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Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents

  • Collection DOI:
    Principal Investigator:
    Karen DeMaria
  • "Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents" is a collection by Karen DeMaria of Summerland Key, FL completed in April 1996. Funded by the Nature Conservancy and the Center for Marine Conservation, the project sought to describe through oral history interviews, environmental changes in the Florida Keys marine ecosystem. 

Interviewee Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation Collection
Dave Nolan

Narrator Dave Nolan, of Key West, Florida, was director of a medical center and a former charter captain, who had retired from the Navy, at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Debbie Carpe

Interview with Debbie Carpe. 

Karen DeMaria Big Pine Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Debbie Harrison

Narrator Debbie Harrison of Big Pine Key, Florida has at various worked as an environmentalist, recreational fisher, diver and deckhand on a commercial lobster boat.

Karen DeMaria Big Pine Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Don DeMaria

Narrator Don DeMaria of Summerland Key, Florida was a commercial fisherman/diver at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Summerland Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Ed Davidson

Narrator Ed Davidson of Marathon, Florida was a charter boat captain at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Marathon, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Ed Little

Narrator Ed Little, of Key West, Florida, was a fishery reporting specialist for the National Marine Fisheries Service and a recreational fisherman at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Ed Swift, Jr.

Narrator Ed Swift, Jr., born in Marathon, Florida and living in Key West, Florida, was a businessman and recreational fisherman.

Karen DeMaria Marathon, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Fernand Braun

Narrator Fernand Braun of Little Torch Key, FL was a back-country guide at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Little Torch Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Freddy Manny

Oral History Interview with Freddy Manny.  

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Freeman Bateman, Sr.

Narrator Freeman Bateman, Sr. of Marathon, Florida was a commercial shrimper at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Marathon, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents

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