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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Michael Weber Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories

Interview with Michael Weber, born November 2, 1949 in Hawthorne, California.  At the time of the interview, Weber was a program officer for the Resources Legacy Fund.  In this interview, he discusses aspects of sea turtle conservation and issues surrounding the implementation of bycatch reduction devices. Redondo Beach

 Stephanie Scull-DeArmey Redondo Beach, CA Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi
Tom McIlwain Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories

Biographical Sketch

 Stephanie Scull-DeArmey Ocean Springs, MS Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi
John Mitchell Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories

John Mitchell was born October 29, 1955, in Chicago Heights, Illinois.  He is a Unit Leader for the Harvesting Systems Unit, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fishery Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories. Mitchell started out working as a fisheries technician at the Pascagoula laboratory in 1981, working as a fisheries observer on Japanese longliners that were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico for tuna. He would ride the boats for months. He would sometimes transfer from one boat to another at sea.

 Stephanie Scull-DeArmey Pascagoula, MS Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi
Sonny Morrison Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories

Interview with Sonny Morrison born in 1923 in McClellenville, South Carolina. Interview contains information on the introduction of Turtle Excluder Devices and Mr. Morrison's own experiences in the shrimp fisheries.

 Stephanie Scull-DeArmey McClellanville, SC Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi
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