Fishtales
Interviewee | Collection Sort ascending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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James Tomasia | Fishtales |
James Tomasia was born in the Azores and immigrated to the United States when he was a boy. He talks about his life growing up, how he became a lumper, what a lumper does, and about the changes he has seen. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
James Dwyer, Jr. | Fishtales |
Jimmy Dwyer has been a lumper in New Bedford since 1960. He talks about his work as a lumper, his connection with a vessel lost at sea, his very short fishing career, and the nicknames of those on the New Bedford waterfront. |
Ace Elijah-Burgess | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Peter Olson | Fishtales |
Mr. Olson tells of his days fishing with gill nets, lobstering in the 1960's and 1970's and his first lobster boat. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Richard Violino | Fishtales |
Mr. Violino tells the story of a radio transmission he overheard on the Cape Cod Canal. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
George Edwards | Fishtales |
Mr. Edwards tells the story of a time his father was thought lost at sea. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Nia Panteleakos | Fishtales |
Ms. Panteleakos talks about recreational fishing. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Alan Wheeler | Fishtales |
Mr. Wheeler shares two stories from his life as a fisherman and the son of a fisherman. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Charlotte Enoksen | Fishtales |
Ms. Enoksen discusses what life is like as a fisherman's wife. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Nancy C. Quintin | Fishtales |
Nancy Quintin is the daughter of an Azorean whaleman and the husband of a scallop captain for 30+ years. She tells the story of when she was pregnant and was on the radio with her husband. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Corey Wheeler-Forrest | Fishtales |
Ms. Wheeler-Forrest tells two stories about her life as a third generation trap fisherman. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival |