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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
August "Auggie" Felando Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California

August Felando was born in San Pedro, California, in 1929. His family roots reach back to Viz Island, Croatia, and Guernica in the Basque province of Spain. He fished on two-family owned tuna and sardine purse seine vessels during 1946-1950. In 1951, he became a co-owner of the F/V Challenger, a tuna baitboat, and as managing owner sold the vessel in 1958 for conversion to a tuna seiner. From 1960-1991, he managed the affairs of the American Tunaboat Association, including participation in hearings before the California State legislature, Congressional Committees, and federal agencies.

 Unknown San Pedro, CA Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast
Connie Kennedy The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Connie Kennedy.

 Sarah Calhoun Coburg, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Frank Gargas, Jr. Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California

Captain Frank Gargas, Sr., and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Steve, reflect on their experience as a fishing family. Frank Sr. relays a time when the family was with him on the tuna boat and they encountered rough weather from Hurricane Camille (1969). Steve talks about his mother and what she faced as a wife of a fisherman, having her husband at sea much of the time. Frank Jr. reflects on what drew him to become a fisherman.

 Unknown San Pedro, CA Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast
Frank Gargas, Sr. Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California

Captain Frank Gargas, Sr., and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Steve, reflect on their experience as a fishing family. Frank Sr. relays a time when the family was with him on the tuna boat and they encountered rough weather from Hurricane Camille (1969). Steve talks about his mother and what she faced as a wife of a fisherman, having her husband at sea much of the time. Frank Jr. reflects on what drew him to become a fisherman.

 Unknown San Pedro, CA Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast
Ginny Goblirsch The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Ginny Goblirsch.

 Sarah Calhoun Newport, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Jennifer Stevenson The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Jennifer Stevenson.

 Sarah Calhoun Newport, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Kaety Jacobson The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Kaety Jacobson.

 Sarah Calhoun Newport, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Kelley Retherford The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Kelley Retherford

 Sarah Calhoun Toledo, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Kelsea Retherford The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Interview with Kelsea Retherford

 Sarah Calhoun Toledo, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
Laura Anderson The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon

Laura Anderson, a third-generation commercial fisherwoman, began fishing with her father at the age of 14, engaging in salmon trawling and crab fishing along the Northern California coast. Her experiences as a female in the male-dominated fishing industry were shaped by her father's accommodating approach, which made her time on the boat more comfortable. After her fishing years, Laura studied marine policy and science in college.

 Sarah Calhoun Newport, OR Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS
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