Carla Harris and Judy Jo Matson

Location of Interview
Collection Name

Women in Alaska Fisheries

Description

This oral history project focuses on Native Alaska women engaged in Bristol Bay fisheries. Women play a major role   in maintaining set net permits and are critical to sustaining small-scale fisheries in Alaska and the communities who depend on them. Interviews were conducted with women  of various ages who have participated in commercial and/ or subsistence salmon fisheries.

Date of Interview
06-19-2017
Transcribers

Kim Sparks

Audio
Video
Biographical Sketch

JudyJo Matson and Carla Harris are a feisty mother/daughter duo; JudyJo commercially set nets while her mother Carla primarily fishes for subsistence. JudyJo begins the interview by talking about her experiences commercial fishing as a woman. She talks about her commercial site at Graveyard Point in the Kvichak River, as well what drives her to fish. JudyJo also addresses environmental changes and her childhood fishing experiences. Carla joins the interview later and talks primarily about subsistence fishing and putting up fish, which includes descriptions of her smokehouse and methods of preparing fish. 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.

Capturing History and Forging the Future: Alaska Native Women in Fisheries. Anna Lavoie, Kim Sparks and Jean Lee (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission), and NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC). 2017-2018. Support provided by Bristol Bay Native Association. Funding provided by the NOAA Preserve America Initiative and AFSC. Interviews are accessed on NOAA's Voices from the Fisheries website at www.voices.nmfs.noaa.gov.


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