Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

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    Principal Investigator:
    Roy Kron, Dianne Lindstedt

  • The goal of the project is to document through oral history how coastal changes like sea level rise, erosion, increased flooding, and disappearing wetlands are affecting the people and the culture in the region. 

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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Marshall Borel Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Marshall Borel discusses his early life and his father who was a fisherman in the 1930's.  He described crabbing in the Atchafalaya Basin with a roller line.  He talks about the different kinds of fish he caught as well as frogs.  He talks about the net he made specifically to catch frogs.  He boasts working forty hours a week and never missing it.

 Paula Ouder, Thomas Hymel Abbeville, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Mark Staton Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Mark Staton in Lafayette, Louisiana.

 Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis Lafayette, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Louis Blum Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Louis Blum in Houma, Louisiana.

 

 Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux Houma, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Leoda Besson Bladsacker Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Leoda Besson Bladsacker in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Kerry St. Pe Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Kerry St. Pe, Director, Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program, in Houma, Louisiana.

 Paula Ouder, Roy Kron Houma, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Kent Ledoux Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with David Richard and Kent Ledoux in Grand Chenier, Louisiana.

 Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux Grand Chenier, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Jodie Avail Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Jodie Avail and Jay Thornhill discusses the origin and history of Dupuy’s Oyster Shop. They talk about the diversification of the menu and the oyster dealers.

 Carl Brasseaux Abbeville, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Jodi Karinas Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

The Karinas talk about their family's contribution to the seafood industry.  They talk about processing shrimp on the boats before shipping them to market.  They tell stories of their family members driving the shrimp to the markets and sometimes dodging the cops with their shipment.  They talk about shrimping seasons.  They talk about the shrimp market before and after WWII.  They talk about the Portuguese and their roles in the shrimp industry.  They talk about the progression of the oil industry.  They talk about hurricanes and their effect on the shrim

 Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis Unknown Louisiana Sea Grant
Jocelyn Herbert Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Joycelyn Hebert discusses the boat trips she took as a child to the different islands on the coast of Louisiana as well as Grand Isle.  She talks about her family's house and the school.

 Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis Paradis, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Jeane Landry Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Jeane Landry in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
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