NOAA Preserve America Initiative
Interviewee Sort ascending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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William Needelman | Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
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Kristen Grant | Portland, ME | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
William Milliken | Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories |
Elver harvester William Milliken of Maine describes in this interview the process of fishing for elvers using dip and fyke nets. Having been active in the fishery since 1992, Milliken offers perspectives on ASMFC management and current threats to the elver population. |
Julia Beaty | Jonesport, ME | NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant | |
Wayne Davis | Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
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Natalie Springuel | Tremont, ME | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Wassiliisa "Deedee" Bennis | Women in Alaska Fisheries |
Wassiliisa (Deedee) lives in Dillingham, Alaska and is the Chief Administrative Officer at Bristol Bay Native Association, where she has worked for over forty years. In this interview Deedee describes how she grew up fishing with her father, who was a commercial fisherman, and how she values family engagement in the fishery. |
Kim Sparks , Jean Lee, Christopher Maines | Dillingham, AK | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center , Bristol Bay Native Association , NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Simuka Smith | Women in Alaska Fisheries |
Simuka Smith is a fisherwoman living in Dillingham Alaska who has participated in subsistence and commercial fishing for the past two decades. She is a retired commercial fisherwoman and skilled in many trades. She talks about her experiences and adventures commercial and subsistence fishing, and moose hunting as well as her overall life in Bristol Bay. This interview is part of the Alaska Native Fisherwomen of Bristol Bay oral history project, a partnership between NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Bristol Bay Native Association. |
Anna Lavoie, Jean Lee, Kim Sparks , Kitty Sopow | Dillingham, AK | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center , Bristol Bay Native Association , NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Shey Conover | Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
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Julia Beaty | Rockland, ME | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Sherrie Miller | Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
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Anna Hamilton | Panacea, FL | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Sarah Garcia | Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
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Kenneth Walker | Gloucester, MA | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | |
Rick Welch | Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories |
In this interview, alewife harvester Rick Welch reflects on the Downeast Maine alewife fishery. The interview contains his thoughts on the effects of dams, the desirability of alewives as lobster bait and the difference between alewives and blueback herring. |
Julia Beaty | Ellsworth, ME | NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant | |
Rhonda Wayner, Harmony Wayner and Betty Bonin | Women in Alaska Fisheries |
Betty Bonin (grandmother), Rhonda Wayner (mother) and Harmony Wayner (daughter) represent three generations of Alaska Native fisherwomen in Naknek, Alaska. In this interview, these ladies discuss their family heritage of having strong, female fishers in the family, the physical nature of fishing, and family roles in the fishery. Rhonda participated in a follow-up phone interview where she further discusses her history in the fishery, environmental changes she's witnessed, as well as family bonds that are created through fishing. |
Kim Sparks , Kitty Sopow | Naknek, AK | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center , Bristol Bay Native Association , NOAA Preserve America Initiative |