On September 25, 2010, Markham Starr interviewed Charlie Mitchell as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Charlie describes his childhood in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where he developed a love for the water. After attending school, his plans to go to law school were interrupted by the Vietnam War. Charlie chose to join the Navy and gained extensive experience aboard vessels. Following the war, Charlie entered the tug boating business, founding Mitchell Towing and Salvage, in 1973.

On September 27, 2009, Madeleine Hall-Arber interviewed Charlotte Enkosen as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Born in 1949, Charlotte Enoksen grew up in a tight-knit immigrant community, where many families were involved in the fishing industry. Charlotte shares details of various aspects of her life, from her childhood in a fishing family to her own marriage to a fisherman.

On September 27, 2013, Markham Starr interviewed Chris Rodriques as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Chris recalls her childhood in New Bedford, and her experiences as a fish house worker during the 1970s and 1980, working at Golden Eye and other fish processing plants like J.B. Fillet and Kyler. Some fish houses she worked for, like Sea View, Cape Way, Tichon's, Parisi's, Riello's, and MacLean’s, are no longer in existence. She describes various roles she undertook, from trimming fish to packing, weighing, and shipping.

On September 23, 2007, Julie Olson interviewed Crista Bank as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project.  Crista shares her experiences in the marine and fisheries field, including her education at UMass Dartmouth, her early work studying coral reef ecosystems in Australia, and her time as a marine biology instructor in the Florida Keys.  Her career then took her to New Bedford, where she joined the sail training ship Ernestina and became involved in the fisheries observer program.

On September 23, 2006, Millie Rahn interviewed Dan Orchard as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project.  Dan shares his experiences the Travis and Natalie out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. He’s worked on a variety of boats, including smaller boats, engaged in inshore dragging, scuba diving for steamers, and bull raking for little necks.

On September 25, 2011, Markham Starr interviewed Dave and Judy Dutra as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Dave discusses his experiences in the fishing industry, noting the ways the community and opportunity has changed over the years. He speaks of his family’s history with fishing and his earliest memories in growing up by the water in Provincetown, where he’s fished since the age of 10.

On September 27, 2008, Janice Gadaire Fleuriel interviewed Dave and Pat Densmore as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Dave describes his childhood growing up on the Kodiak and Aleutian Islands in Alaska, remarking that he has always been called to the water. He began working on boats at the age of 12, running skiff on his father’s boat, and taking on more responsibilities at a young age. Pat shares details of her farming background and her adjustment to work at sea.

On September 23, 2006, Janice Gadaire Fleuriel interviewed Dave Martins as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project.  Dave’s parents immigrated to the US from the Azores, and while they weren’t directly involved in the fishing industry, fishing was embedded into their way of life, and they fished frequently. He describes his educational background and work in fisheries science at the School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST).

On September 26, 2004, Millie Rahn interviewed Deb and Ron Schrader as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Ron was raised in a fishing family, and knew he wanted to be a fisherman from an early age, and made his way along the coast from North Carolina to New Bedford, MA, where he achieved his goal of becoming a captain. Deb grew up in New Bedford, but it wasn’t until she met Ron that she became involved in the local fishing industry.

On September 23, 2007, Janice Gadaire Fleuriel interviewed Diane Flynn as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Diane shares details from her 27 years of working in the fishing industry as an inshore fisher of soft shell clams. Her partner, Skip, came from generations of fishermen, and taught her the trade, and she describes their work harvesting clams, along with scalloping, quahoging and oystering.