New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

  • Collection DOI:
    Principal Investigator:
    Patricia Pinto da Silva
  • This oral history collection with immigrant women in the fish industry documents better the experiences of the women working in the fish industry and how the regulations of the government and other factors would affect their lives and the lives of their families. 

Interviewee Collection Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Anonymous, #13 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, #15 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous #7 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

The anonymous interviewee is a thirty-two-year-old Salvadoran woman who has been working in the seafood processing industry in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was born on October 24, 1976, in San Sebastian, San Vicente, El Salvador. She is the third child in a large family of fourteen siblings, two of whom have passed away. Her father struggled to find work and support the family due to the extreme poverty they lived in. This economic hardship was a significant factor in her decision to immigrate to the United States.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, 9 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, #11 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, #10 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, #14 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous, #3 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

Interviewee discusses her experience as a female seafood processor worker, how she came to work in the industry, and how government regulations affect her life and her family.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous #2 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

The anonymous interviewee is a twenty-seven year-old female immigrant from San Andres, Sacabaja, in the department of Quiche, Guatemala. She has been working in the seafood processing industry in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as a cutter and packer. She embarked on her journey to the United States in search of better opportunities and to support her family back home, despite the risks involved in the journey. She got married at a young age of fifteen and initially lived with her mother-in-law, which she found challenging due to a lack of understanding.

Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Anonymous #1 New Bedford Processing Workers, 2007-2010

The interviewee is a 25-year-old Guatemalan Mayan woman who works in seafood processing in New Bedford. She grew up in a poor but happy family in Las Canales. Her father left for the United States when she was four, and she stayed with her mother and three siblings. Her family was forced to move from their village due to the violence during the war in Guatemala, and her uncles also left for the United States. Her father is now a fisherman in the United States. She communicates with him via telephone and he helps the family financially.

Patricia Pinto da Silva, Corinn Williams New Bedford, MA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA