, named after his three children. The boat always returns to the docks of Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp co-owned by his wife, Joanie. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Fred Dockery | Sara Wood | 09-09-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
Fred Dockery was born in Montpelier, France, where his mother worked in a hospital run by nuns. His father traveled as a professor, moving the family from the Midwest to France to Maine to North Carolina. After graduating from Bates College with a degree in philosophy, Fred moved into an airplane hangar and worked as a landscaper before taking a job on a commercial fishing boat called "The Restless." Eventually, Fred and his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina where he took a job on a clam farm. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Rocky Magwood | Sara Wood | 09-14-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
Rocky Magwood, a Fourth generation fisherman, says he was raised on a shrimp boat. He’d head out with his father, Clarence “Skipper” Magwood, before he could even walk. His grandfather Junior Magwood built a rich shrimping empire on the docks of Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant. Rocky followed in his father and grandfather’s footsteps, working as a captain of several shrimping boats, each one painted green, orange, and white – the signature look of the Magwood fleet. For years shrimp caught on the Magwood fleet was delivered and sold at Shem Creek at C. A. Magwood & Sons. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Andrew Magwood | Sara Wood | 09-15-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Awendaw, SC |
Andrew Magwood grew up on Little Bulls Island, a spit of land between Big Bulls Island and Capers Island. His family survived on what they grew on their farm and what they caught from the water. His father, Captain Clarence Magwood, taught his sons to fish for everything from bass to shark. They also picked oysters and clams. And while the Magwood name is synonymous with shrimping in the Lowcountry, the business started with oysters. They also sold turtle eggs. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Nathaniel "Danny" Manigault | Sara Wood | 09-16-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | North Charleston, SC |
Nathaniel "Danny" Manigault was born and raised in Charleston. In high school he moved to the Union Heights neighborhood of North Charleston. He worked as a mechanic at R & M Industrial Products, and fished whiting, croaker, spots, and sharks as a hobby. When his neighbor told him how he could make a little money on the side crabbing, Danny decided to start crabbing to supplement his full-time job. Now retired from R & M, Danny usually hits the Wando River by four each morning to make it back in time to delivery blue crabs to customers in North Charleston. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Mark Marhefka | Kate Medley, Sara Wood | 03-07-2015 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
Mark Marhefka is a commercial fisherman originally from Jacksonville, Florida. He owns Abundant Seafood with his wife, Kerry, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He delivers his fresh catch to more than twenty restaurants in Charleston, and runs a CSF (community-supported fishery) from Shem Creek where he docks his boat, the Amy Marie. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Julie McClellan | Sara Wood | 09-14-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | McClellanville, SC |
Growing up on Silver Hill plantation in McClellanville, South Carolina, Julie McClellan spent her days out on a small wooden batteau accompanying her stepfather, Ellis Dawsey, as he scratched clams on his leases at White Banks and Oyster House and sold the catch to Carolina Seafood. After high school she married and went straight to work in restaurants, building houses, and later operated a deer processing plant with her husband before they divorced. For the past twenty-five years, Julie’s made her full-time living off the water. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Anuruck “Lucky” Suttiprasert | Sara Wood | 09-12-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
Anuruck “Lucky” Suttiprasert was born and raised in Thailand. In 1975 he moved to Memphis, Tennessee to attend school, always intending to return to home once he finished his studies. Three years later, he quit school to work, both in restaurants and as a mechanic. He moved to Atlanta. In 1982 a friend in Savannah, Georgia convinced him to start shrimping because the money was good. Lucky worked his way up to captain, and today he runs his own shrimp boat, Luck Chalm. Lucky explains the name comes from a combination of his name with the name of his wife, Chalam. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
David Thomas | Sara Wood | 09-12-2014 | Southern Foodways Alliance | Charleston, SC |
David Thomas has been fishing commercially for the past twenty-five years. He was born and raised in Conway, South Carolina, where his father ran a grocery store. He spent his summers in Ponce Inlet, Florida, where his uncle fished commercially and ran Timmons Fish Camp. David decided the only practical job for him was to fish, but today he say government regulations make his work difficult. He fishes with a standup rod known as a bandit reel, which drops a bungee cord directly into a current using circle hooks, which catch the outside of the fish’s lip. |
The Saltwater South: Charleston |
Frank Rizzo | Nancy Solomon | 01-01-1987 | Long Island Traditions | Freeport, NY |
Frank Rizzo is an experienced fisherman and captain who has spent many years navigating the waters off Long Island. His experience includes encounters with American submarines and fighter ships, navigating through heavy fog, and dealing with the challenges of changing fish populations due to pollution. Rizzo has also worked with notable figures in the fishing industry, such as Captain Al, and has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience from these interactions. |
Long Island Traditions |
Jim Rose | Steve Warrick | 07-15-2000 | Long Island Traditions | East Patchogue, NY |
Jim Rose, born James Malan Rose on March 17, 1954, in Southampton, is a seasoned clammer and gill netter from Long Island, New York. He moved to the Patchogue area of Long Island in 1960 and has lived there for most of his life. Rose began his career in clamming at the age of twelve, following in the footsteps of his older brother. He started clamming part-time after school and during the summers, using an old boat he fixed up himself. Despite not coming from a bay family, Rose continued clamming throughout his junior high and high school years. |
Long Island Traditions |
Joe Scavone | Nancy Solomon | 09-27-2011 | Long Island Traditions | Freeport, NY |
In this interview Joey Scavone of Freeport, New York talks about his livelihood in working on the bay and ocean of Freeport. |
Long Island Traditions |
Joe Scavone | Nancy Solomon | 12-30-2015 | Long Island Traditions | Freeport, NY |
"It was a living nightmare. Something I never want to experience again because besides the waters being closed for clamming, you couldn’t even drive through town. There were boats in the roads everywhere. It took a couple of weeks for bulldozers to get rid of boats. There were boats blocking people’s front doors. Boats that knocked down fences. it was devastation. The more you think about it, the more you remember." -- Joe Scavone |
Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Jon Semlear | Nancy Solomon | 04-11-2016 | Long Island Traditions | Sag Harbor, NY |
Bayman Jon Semlear is a pound trap fisherman and bass fisherman in Sag Harbor. In this short interview he shares his knowledge of the bay, ecological changes, and close calls he's had on the water. |
Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
George Streit | Nancy Solomon | 05-19-1987 | Long Island Traditions | Freeport, NY |
George Streit, born on May 19, 1987, is a lifelong enthusiast of fishing, whose love for the sport has shaped his life and experiences. Originally from Queens, George moved to Freeport in 1940, where he discovered his passion for fishing at an early age. He acquired his first sport fishing boat, Tiger, and ventured into the world of big game fishing, which became a significant part of his life. Growing up with a father who was a cabinet maker, George learned the ropes of fishing while working on the shore. |
Long Island Traditions |
Chuck Tekula | Nancy Solomon | 05-31-2016 | Long Island Traditions | Center Moriches, NY |
"The traditional baymen’s position on the island has been death by a thousand paper cuts, just one law after another law after another law, until, eventually, it’s not that there’s no money to be made out there. It’s that it’s so much stuff you have to put up with, with all the boat traffic and all the laws and the licenses you have to deal with and law enforcement agencies. You just don’t see young people getting into it anymore." |
Long Island Traditions - Climate Change and Sandy |
Myron "Mike" and Helen Van Essendelft | Nancy Solomon | 02-04-2004 | Long Island Traditions | Oakdale, NY |
Mike and Helen Van Essendelft live in Oakdale, New York. Mike Van Essendelft, born on April 16, 1908, worked for Bluepoints, a renowned oyster company, for over 12 years. Starting as a waiter at the Snapper Inn, Mike eventually became a sales assistant at Bluepoints and worked his way up to the position of sales manager. Helen Van Essendelft supported the oyster industry by shucking and freezing oysters for Birdseye. Together, Mike and Helen provide a unique perspective on the history and operations of the fishing industry in West Sayville. |
Long Island Traditions |
Edward Barrett | Samantha Sperry | 02-17-2012 | NOAA | Brewer, ME |
Edward Barrett, 56, is a fisherman out of Plymouth, Massachusetts. He began fishing in high school, purchased his first boat in 1979, and has worked as an inshore mobile gear fisherman for the past 15 years. He has been a member of sector 10 since sector management began and serves as the President of Sector 10, as well as staying actively involved in the fisheries community. Mr. Barrett views sectors negatively, and especially views catch shares as significantly cost prohibitive for small boats. Since sectors began, Mr. |
Sector Management in New England |
Tim Barrett | Samantha Sperry | 02-16-2012 | NOAA | Plymouth, MA |
Tim Barrett, 46, is a commercial fisherman out of Plymouth, MA. Mr. Barrett grew up on the water, fishing with his brother when he was a boy and through college. He then got into the fishing industry in the early 80?s after attending the University of Rhode Island for some undergraduate work in Marine Fisheries and Technology. In the past 10 years, he has fished groundfish inshore. He is currently an inactive member of sector 10, though he was in the common pool until last year. Mr. Barrett does not think that sector management is a good option for fisheries management. |
Sector Management in New England |
David Beutel | Lisa Colburn , Azure Cygler | 10-24-2012 | NOAA | North Kingstown, RI |
David (Dave) Beutel of North Kingstown, Rhode Island began his career as a commercial fisherman in the mid-1970s and has since worked with the University of Rhode Island and now with fisheries management for the state of Rhode Island. Mr. Beutel believes that the divisive atmosphere in the port of Point Judith is a notable negative consequence of sectors management in Rhode Island, because differences in the philosophies of fishermen have created obvious divisions in the fishing community. |
Sector Management in New England |
Charles Remington Borden | Azure Cygler | 07-17-2012 | NOAA | Tiverton, RI |
Charles Borden, 33, is a commercial fisherman out of Westport, Massachusetts. Mr. Borden?s father works in fisheries management, though he does not have family history in commercial fishing, he began fishing at age 14 on a skiff and worked his way up to become a captain on his own vessel in Westport, Massachusetts. For the past 3 years, he has fished predominantly for monkfish in the inshore and offshore, depending on the season. |
Sector Management in New England |
Ronald Borjeson | Samantha Sperry | 02-16-2012 | NOAA | Plymouth, MA |
Ron Borjeson, 62, is a commercial fisherman out of Sandwich, Massachusetts. He began fishing with his uncle while in college and purchased his own boat, on which he still fishes, in 1973. In recent years, he has fished strictly inshore, catching fluke during the summer and a variety of fish during the rest of the year. Mr. Borjeson joined his sectors when sector management began, largely because he felt as though the alternative was not well explained and thus left too many unknowns. He does not feel like sector management is a good idea. |
Sector Management in New England |
Carl Bouchard | Azure Cygler | 07-16-2012 | NOAA | Exeter, NH |
Carl Bouchard, age 72, is a retired fisherman whose home port was Hampton, New Hampshire. Mr. Buchard began fishing around age 45 because he loved being outdoors, after transitioning from gas station and carwash owner to owner of his own boat doing inshore fisheries such as groundfishing, shrimping, tunafishing and lobstering. He had chosen to retire from fisheries the year sector management began, but had four permits in Sector 2. The year sectors started, he put his boat in the commonpool and leased quota from additional permits that he had purchased. Mr. |
Sector Management in New England |
Christopher T. Brown | Azure Cygler | 11-18-2011 | NOAA | Kingston, RI |
Chris Brown, 53, is a commercial fisherman out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. He began fishing after high school and built a boat for himself two years later. Currently, he fishes inshore for groundfish and squid predominantly. Mr. Brown is the president of Sector 5 and is very active in sector management and fisheries in general. He is very hopeful about sector management and believes that, given the opportunity, it will be the best strategy to manage the fisheries and provide livelihood for fishermen. |
Sector Management in New England |
Mary Ellen Brown | Azure Cygler | 12-06-2012 | NOAA | Narragansett, RI |
Mary Brown, 52, is married to commercial fisherman Chris Brown who fishes out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. Mr. Brown has been involved in fisheries since he was a little boy and currently fishes inshore, predominantly for groundfish. Mrs. Brown?s husband is a member of sector 5. She believes that sector management allows him to catch fish more economically and predictably. |
Sector Management in New England |
Timothy Caldwell | Angela Wilson | 01-12-2012 | NOAA | Narragansett, RI |
Tim Caldwell, 51, a fisherman currently operating out of Point Judith, RI began fishing at age 18. Mr. Caldwell is a member of sector 10. He had 2 vessels when sectors began, but has since switched to gillneting for monkfish and sells his low groundfish allocation. He saw a drastic decrease in income as a result of a low allocation and had to sell his second vessel. Mr. Caldwell has a negative view of sectors, stating that sectors make the future uncertain for small fishermen, like him and his son. |
Sector Management in New England |
John Curzake | Azure Cygler | 10-04-2012 | NOAA | Narragansett, RI |
John Curzake, 48, is a commercial fisherman out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. He has been fishing since high school on a swordfishing boat with his in-laws; though his immediate family didn?t fish commercially, his father and brother occasionally go commercial lobstering. He fishes for skates and some groundfish, mostly inshore. He became a member of sector 13 to avoid gear restrictions placed on individuals in the common pool. Mr. Curzake does not like sector management and would prefer to return to Days-at-Sea, with at least 50 days per vessel per year. |
Sector Management in New England |
Karl Cygler | Azure Cygler | 11-12-2012 | NOAA | Narragansett, RI |
Karl Cygler, 36, owns a company which provides fisheries observers to commercial fishing vessels, including sector and commonpool boats. Mr. Cygler used to be an observer as well and his father was a commercial fisherman in the 1980?s. Mr.Cygler has seen changes in observer coverage since sectors started and his staff mentioned there is more tension and frustration on the part of the fishing industry in having to carry observers at a higher rate than before sectors. Mr. |
Sector Management in New England |
Hilary Dombrowski | Azure Cygler | 10-11-2012 | NOAA | Gloucester, MA |
Hilary Dombrowski, 64, is a commercial fisherman out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He began fishing around age 10, progressively buying and operating larger boats. He now jigs for cod and tub trawls for haddock, in the inshore. He is a member of the common pool because quota allocations were assigned based on years during which there were a great deal of regulations, thus limiting catch for many in the region. As a small fisherman, there is no real avenue for him to get into a sector, as it is quite expensive. |
Sector Management in New England |
John Jeffrey Good | Samantha Sperry | 02-16-2012 | NOAA | Plymouth, MA |
Jeff Good, a 54-year-old fisherman from Plymouth, Massachusetts, has been fishing since he was 16 years old, beginning on a boat originally purchased by his older brother. In the years since, he has done all types of fishing including inshore and offshore fishing in most all fisheries except lobster and he hasn't done hook fishing. He currently fishes without any crew and feels this is the only way he can make it financially. Mr. |
Sector Management in New England |
Christopher Hickman | Azure Cygler | 07-19-2012 | NOAA | Hatteras, NC |
Chris Hickman, 63, is a commercial fisherman out of Hatteras, North Carolina. Mr. Hickman began fishing in the 1970's after retiring from farming; his grandfather was a fisherman in the early 1900's. He currently fishes for monkfish and a variety of other species using a gillnet inshore along the east coast in New England. Mr. Hickman has been in the commonpool in New England since sectors began; sector management is not in place in North Carolina. He feels that sector management is not the right management strategy and would abolish it given the opportunity. |
Sector Management in New England |
James Keding | Samantha Sperry | 02-16-2012 | NOAA | Plymouth, MA |
Jim Keding is a 42-year-old fisherman; he currently captains a commercial fishing vessel out of Plymouth, Massachusetts. This vessel, the Mystic, fishes inshore for groundfish and is in sector 10. Jim serves as the sector's Vice President. He began fishing at age 14, in 1987; he chose fishing simply because he lived near the Plymouth fishing docks, and his cousin was the only one who fished in his family. Prior to captaining the Mystic, he owned and operated his own vessels. |
Sector Management in New England |
Arlene and Keith Hartford | Keith Ludden | 07-31-2010 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Gouldsboro, ME |
Arlene and Keith "Pete" Hartford both worked for the Stinson Seafood cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Elaine Lowell | Keith Ludden | 07-30-2011 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Prospect Harbor, ME |
Elaine Lowell was born in Stueben, Maine, in 1915. She and her husband George raised three children in Prospect Harbor. Elaine worked for the Stinson Canning Company in Prospect Harbor, Maine. She had several jobs at the former cannery: cutting and packing sardines, cleaning the offices at night, transporting injured employees to the hospital, and getting up at four o’clock in the morning to call the cannery employees if there was herring to come in to cut and pack. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Susan Knight Calder | Keith Ludden | 01-16-2013 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Whiting, ME |
Susan grew up in an Irish Catholic family. She started working in canneries when she was 16 years old. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Cary Lewis | Keith Ludden | 09-28-2011 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Southwest Harbor, ME |
Cary Lewis captained a sardine carrier, delivering sardines to the canneries on the Maine coast. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Jeanne and Robert Peacock | Keith Ludden | 04-19-2013 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Eastport, ME |
Robert Peacock's family operated canneries in Eastport, Lubec and Portland, Maine. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Charlie Stinson | Keith Ludden | 04-19-2011 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Prospect Harbor, ME |
Charles Stinson was the owner of the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, which was established by his grandfather. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Clarence Suddy | Keith Ludden | 07-09-2013 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Eastport, ME |
Clarence "Buck" Suddy helped operate Raye's Mustard Mill in Eastport for many years. The mill provided the mustard many of the canneries used to can sardines. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Alton West | Keith Ludden | 09-10-2012 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Steuben, ME |
Al West was a supervisor at the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Wayne Wilcox | Keith Ludden | 04-19-2013 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Eastport, ME |
Wayne Wilcox worked in the shipping room of the B.H. Wilson Sardine Factory in Eastport, Maine. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Diana Young | Keith Ludden | 09-10-2011 | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | Prospect Harbor, ME |
Diana Young worked as the bookkeeper at the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Michelle Cottrell | Sarah Calhoun | 07-08-2014 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Newport, OR |
Interview with Michelle Cottrell |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Michele Longo Eder | Sarah Calhoun | 07-26-2014 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Newport, OR |
Interview with Michele Longo Eder. |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Nancy Fitzpatrick | Sarah Calhoun | 12-08-2014 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Newport, OR |
Interview with Nancy Fitzpatrick |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Teresa Freeman | Sarah Calhoun | 09-23-2014 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Garibaldi, OR |
Interview with Teresa Freeman. |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Ginny Goblirsch | Sarah Calhoun | 01-29-2015 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Newport, OR |
Interview with Ginny Goblirsch. |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Kaety Jacobson | Sarah Calhoun | 10-15-2014 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Newport, OR |
Interview with Kaety Jacobson. |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Connie Kennedy | Sarah Calhoun | 01-28-2015 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Coburg, OR |
Interview with Connie Kennedy. |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Kelley Retherford | Sarah Calhoun | 10-14-2015 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Toledo, OR |
Interview with Kelley Retherford |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Kelsea Retherford | Sarah Calhoun | 08-19-2015 | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | Toledo, OR |
Interview with Kelsea Retherford |
The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Sharon Cummings | Lynne Williamson | 09-25-2004 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Sharon Cummings has been an integral part of the fishing industry for over three decades. Born in New Bedford and now 62 years old, she has dedicated her life to the settlement house and bookkeeping aspects of the fish industry. At Freonor, she was one of the original female employees. Her career path led her through various positions, from trucking for the fishing industry to working for the poverty program and even a real estate office. |
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Donna Cunio | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-23-2006 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Donna Cunio is a 51-year-old woman from Norwell, Massachusetts. She is the wife of a retired merchant marine captain who now serves as the manager of the New Bedford State Pier. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Donna has a deep appreciation for the maritime industry, particularly the hard work of longshoremen and fishermen. Despite not being raised near the water, Donna has a strong connection to the sea through her husband's career. She occasionally joined him on his trips, experiencing first-hand the hard work and dedication of the crew. |
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Chad Cunningham | Madeleine Hall-Arber | 09-29-2012 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
When Chad first saw the fishing boats of New Bedford, he knew he wanted to be on them. As luck would have it, he had an in and has been fishing ever since. Chad muses on regulations, his family, and his love for fishing. |
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Kevin Curole | Madeleine Hall-Arber | 09-28-2013 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Kevin Curole is a seasoned fisherman with a career spanning 37 years in the shrimp industry. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Curole grew up in Baie L'Fuje, Guiana, and is of Cajun ethnicity. His family has a long history in the fishing industry, with both his father and grandfathers being shrimp fishermen. Curole started his journey in the industry at the tender age of three, living on a 22-foot shrimp boat with his grandparents. In addition to his fishing career, Curole has also worked as a support boat driver for the offshore oil industry in Louisiana. |
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Margaret Curole | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-28-2008 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Margaret Curole is a retired shrimp fisherman and a commercial fishing advocate from Galliano, Louisiana. She is of Cajun ethnic background. Curole did not come from a fishing heritage, but entered the industry after marrying a fisherman. Her husband's family has a long history in the Galliano area. Curole and her husband lived in a Louisiana marsh trapping camp where they engaged in shrimp fishing. Her husband quit his job the day before their daughter was born to build his first boat. Curole has been actively involved in commercial fishing advocacy. |
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Hans Davidson | Markham Starr | 09-30-2008 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Hans Davidson is a retired commercial fisherman from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Born and raised in a fishing family, Davidson began his career in the industry in 1974 and retired in 2004. He started as a shacker, a newcomer to the industry, and worked his way up to the position of captain. Throughout his career, Davidson worked on several vessels including the Florence B, the Dolphin, the Ambassador, and the Edgartown. He also spent time as a mate on the Eagle. |
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Shareen Davis | Madeleine Hall-Arber | 09-22-2007 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Shareen Davis is a fifty-year-old woman from Chatham, Massachusetts. She is a 13th generation Cape Codder with a rich history in the fishing industry. Davis owns a weir fishing business and provides shore support. She has also been a fisherman in the past and is a community activist. Her home port and hail port are both in Chatham, MA, specifically Stage Harbor. Davis comes from a fishing family, with her grandfather and uncles being fishermen and her mother working in the industry. She met her husband, Ernie, in a coffee shop where a group of fishermen would come in for breakfast. |
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Kevin Dawson | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-24-2005 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Kevin Dawson is a settlement house owner and has a background in the fishing industry. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and his parents emigrated from Newfoundland. His father used to run trawlers out of the Fulton Fish Market in New York but moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, when Dawson was ten due to the convenience of the freezer trucks coming from New Bedford. Dawson started working on boats at a young age, painting and performing various tasks. |
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Kristin Decas | Millie Rahn | 09-21-2007 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Kristin Decas served as the Executive Director of the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission (NBHDC). However, please note that there may have been changes in personnel or positions since then. Kristin Decas is an experienced executive in the maritime industry with a background in port management and economic development. She has held leadership positions in several ports across the United States and has been recognized for her contributions to the maritime sector. |
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Rosemarie Denn | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-22-2007 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Rosemarie Denn is a female co-owner of a fishing supply business, Cape Fisherman's Supply, located in Chatham, Massachusetts. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a European American ethnic background. Her connection to the fishing industry began with her grandfather, who hailed from a fishing village in Newfoundland. As a child, she spent her summers in Rhode Island, engaging in beach activities and quahoging. She moved to Chatham to be with her husband, who worked at the Chatham Fish Pier. |
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Dave and Pat Densmore | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-27-2008 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Dave Densmore and Pat Densmore are a married couple who have both worked as fishermen. Dave Densmore is a male fisherman who hails from Kodiak, Alaska, and has fished from the same port. Pat Densmore is a female fisherman who has also worked as a farmer. They both have a deep connection to the fishing industry and have firsthand experience in the challenges and rewards of this occupation. |
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Louis Doucette, Jr. | Millie Rahn | 09-24-2004 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Louis A. Doucette was born on March 22, 1911, in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. He grew up in a family of eight children, with his father having a background in sailing ships in the 1800s and later working for a bridge company in East Boston. Louis and his father fished on the south side of Vineyard, transitioning from larger boats with a crew of 20 men in Gloucester to smaller boats with only 3 or 4 men. His mother, originally from Nova Scotia, often spoke about Boston's Old North Church and their family history. |
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