Julia Beaty

Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Randy Bushey Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Randy Bushey, an elver buyer and fisherman, describes his role in the industry and the politics of elver fishing in Downeast Maine. The interview includes opinions on federal regulations, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and eel behavior and biology. Bushey discusses his attempts to import eels from Caribbean island nations.

 Julia Beaty Steuben, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Julie Keene Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

In this interview, Lubec elver harvester Julie Keene discusses the elver fishery, competition with indigenous people, the demise of the urchin fishery and current regulations.

 Julia Beaty Lubec, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
William Milliken Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Elver harvester William Milliken of Maine describes in this interview the process of fishing for elvers using dip and fyke nets. Having been active in the fishery since 1992, Milliken offers perspectives on ASMFC management and current threats to the elver population.

 Julia Beaty Jonesport, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Jake Southerland Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Jake Southerland is an alewife harvester in Orland, ME. In this interview, he describes the process of catching alewives, the differences between alewives and blueback herring, and the importance of the fishery to the lobster industry.

 Julia Beaty Orland, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Rick Welch Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

In this interview, alewife harvester Rick Welch reflects on the Downeast Maine alewife fishery. The interview contains his thoughts on the effects of dams, the desirability of alewives as lobster bait and the difference between alewives and blueback herring.

 Julia Beaty Ellsworth, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Darrell Young Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

In this interview, alewife fisherman Darrell Young describes the Maine alewife fishery and some of the environmental challenges that this anadromous species faces.

 Julia Beaty Franklin, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Hugh Akagi Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Hugh Akagi is chief of the Passamaquoddy on in the community of St. Andrews New Brunswick. His interview contains descriptions of the political challenges facing alewives and their meaning for indigenous communities. Akagi worked at a biological station on St. Andrews for Canadian DFO.

 Julia Beaty Pleasant Point, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Brian Altvater Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Brian Altvater, chair of the Schoodic River Keepers, discusses in this interview attempts to restore Maine waterways. The interview contains descriptions of alewife runs, elvers, legislation to remove dams and the environmental effects of dam removal.

 Julia Beaty Pleasant Point, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Ed Bassett Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories

Ed Bassett describes in this interview the importance of alewives to the Passamaquoddy tribe in Downeast Maine. The interview contains his recollections of how the marine ecosystem appeared to prior generations and the challenges facing alewives right now.

 Julia Beaty Perry, ME NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant
Shey Conover Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project

Biographical Note:
Shey Conover is the Chief Operating Officer at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine. She was born on March 5, 1980.

 Julia Beaty Rockland, ME National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative
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