Voices of the West Coast
Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Mary Misetich | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Mary Misetich was born in 1912 in Washington. Her family later moved to San Pedro, where she lived for 90 years. In 1932, she married Dominick Misetich, a tuna fisherman. Both of their families came from the island of Brac, Yugoslavia. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Mary Schreiber | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Mary Schreiber |
Sarah Calhoun | Garibaldi, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | |
Michele Longo Eder | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Michele Longo Eder. |
Sarah Calhoun | Newport, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | |
Michelle Cottrell | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Michelle Cottrell |
Sarah Calhoun | Newport, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | |
Nancy Fitzpatrick | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Nancy Fitzpatrick |
Sarah Calhoun | Newport, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | |
Nick Danelovich | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Nick was born in Hvar, Croatia, in 1914, and his family moved to Oregon when he was young. He started salmon fishing at a young age in Astoria, and then went with his brothers to fish in Alaska when he was a bit older, and that is where he first became a cook for a fishing crew. He moved to San Pedro, California, at the invitation of a friend and became the cook for many years on a tuna boats owned and operated by Captain Frank Gargas, Sr. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Richard Chikami | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Richard was born in San Pedro in 1946; a third generation Japanese-American (sansei). In this interview, he recounts how his family came to be living in San Pedro from Japan, and the challenges they faced because of "yellow exclusion laws" and other discriminatory practices that prevented his grandparents from becoming U.S. citizens. His grandfather settled initially in a Japanese fishing community near Santa Monica, California where he ran a fish market. However, he was not legally allowed to hold a business license until 1954 when he was allowed to become a U.S. citizen. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Sara Skamsar | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Sara Skamsar. |
Sarah Calhoun | Newport, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS | |
Steve Gargas | 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 | |
Teresa Freeman | The Lives of Fishermen's Wives, Mothers, and Daughters - Oregon |
Interview with Teresa Freeman. |
Sarah Calhoun | Garibaldi, OR | Voices of the West Coast, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS |