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Karen DeMaria

Interviewee Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation Collection
Mimi Stafford

Narrator Mimi Stafford, of Big Coppitt Key, Florida, was a commercial fisher and sponge wholesaler at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Big Coppitt Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Simon Stafford

Narrator Simon Stafford, of Big Coppitt Key, Florida, was a commercial fisher at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Big Coppitt Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Bernard Russell

Narrator Bernard Russell, of Key West, Florida, was a part-time fishing guide.  Born and raised in Key West, he resided in Islamorada, Florida at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Islamorada, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Jonathan Roth

Narrator Jonathan Roth was a college professor and scientist at Goshen College in Indiana at the time of the interview. He had been bringing students down to the Middle Keys in the springtime for the last twenty years.

Karen DeMaria Goshen, Indiana The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Cecelia Raycroft

Narrator Cecelia Raycroft, of Key West, Florida, was a dive shop owner at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Bennett Orr

Narrator Bennett Orr of Marathon, Florida, was a commercial fisher at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Marathon, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Joan Nolan

Narrator Joan Nolan, of Sugarloaf Key, Florida, was a part-time commercial fisher with more than 20 years experience as a diver and fisher in the Florida Keys.

Karen DeMaria Sugarloaf Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Dave Nolan

Narrator Dave Nolan, of Key West, Florida, was director of a medical center and a former charter captain, who had retired from the Navy, at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Joyce Newman

Narrator Joyce Newman of Big Pine Key, Florida was an environmentalist and recreational fisher at the time of the interview. She is a former public school teacher.
 

Karen DeMaria Big Pine Key, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents
Mark Nease

Narrator Mark Nease of Key West, Florida was a diver/boat captain at the time of the interview.

Karen DeMaria Key West, FL The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents

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